Tuesday 30 December 2008

A great site for Italian varieties

Estimates say there are 22,200 grape varieties in the world so Italy has 10% at 2,200. here's a great site for those varieties prepared by Cinzia Forino:

www.vinoinrete.it/sommelier/_vitigni.html

Check it out: it's amazing how many unknown varieties there are in the Veneto and even Toscana