Amarone della Valpolicella and Salice Salentino Riserva: appassimento richness from Veneto meets the savory Mediterranean depth of Puglia’s Negroamaro. Amarone della Valpolicella and Salice Salentino Riserva represent two very different expressions of Italian red-wine power. Amarone comes from Veneto and achieves extraordinary concentration through appassimento, the controlled drying of grapes after harvest. Salice Salentino Riserva comes from Puglia and is based primarily

Amarone della Valpolicella and Primitivo di Manduria: appassimento concentration from Veneto meets Mediterranean ripeness from Puglia. Amarone della Valpolicella and Primitivo di Manduria are two of Italy’s richest red-wine expressions, yet their apparent similarities can be misleading. Both can deliver high alcohol, ripe fruit, substantial body, warmth, and an immediately generous palate. The crucial difference is how that concentration is created. Amarone is shaped decisi

Amarone della Valpolicella and Nero d’Avola: appassimento power from Veneto meets the dark-fruited Mediterranean character of Sicily. Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Nero d’Avola represent two powerful but fundamentally different expressions of Italian red wine. Amarone comes from Veneto and derives much of its extraordinary concentration from appassimento, the controlled drying of harvested grapes before fermentation. Nero d’Avola is one of Sicily’s defining red grapes