Here are some of the most renowned wines:
Cannonau, red wine, good with typical meat dishes; Carignano, red or rosé, excellent with starters, roast meat, and aged cheese; Semidano, white table wine, ideal with first courses, fish soups, lean meat soups; it's also a Brut sparkling wine; Nuragus, white wine, excellent with fish dishes; Vernaccia, classic aperitif wine, also good with almond-paste sweets; Malvasia, dessert wine, probably imported during the Byzantine period; a sparkling wine is produced with the same grapes; Vini Novelli (New Wines), obtained by fermentation of must inside airtight containers, not in the open air as usual; you can taste these wines in early November.Tonino hydrates with the Vernaccia.
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ReplyDeleteEnjoyed some Cannonau when I was there last time. Had more Italian red at the May day festival in Rome after the tour. Italians apparently don't consume beer at festivals, but wine :-)
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