A Word on Coverage of Italy For The Rest of 2010
Italy’s Finest Values
by Antonio Galloni
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At the risk of sounding like a broken record, there has never been a better time to be a wine consumer. The range of high- quality wines coming out of Italy today – and other countries, too – is amazing for its breadth and diversity.
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Producers in this Article
- Abbazia di Novacella
- Accornero
- Adami
- Agostina Pieri
- Agricola Le Querce
- Agricola Punica
- Aia Vecchia
- Allegrini
- Anselmi
- Antinori
- Antoniolo
- Araldica
- Argillae
- Argiolas
- Armando Parusso
- Avignonesi
- Badia a Coltibuono
- Bertani
- Biancavigna
- Bibi Graetz
- Bisceglia
- Bisol
- Boira
- Borgogno
- Braida
- Bricco Mondalino
- Brigaldara
- Broglia
- Bruni
- Ca' del Monte
- Ca' Montanari
- Canneto
- Cantalupo
- Cantele
- Cantina Terlano
- Cantine Taverna
- Cascina Ca' Rossa
- Castell'in Villa
- Castello della Paneretta
- Castello di Bossi
- Castello di Brolio - Barone Ricasoli
- Castello di Farnetella
- Castello di Luzzano
- Castello di Meleto
- Castello di Monsanto
- Castello di Neive
- Castello di Selvole
- Castello Monaci
- Castello Romitorio
- Castelvecchio
- Castelvero
- Cave du Vin Blanc de Morgex e La Salle Cooperative
- Caves de Donnas
- Ca' Viola
- Ceretto
- Cesani
- Ceuso
- Chionetti
- Ciù Ciù
- Claudio Morelli
- CoEnFer Cooperative de l'Enfer
- Collazzi
- ColleMassari
- Colosi
- Coltibuono
- Col Vetoraz
- Coppo
- Corte dei Papi
- Corte Giara
- Costaripa
- Damiano Ciolli
- Damilano
- Di Barro
- Di Majo Norante
- Elio Perrone
- Enzo Boglietti
- E. Pira (Chiara Boschis)
- Erste & Neue
- Falesco
- Fantinel - Sant'Helena
- Farnese
- Fattoria del Cerro
- Fattoria di Magliano
- Fattoria La Parrina
- Fattoria La Rivolta
- Fattoria Le Pupille
- Fattoria Milziade Antano
- Fattoria Zerbina
- Fattorie Melini
- Fèlsina
- Ferrari
- Flavio Roddolo
- F.lli Cigliuti
- Fontaleoni
- Frecciarossa
- Frescobaldi - Castello di Nipozzano
- Frescobaldi - Tenuta di Castiglioni
- G.D. Vajra
- Gini
- Giuseppe Rainoldi
- Icardi
- Icardi - Cascina San Lazzaro
- Il Colle
- Il Feuduccio
- Il Molino di Grace
- Inama
- I Veroni
- J. Hofstätter
- La Cadalora
- La Carraia
- La Colombina
- La Crotta di Vegneron
- Lageder
- La Maialina
- Lamberti
- La Morandina
- La Mozza
- La Spinetta
- Latium Morini
- La Valentina
- Le Colture
- Leone de Castris
- Le Salette
- Le Terrazze
- Librandi
- Li Veli
- Livernano
- Maculan
- Marcarini
- Marchesi di Grésy
- Marchesi Ginori Lisci
- Marchesi Pancrazi
- Marchesi Torrigiani
- Marziano Abbona
- Masi - Serego Alighieri in Toscana
- Maso Poli
- Mastroberardino
- Matané
- Matteo Correggia
- Mazzei
- Mazzi
- Michele Chiarlo
- Michele Satta
- Mionetto
- Mocali
- Montepeloso
- Morgante
- Morisfarms
- Moroder
- Nino Negri
- Nozzole - Tenute A. e G. Folonari
- Oca Ciuca
- Pala
- Palladio
- Paolo Saracco
- Paolo Scavino
- Pasquale Pelissero
- Pecchenino
- Pederzana
- Pertinace
- Petra
- Piancornello
- Pico Maccario
- Pieropan
- Podere La Regola
- Podere San Cristoforo
- Poderi Colla
- Poderi del Paradiso
- Poderi Luigi Einaudi
- Poggio al Tesoro
- Poggio Argentiera
- Poliziano
- Pra'
- Principe Corsini - Villa Le Corti
- Prunotto
- Querciabella
- Raccaro
- Rascioni & Cecconello
- Renato Ratti
- Ricci
- Rocca delle Macie
- Rocca di Castagnoli
- Rocca di Frassinello
- Ronchi di Cialla
- Salcheto
- San Fabiano
- San Felice
- San Gervasio
- San Patrignano
- San Pietro
- San Polo
- Santa Anastasia
- Sassotondo
- Scarzello
- Schola Sarmenti
- Scubla
- Sella & Mosca
- Selvapiana
- Setriolo
- Sottimano
- Speri
- Stella
- St. Michael-Eppan
- Suavia
- Tamellini
- Tasca d'Almerita
- Tedeschi
- Tenimenti Angelini - Val di Suga
- Tenimenti Luigi D'Alessandro
- Tenuta Argentiera
- Tenuta di Ghizzano
- Tenuta di Pietra Porzia
- Tenuta di Salviano
- Tenuta Fanti
- Tenuta Monteti
- Tenuta Poggioverrano
- Tenuta San Guido
- Tenuta Sant’Antonio
- Tenuta Sette Cieli
- Tenuta TorCalvano - Tenute A. e G. Folonari
- Terra dei Re
- Terredora
- Tiefenbrunner
- Tommaso Bussola
- Torre Quarto
- Torre Rosazza
- Toscolo
- Tramin
- Valle Reale
- Vallone
- Vaona
- Vietti
- Vignaioli Contrà Soarda
- Vignamaggio
- Vignavecchia
- Villa Matilde
- Villa Matilde - Tenute di Altavilla
- Villa Matilde - Tenute Rocca dei Leoni
- Volpaia
- Zardetto
- Zenato
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