{"id":31715,"date":"2022-02-25T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/?p=31715"},"modified":"2022-06-25T09:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T09:30:18","slug":"italian-wine-stories-history-of-italian-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cucineditalia.com\/en\/italian-wine-stories-history-of-italian-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Wine Stories: The History of Italian Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Italians are masters at their craft \u2013 a craft passionately and painstakingly pursued. Here, viticulture runs in the blood and winemaking is an extension of the soul. Yet, the history of Italian wine is one that has passed through many centuries and many lands.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Italy and wine<\/strong> – two words that go hand in hand. One of the most revered wine destinations in the world, it is a cornucopia of flavors with its vibrant ruby reds bursting with fruity character, its deep intense garnets<\/strong> brimming with notes of clove or cedar, and its crisp sparkling whites <\/strong>dancing on the tongue evoking pops of pear and lemon or biscuit and cream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the snow-sprinkled mountains of the north to the sun-drenched slopes of the south, along lakes and coastlines, rolling over unending hillsides or tucked away behind the ancient stone walls of a tiny town \u2013 Italy\u2019s heart beats wine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italians are masters at their craft<\/em> \u2013 a craft passionately and painstakingly pursued<\/strong>. Here, viticulture runs in the blood, winemaking is an extension of the soul, and a sip is a smile on the lips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the result of time and love and patienc<\/strong>e for a practice and a passion that has taken hundreds of years to perfect. In this country winemaking is an art that has been honed over centuries<\/a>, and the tale of how vino became a story Italiano is one to which we must look back thousands of years. <\/p>\n\n\n\r\n