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First guide to wines of Basilicata
Journalist and wine writer Luciano Pignataro has
published the first complete guide to the wines of Basilicata, Guida
Completa ai Vini della Basilicata (Edizioni Ippogrifo). Pignataro,
author of a ground-breaking guide to the wines of Campania, has collected
profiles of 43 wineries and 170 wines produced in the region. The
book was not subsidized by advertisers and contains unbiased profiles
of the region's leading winemakers, their wines, and descriptions
of the region's DOCs. It also includes information on wine bars and
70 of the region's leading restaurants. The guide will be available
for purchase on August 29, 2005.
Nestled between Campania (to the west), Puglia (to
the east), and Calabria (to the south), Basilicata lies literally
in the heart of southern Italy. From the shadows of the Vulture [VOOL-too-reh]
volcano in northern Basilicata, quality wines have begun to emerge
on the international scene.
Basilicata's most famous wine, Aglianico del Vulture,
is made of Aglianico grapes grown in the northern part of the region
in vineyards surrounding the volcano. It is believed that Aglianico
was brought to Italy by the Greeks. Legend has it that when the Romans
discovered and favored the varietal, they called it Hellenic or Ellenico,
meaning "Greek," the origin of the grape's name, Aglianico.
Related Wines and Links: Basilicata,
Basilisco,
Fucci, Paternoster.
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