The wines of North East Italy

Friuli Venezia Giulia - White Wines

Giovanni Blason

From his 15 hectares under vine, Giovanni's PG is quite exceptional and is, all to rarely in these modern times,

an authentic example of this grape. He also gives us a fantastic ripe and juicy Cabernet Franc red wine.

Alto Adige - White Wines

Franz Haas

Franz Haas has achieved much success with his characterful wines that offer outstanding value. Purity and balance are to the fore, but with added depth of flavour.

Azienda Agricole Lorenzon

Kiwi winemaker Matt Thomson produces the vibrant Feudi Pinot Grigio. A little riper than the Haas wine it shows good fruit and structure.

Veneto - White Wines

Veneto

Leonildo Pieropan

Pieropan is widely regarded as Soave’s finest producer, a reputation which is bourne out by the body and depth of his brilliant wines.

Veneto - Red Wines

Allegrini

Allegrini is amongst the elite of World wine producers. Their modern exuberant style of wine making is captured beautifully in the fusion of concentrated fruit and fine toasty oak shown brilliantly in the sublime Amarone. La Poja is a single plot atop a hill surrounded by Cypress trees. It is a single varietal also, the Corvina grape giving a unique wine with persistent flavour and singular personality. Although rightly famous for their flagship wines it is worth considering their "normal" Valpolicella if one wants a taste of what they are capable of at a more modest price.

Corte Giara by Allegrini

This is the negoce label of the Allegrini family.

Stefano Girelli

Alpha Zeta

Fabiano

Two wines from the Fabiano stable, a ripasso, the lush ripe wine from Valpolicella, the juice is washed over the pumice to gain extra extraction of colour and flavour. The Amarone is made by drying the grapes to concentrate the flavour of the wine.

Alto Adige - Red Wines

Franz Haas