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Drinking Italian wines the Italian way al fresco perfect for spring
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My training to become a wine expert took years of dining on delicious foods and wonderful wines. Well, maybe they weren’t all wonderful wines but one will gravitate to the wines and food that give the most pleasure.
Growing up in the Chicago area, Italian food and wines were everywhere. And as every Italian knows, food and wine have a natural affinity for each other.
Some years ago, friends from Italy visited with their 6-year-old son. He didn t speak English so there was a lot of pantomiming. But Maria Pia and Carlo did speak English and were puzzled about the American practice of sitting around sipping wine without food.
Decanter Best Pinot Grigio wines: 20 under £20
This chameleon-like white grape comes in many styles and goes by a few different names too. We pick 20 Pinot Grigio wines under £20, in a range of styles, all tasted by our experts..
It’s a white grape but its bunches have a grey or pinkish hue,and can make wines in myriad styles from simple, light and fresh to rich and smoky or tropical and mineral tinged. You can even find rosé and skin-contact ‘orange’ Pinot Grigios.
How does Pinot Grigio taste?
In Alsace in north east France, as well as being used for often opulent still white wines, it’s used to make sweet late harvest wines, and is one of the permitted grapes for the region’s traditional method sparkling wine Crémant d’Alsace.