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Primitivo s meteoric rise as our favourite cosy sofa wine
Puglia’s signature grape makes bestselling reds that have gone down a storm in lockdown – and there are many good reasons why
Is this Puglian red the ultimate stay-at-home wine?
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Wine trends move so slowly, yet so noisily, that I’ve usually written about them three times before they hit the mainstream. Here’s one that has been sneaking up for a while and exploded while we’ve all been staying at home.
It’s the rise of a grape that makes the sort of brambly, generous reds that would be perfect to order in a gastropub, if any were open, but which is proving its mettle as a cosy sofa wine.