Gambero Rosso Magazine Presents: 'Top Italian Wines Roadshow'
Staff Writer - February 11, 2008

"Some of the best wines I have ever drunk were Italian. Unfortunately, so were some of the worst. Because of this, grappling with Italian wines can leave one frustrated," wrote Jonathan Ray for the British Telegraph paper, on the occasion of the inaugural stage for the 'Top Italian Wines Roadshow', which took place in London recently and featured more than 200 wines from 50 producers.

The road show is organized by the respected Italian magazine, Gambero Rosso (Red Shrimp) publisher of the guide Italian Wines 2008, which is the English version of the original Italian, Vini d'Italia 2008.

"Italy is confusing, too, with more than 300 different grape varieties," added Ray. "Even well-known wines such as Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano can be baffling: the one named after Montepulciano the grape, the other after Montepulciano the town."

This is such a common feeling among foreigners who approach Italian wines, or, as in Ray's case, apparently continue discovering some of those noble Italian native grapes' fermented juice. At the end of the day though, "... that, in a way, is the joy of Italy," he concludes.

The 'Top Italian Wines Roadshow' other stops are Munich (February 20), New York (March 3), and San Francisco (March 5). The goal of the show is to emphasize how much Italian wines have improved in the last couple of decades. According to Ray the opening leg in London showed that Italy "... still merits the name Enotria Tellus (Land of Wine).

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