The genius of Italy is its ability to cater to everyone: there are as many autochthonous grapes as varieties of pasta in the Italian peninsula! So, if you seek comfort and familiarity, immerse yourself in the warming reds of Chianti Classico and the ethereal pleasures of Barbaresco. Or, if you crave some of the finest celebratory bubbly outside of Champagne, leap head first into Franciacorta and Trento DOC.

However, to limit yourself to the established appellations would be a waste – Italy has the greatest diversity of individual wine styles, mesoclimates, and soils of all the world’s wine producers. The nation is using them to the full; revival stories are everywhere these days.