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This Pinot Grigio is characterised by a straw-yellow colour. Its bouquet is marked by a impressive fruitiness, and...
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The history of the name of this wine is well known. We will not tell it here again. One thing is certain: its...
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Pinot Grigio is no doubt an international variety but it has found an ideal home in Friuli. In few other regions of...
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Lustrous straw yellow in colour with golden highlights. The nose reveals fruity notes of golden delicious apple,...
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Lustrous straw yellow in colour. The nose opens with Fuji apple and pineapple, followed by hints of aromatic herbs,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $31.31 $34.79
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Color: Bright and brilliant straw yellow with light coppery hues. Nose: Complex, subtle and enfolding. Generous and...
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100% Friulano, the wine that most tells the tale of Marco’s territory. Made similarly to the Ribolla, and similar...
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750ml
Bottle: $19.99
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Light-bodied and mouthwatering, this elegant white features a creamy hint of crushed almond underscoring flavors of...
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750ml
Bottle: $16.94 $17.91
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Intense straw yellow evolving into a richer yellow with aging. Fruity and fragrant nose evoking aromas of warm bread...
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750ml
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The 2022 Pinot Grigio Dessimis is delicately floral in the glass, boasting a coppery-orange color. Dried apricots,...
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This has intense aromas of honey, papaya, melon, lemon curd, toffee and jack fruit. Vanilla and some green bell...
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750ml
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Spiced apples and pears with hints of peach pit, crushed almonds, dried lemon peel and summer flower fragrance....
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White
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Dusty and sweetly floral in the glass, the 2022 Pinot Grigio opens up with pretty hints of peach, white flowers and...
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Friulano Pinot Gris Tocai Friulano Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia Colli Orientali Del Friuli Friuli Isonzo

The Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris grape varietal is now one of the most widely grown vines in the world, due to the surge in popularity of Pinot Grigio wines over the past twenty years or so. These grayish-blue fruits, which hang in their distinctively conical bunches, are responsible for a very broad range of wines famous for their variety of color tones and flavors Pinot Grigio varietal grapes are highly influenced by terroir, climate and particularly the skill and expertise of the vintners who process them. As such, there are full bodied, amber colored wines made from this grape, and there are equally delicious yet far leaner, paler, lighter bodied and crisp white wines made from the same species in other parts of the world.

The Tocai Fruiliano grape varietal has been grown in and around the northern regions of Italy for centuries, and is still widely praised for its distinctive character and beautiful set of flavors and aromas. Despite the name, the Tocai Fruiliano varietal is not actually related to the famous Tokaji grapes of Hungary, or the Tokay d'Alsace grapes, but is actually the same species as Sauvignon Vert. Wines made from the Tocai Fruiliano grape are generally a pale straw yellow in color, and are recognizable by their aroma of wild flowers and orchard fruits such as pears. The flavor of the wines varies from vineyard to vineyard, and the Tocai Fruiliano grape is renowned for having a broad set of flavors, although citrus notes are usually detectable in most bottles.

There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an important Italian wine region, situated high in the northernmost parts of the country, and close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders. As such, there is a considerable Germanic influence on the wines of this region, with varietals such as Riesling growing alongside Italian classics such as Pinot Grigio. The finest wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia are considered to be those which capture the alpine essence of the region, with its pine scented terroirs and crystal mountain waters which run down from the mountains. There are also several interesting lesser known grape varietals processed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which gives the region a unique wine culture which the local wine makers are immensely proud of, and which makes the region a fascinating one to explore.