Puglia

Puglia is the second largest Italian region in terms of vineyard planting: the vine grows here on 105,000 hectares. The hot climate with little rainfall is particularly beneficial to local red varieties such as Primitivo, Negroamaro, Nero di Troia, Malvasia nera or Susumaniello, which prevail here. Among the white varieties, the international ones were previously widely represented, but in recent years Apulian winemakers have been abandoning them and, in an effort to find regional identity, are returning to the original varieties Bombino bianco, Malvasia bianca or Verdeca.

The most famous wine regions are located in the far south, around Salento and Manduria. It is from Manduria that the flagship of the entire region, Primitivo di Manduria, comes. Apulian wines are very fruity, dense, but easy to drink and intended primarily for early consumption. The exception is some wines from old vineyards, which are more structured, fresher and more complex. Apulian rosé wines are also very distinctive, and local winemakers began working intensively on them as early as the 1940s.