Discover Italy at VanWineFest 2024
71 Italian wineries presented their wines at VanWineFest 2024. With each winery pouring 5 different wines, we had 355 wines to sip and savour in the International Festival Tasting Room. I spent my Thursday tasting white and sparkling wines and Friday tasting the red wines. In this article, I cover my favourite white and sparkling wines. In some cases, there will be a rating with minimal notes, as I lost my original tasting notes after going out for dinner. The restaurant I had dinner at said that they would check for my tasting booklet, but it was not found. When I went back to the tasting room on Thursday evening, I tried to visit several of the wineries I visited earlier that day to make some notes.
My Favourite White and Sparkling Wines at VanWineFest 2024 Still White Wines
Santi Lugana Folar 2021 – A refreshing wine with stone fruit flavours. –
Bonfanti Salgar Soave 2021 – Made from Garganega and Trebbiano grapes. This wine has white flowers, citrus, and peach flavours. Nice acidity –
Carpineto Farnito Chardonnay Brut, NV – Based on an assemblage of Chardonnay wines from various vintages, the oldest have been aged in oak barrels. A dry sparkling wine with fine bubbles. –
Collefrisio Filare Trebbiano d’Abruzzo 2020 – Light, bright lemon colour. Dry with medium acidity. Nice smooth stone fruit flavours.
Santi Lugana Folar 2021, Carpineto Farnito Chardonnay Brut, NV, and Collefrisio Filare
This Article was originally published on My Wine Pal
