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Italy's Distinctive Native Grapes, an A-Z – M is for...Montepulciano & Malvasia Nera &... ?

Joel Butler MW 3.27 7.6.2025

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I have not expounded about a favorite subject, Italy’s myriad Native and/or Indigenous varieties lately, but now that we are mid-way through the alphabet at ‘M’, well as the Italians would say, “C’é un sacco di vitigni iniziando alla lettera ‘M’ (There’s a shit-ton of varieties beginning with M).

Just to give you an idea of the choices, not including var…

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