Italy Trip recommendations

[Innkeeper]

Good advice from Foodie. In Bellagio you will be inbetween Piedmont and Verona. The Veronese wines are available throughout the Lakes Region. Look for Valpolicella at both the entry and the Ripasso levels from small producers. In Tuscany you have the whole Sangiovese family as well as the more modern offerings involving French wine grapes. In Rome you an find almost anything in the Enotecas.

Don't make the mistake of writing down detailed descriptions of wines to try to find when you get home. You have a 90% chance of not being able to. Only around 10% of Italian wine is imported into the U.S.

When in doubt and are having food that goes with red wine say, Rosso. If the food requires white wine say, Bianco. That is short course in Italian.