Summer, 12 White Wines to Discover for Aperitifs or Special Dinners

Sun, heart, love… but among the words that immediately bring to mind summer there is also “aperitif”. Whether it is a sea view a terrace overlooking a lake an Alpine valley, it deserves a suggestion to avoid falling into the pitfalls of some predictable wine list – and unfortunately we find many of them when traveling around Italy.

Here are twelve suggestions directly from the Vinonews24 writers, who give readers intriguing ideas to be seduced by a glass of white wine that is unusual particularly suited for summer pairings. Whether for an aperitif under the umbrella a mountain terrace, here’s what to ask for to amaze your friends.

THE EDITORIAL TEAM’S 12 WINES

Daniel Becchi

CONTRADA – Koinè a causa di Tufo 2021

A convincing version of one of the great Italian white grape varieties, of an untouched youth despite the passing of time. A continuous acid line transports, with a lively manner, sensations of white-fleshed fruit and memories of Mediterranean scrub. Broad per mezzo di the center of the mouth, almondy per mezzo di its long finale, perfect for all aperitifs that end late.

Gian Omar Bison

AGANIS – Charm Children Eastern Necks Doc 2022

Incjant per mezzo di Friulian means “enchantment”. It comes from Friulian grapes grown per mezzo di the Guyot and double arched system and harvested per mezzo di September. They are working the reserve. Visually, the color is straw yellow, lively. The nose is typical, complex, brillante and intense with hints of white peach, apple, white flowers and aromatic herbs, a light balsamic note. Quanto a the mouth it is quite warm and soft, savoury and quite fresh. Harmonious, brillante and balanced, it is intense and persistent and offers a classic almond note the finale. It is a agile wine to pair with summer dishes, from San Daniele prosciutto to scampi crudité, from seafood risotto to spaghetti with clams.

Federica Borasio

NOVACELLA ABBEY – In luogo elevato Adige Isarco Sylvaner “Praepositvs”

Summer, as we know, brings with it a desire for freshness and lightness, even per mezzo di the glass. Whether it is coppia to a matter of temperature a simple state of mind, we cannot know, but we to it. And we do it with a glass of Sylvaner from Chiesa a causa di Novacella, a reference name per mezzo di In luogo elevato Adige and one of the few abbeys still active per mezzo di wine production. Obtained from 100% Sylvaner grapes, it is vinified by leaving 60% of the must to ferment and mature per mezzo di stainless steel, 30% per mezzo di 30 hl acacia barrels and the remaining part per mezzo di French barriques for 10 months. It attracts the eye with its light and brilliant golden color, interrupted by light shades that veer towards campo da golf. But it is per mezzo di the taste-olfactory sensations that it releases all its vivacity, thanks to hints of ripe fruit (pear, apricot) that combine with taccuino of citrus, white flowers and aromatic herbs. Quanto a the mouth it is tasty and deep, with a well-present minerality that gives freshness to the palate and accompanies it towards a long and elegant finale. We imagine it served fresh at the table, to be drunk throughout the meal per mezzo di combination with rich summer salads, fish dishes, medium-aged cheeses a few slices of speck, per mezzo di homage to the complesso of origin.

Antonio Cimmino

RAFFAELE FISCHETTI – Ka Essa Do Scope Kerner Orange In luogo elevato Adige Isarco Doc 2021

A parimenti Kerner that climbs the steep slopes of the Isarco Valley at 700 meters above sea level. Born from a bet between the kellermeister of Bottiglieria Isarco and a sommelier from Puglia. A mountain wine that, with its freshness, minerality, flavor and verticality, recalls the sea and its depths. For this reason, we recommend that you do not it under an umbrella, but take it with you your SUP canoe, and when you find yourself per mezzo di the middle of the sea with, for example, the Mattinatella Bay the Gargano per mezzo di front of you, uncork it and enjoy it together with a unique vista. If you are lucky, you might even meet Raffaele Fischetti, producer of this orange wine a little outside the box, intent swimming per mezzo di what is his summer buen retiro.

Georgia Cococcioni

PLANETA – German Collaudato Doc 2023

Allemanda is a baroque dance and at Planeta they thought of using this name for a 100% white Moscato per mezzo di a dry version that seduces with a fresh and savory sip. Without betraying the aromatic vocation of the grape variety per mezzo di its aromas, it reveals a beautiful tension the palate without being saccharine. Perfect for a summer aperitif based bread, lemon and anchovies couscous with vegetables. The most interesting thing is the mineral evolution, provided you can find a bottle from a few harvests pungiglione.

Stephanie Membro virile

DOMAINE GUETH – Gewuztraminer Night Watchman 2022

The occasion is one of those typical summer ones, where the heat gives mai respite but per mezzo di the end I like it a lot: dinner the beach with the usual Roman friends. We organize ourselves with coolers, wines kept cool until the last minute (after all, it’s an easy thing to do the beach, what can we expect?) chairs and tables, practically a neorealist velo from the 60s the Roman beaches. Even the food of the evening testifies that per mezzo di the end, per mezzo di Cialda and among the Romans, little has changed from those breaded slices, tomatoes with rice and chicken with peppers that accompanied families to the beach per mezzo di Fiat 1100 family cars per mezzo di the Seicentos of popular memory. A French couple already the beach joins us with the desire to participate per mezzo di something “Italianly” picturesque that they can talk about once they get home, honoring us with a bottle of their home wine. Here comes the surprise, between a rice tomato and a supplì, when we gara open a wine that leaves me doubtful and, mea culpa, a little prejudiced: a gewurztraminer. A bewitching and luminous golden yellow color (I, a maniac, brought glass kicks accompanied by obvious insults from my friends), an intense bouquet of yellow rose, broom and peach, then a note of honey and marzipan per mezzo di the finale. Curious, I taste it, a full and aromatic sip, at the same time simple and very drinkable, with a subtle and fresh persistence… but did the French know they would meet us the beach?

Giambattista Marchetto

EMILIO BULFON – Blanc a causa di Rugel Igp Venezia Giulia Ucelut

Discovered among the tasting tables of Best Wine Stars per mezzo di Milan, it comes to mind when looking for a suggestion that is worthwhile for an aperitif a seafood dinner. Quanto a the lower Friuli, Emilio Bulfon does an extraordinary job of valorizing relic-vines per mezzo di any case little frequented today, which he almost always vinifies per mezzo di purity. This ucelut offers elegant aromas and marked minerality, citrus taccuino without cloying. It deserves a sip for curiosity, one for pleasure and one to accompany raw fish saffron risotto.

Lucia Immaculate Biroldo

CANTINE DEL MARE – Torrefumo Flegrei Dop Falanghina 2020

The fortunate combination of soil, air and light, as well as the proximity to the sea, make the microcosm of Cantine del Immensità, per mezzo di Massa a causa di Procida (NA), inimitable. Here, nature and human intervention are integrated per mezzo di balance, with man having, with foresight, been able to safeguard the unity and biodiversity of this portion of land over time, perfectly fitting the planting of vineyards next to spontaneous vegetation and other types of crops. The perpetual bradyseism of this volcanic territory is both a blessing and a curse: an immense underwater magmatic spring with numerous eruptive vents has per mezzo di fact forged these lands, enriching the soils with ash, lapilli, pumice and tuff. This is the matrix that is found per mezzo di the glass of Torrefumo, the cru of Vigneto , a spectacle of nature, a space of terraced land, overlooking the sea. Quanto a this suggestive plot of land, the heroic harvest of the grapes is necessarily done by hand, as are all the other operations. The protagonist of this vineyard is her, the Falanghina grape, ungrafted, which adapts well to the soils of volcanic origin and the positive climatic influence of the sea. The bright straw yellow per mezzo di the glass, expresses itself to the nose with a deep and typical mineral imprint that is enriched with flowers and fruit, iodine and Mediterranean scrub, oregano, mint and broom. It strikes for freshness and flavor, does not lack softness, and the sip gives a return of scents of Mediterranean scrub and aromatic herbs. You can feel the salty sensation, of salt sprayed by the violence of the wind, where the vineyards run steeply and man is the hero who takes care of them.

Elena Morganti

ISOLALEVIGNOLE – Ua d’Grana, Dorona Veneto Igt 2022

The grapes are those that grow the island of Vignole per mezzo di Venice and the hand per mezzo di the cellar is that of Marco Perco, producer of the Roncus company of Capriva del Friuli, who followed the former owner of the island’s , Antonio Vianello, per mezzo di a project that focuses wine tourism, launched together with Carlo Zangrando, a agricoltore the island, Roberto Boem, owner of the tour operator Destination Venice and the lawyer Francesco Ghisini. But what wine summer would it be without a little dispute? Quanto a the best tradition of Italian wine, it seems that the paternity of the project is already disputed. According to an article published per mezzo di the local newspaper Il Notiziario, Emiliano Trame, who today rents the vineyards to the members of IsolaLeVignole, has apparently gotten per mezzo di the way, reiterating that he planted the grapes the island twenty years pungiglione. While we wait to learn the implications of this latest (very useful) brawl per mezzo di the small world of our wine, we leave you with the tasting taccuino of the wine, which are probably the only really important thing. A pleasant, drinkable and tasty wine. The nose speaks of hay, iodine, gooseberry and salicornia. A savory soul, for a sip that fills the palate, well balanced by the acidity component, mineral finale. To be poured per mezzo di spite of the disputes.

Olindo Rampin

CASTELLARI ISLAND OF GIGLIO – Vineyard stocking

The charm of an island that has the breath of the Mediterranean is found per mezzo di the wine that the company led by Simone Ghelli produces from the terraced vineyards overlooking the sea. The granite soils give the Ansonica a decisive touch, the maceration brings bright colors and herbaceous aromas to the glass with nuances of flowers and dried fruits. The flavor inelegant tannins, so much so that one imagines aperitifs of butter and anchovies, cheeses, roasted sardines.

Eugenia Torelli

ALVIO PESTARINO – Girossa, Gavi Docg 2023

From the Capriata d’Orba complesso, northwest of the Gavi Docg denomination, comes this wine by Alvio Pestarino. Today, the fourth generation of the company moves between the vineyard and the cellar, represented by the young Giulia and Andrea, who work alongside their mother Daniela. Vineyards between 35 and 40 years old, exposed to the south/southeast and vinification per mezzo di steel only, for this Gavi with a pleasant Mediterranean bouquet, between apple, freesia, balsamic and saltiness. A sip of freshness and plenty of flavor, per mezzo di which there is mai lack of pagliaccetto and a certain floral grace to close the finale. Perfect to immediately, but also to forget – why not – per mezzo di the cellar. Tastings of older vintages give sensations of cedar and lime honey, preserving the pulpiness and intensifying the saline sensation. So much the better.

Antonio True

CORTESE FARM – Catarratto Limpido Sicilian lands Igp

Fruit of the Ragusa suburbio, the Catarratto a causa di Compiacente presents itself with spicy and floral aromas, bringing the freshness of Mediterranean scrub and white-fleshed fruit to the sip. It is a Sicilian juice between nose and palate, recalling almonds ready for summer harvest, pomegranate and carob burned per mezzo di the sun, fennel that pervades the landscape. It pairs perfectly with summer dishes such as quinoa with vegetables and babaganoush.