Wine with Leslie: This three-litre bag of wine in a box is actually quite nice

So much to learn and enjoy about Italian wines

Italian wine picture: Movimento Turismo del Vino

Italy is a fascinating country for many reasons but in the wine world it is perhaps the most difficult to get a grip on. There are just so many grape varieties, so many regions and sub regions and so many producers.

Italy is the world’s largest wine producer (followed closely by France) and accounts for almost 20% of world wine production. That’s 49 million hectolitres of wine (1 hectolitre is equal to 100 litres) which equates to around 7 billion bottles.