Wine with Leslie: Three of my favourite Italian white wines and why

I’ll definitely feature white Rhônes and Riojas soon, but this week I’m focusing on Italian whites with three of my favourites

Joe McNamee: "In most regions, whites have improved remarkably, even much-maligned Frascati can be drinkable nowadays, made with Greco or Malvasia rather than Trebbiano."

The wine world is changing, it’s had to. As alcohol levels creep up in red wines and consumers look to lighter fresher styles. Sales of red are dropping and rosé and whites are on the up, so producers are adapting.

The Rhône is one example: these days producers are all planting white grapes to try to make up for the lower demand for reds. Good luck finding a red Rhône under 15% abv these days so adding whites into the mix makes perfect sense.