Italian wines getting better and better

I’m revisiting Italy for the first time in a while this week with a selection of recommended wines that have not appeared here before.

Italy is not an easy country to get to grips with for wine enthusiasts given the huge number of grape varieties and regions — Jancis Robinson’s book Wine Grapes lists 377 Italian varieties that are cultivated commercially.

There is also a bewildering range of designated DOC with every hillside and plain demarcated.