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Foodexplore offers you an online wine shop with a selection of the best Italian wineries which reflect our philosophy: niche and high-quality products, produced with great respect of the environment. Italy is the country with the highest number of local grapes varietes in the world ( more than 350). Local grapes varieties are extremely important for the Italian wine-growing and wine-making scene and that is why Italy differentiates itself from any other wine-producing countries. Since every single variety has its own peculiarities, in each glass of wine you taste you will find unique and typical features thanks to the many types of territories, lands and climates. The most famous varieties which let the world know about Italian wines during the course of history are Sangiovese, used for Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti; Nebbiolo for the Barolo and also Barbaresco, Zibibbo used for the Passito di Pantelleria; Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella wich made up the well-known Amarone della Valpolicella. On Foodexplore you will find the most famous wineries and the best wines which made the history of the Italian wine scene. You will also discover with us new and small producers of great wines.


Banfi’s story begins in 1978 when two Italian-American brothers John and Harry Mariani bought a magnificent estate in Montalcino with the strong will to produce a great wine in a great territory. The investment was huge, as a result one of the most important winery of Italy was created with an extension of about 2800 hectares of property, 1000 of which planted as vineyards. In the early 80’s the company undertook an important research work together with the University of Milan regarding the study of Sangiovese clones in the company, identifying about 650 of them. Afterwards they studied which ones among them could better adapt to the specific soil conditions and which wine results they could provide. Today thanks to this study each vineyard is planted using 4 selected clones chosen by the research results based on the soil characteristics. During the years the Mariani brothers have decided to invest in other important areas of Italian oenology, such as Bolgheri, the Classical Chianti and Piedmont.
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