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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.


Cavalleri is a winery in Erbusco, in the heart of Franciacorta. The Cavalleri family was owner of agricultural land since 1450. In Cavalleri is preserved a purchase agreement dated 1842 testifies the purchase of a vineyard which is still owned by Cavalleri called Rampaneto. Even then, the company is producing white and red wine that was sold in bulk, and only after 1967 when Franciacorta reached DOC Cavalleri began to bottle. The first bottles of Franciacorta Cavalleri saw the light in 1979 when Gian Paolo and Giovanni Cavalleri abandoned the ancient wine cellar and built it a more modern one. Today Cavalleri winery is a landmark of style in Franciacorta believing strongly in the concept blanc de blanc so thy use Chardonnay grapes only trying to express at the top level cru potentials in Franciacorta.

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