Why ItalyVino ? Two reasons.

First, to help discover the stars you’ll find hidden amongst the decidedly ordinary on the wine-lists of most Italian restaurants outside Italy.

Second, to guide you towards a few more gems – many of which never make it outside Italy – to look out for in restaurants and shops during your next Italian visit.

(Launching our new ItalyVino video series. Click on the main headline title above for more…)

Back in February 2008, not long after we’d first arrived in Abruzzo to start Villasfor2, I began a weekly wine blog called Everyday Italian Wine, which featured bottles you could buy – around here at least – for under €10.

One year and 50-odd bottles later, Everyday Italian Wine morphed into Special Italian Wine, raising the standards to bottles costing over €10.

Now the time’s come to move on from Special Italian Wine to something brand new.

(To find out more – and discover David’s favourite red and white wine of the series – click on the main headline title above)

You’ve either got to be extraordinarily stupid or extraordinarily confident to sell your wine in a yellow bottle…

(Is the wine-maker’s confidence justified ? Or are our worst fears justified ? Only one way to find out…clock on the main headline title above…)