Level 6 · Lesson 3
Italy III: Southern Italy and the Islands
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Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Aglianico
- A late-ripening red grape associated with structured southern Italian wines.
- Nerello Mascalese
- A red grape central to many Etna reds, where site and production complicate a single island stereotype.
- Cannonau
- The Sardinian name associated with Grenache; shared grape identity does not make every wine identical.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- Irpinia origin context.
- Original Aglianico consortium reference — currently unavailable
- Producer regional/grape context.
- Sicilian origins and grapes.
- Etna geographic and origin context.
- Producer Sardinian grape context; no single-birthplace claim.
- Cirò and Gaglioppo context.
- Natural Earth map-data terms — publisher restricts automated access
- Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino — Undated producer Fiano sheet; rendered page 1 bottle crop.
- Feudi di San Gregorio Rubrato — Undated producer Rubrato sheet; original embedded bottle image.
- Tormaresca Neprica Primitivo — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Tenuta delle Terre Nere Etna Rosso — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Donnafugata Sherazade 2024 — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Argiolas Costera — Authentic producer range reference. Image vintage and actual tasting edition require matching; no stock or price claim.
- Fiano, Greco and Falanghina: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Primitivo: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
- Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio: traditional home, typical expression and teaching application; original explanatory prose.
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.