Puglia is one of the largest grape producers in Italy. Not one of the largest wine producers, mind you, because only a quarter of the grapes end up as wine in a bottle. The rest is distilled or ends up as grape concentrate. Puglia is a region where you have to search a bit, but where you can still find characteristic red wines with a favorable price-quality ratio for Italy.
Puglia is located in the south of Italy, in the 'heel of the boot' on the Adriatic coast. It is hot and dry there. It is not without reason that the name comes from the Roman 'a-pluvia' which means 'lack of rain'. Perfectly suited to growing grapes because it forces the plants to dig deep into the ground with their roots.
Unfortunately, many grape growers in Puglia opt for the highest possible yield per hectare. Not conducive to quality. Only 2% of the total production has DOC status, these are generally the best wines of the region. But Puglia is a region where you have to search a bit, but then you can be rewarded with characteristic - mostly red - wines with a very favourable price-quality ratio for Italy. In Salento, for example, a region that is rapidly emerging.
Most quality wines from Puglia are made from Negroamaro. A grape that produces robust, deep red wines with substantial tannins and is therefore sometimes softened by Malvasia Nera. The DOCs mainly come from Salento, in the 'heel of the Italian boot'. We currently have seven wines from Puglia in our range. You can view all our wines from Puglia here.
Orange wine (27) 
Fresh (89) 
Light (35) 
Rosé (14) 
Aromatic (20) 
Medium (98) 
Sparkling (27) 
Ripe (70) 
Full-bodied (100) 
