Ideal wines for the winter months

With the arrival of winter the kitchen also changes. From fresh and light foods of the summer diet we move on to dishes of greater structure and complexity. Pasta seasoned with rich and tasty sauces, often based on meat, risotto with vegetables, soups and soups of the rural tradition are preferred. Even the second courses are oriented towards roasts, boiled, braised, overcooked or game. Those who prefer seafood, in the winter months often choose baked fish dishes with seasonal potatoes and vegetables, fish soups and broths, in general more complex and tasty preparations. For cheese lovers, the cold climate is ideal for enjoying a platter of aged or blue cheeses. All dishes that require wines of a certain importance in combination, capable of keeping up with dishes with strong and persistent flavors. Let's see how our cellar also changes during the winter months and what wines we have to buy and keep at home to face the winter in the sign of good food. Let's start with the Whites . If young and fresh whites are preferred during the summer, the winter months are an opportunity to bring wines of greater structure and body to the table, perhaps aged in wood. A few examples?

Collio DOC Friulano Manditocai from Livon, Verdicchio Classico from Castelli di Jesi Riserva DOCG Plenio by Umani Ronchi, Terre Siciliane IGT Grappoli del Grillo by Marco De Bartoli , Alto Adige DOC Sauvignon Lafóa from Colterenzio , or even some excellent white wine product with maceration on the skins : the Venezia Giulia IGT Ribolla Gialla by Damijan Podversic, Venezia Giulia IGT Ograde by Skerk, Venezia Giulia IGT Ribolla by Radikon, Venezia Giulia IGT Bianco Breg Anfora by Gravner.

For the reds, however, there is only spoiled for choice. Let's start with some South Tyrolean Pinot Noir: Franz Haas ' Alto Adige DOC Pinot Noir, Hofstatter's Alto Adige Pinot Noir DOC Barthenau Vigna S. Urbano, Elena Walch's Alto Adige Pinot Noir DOC Ludwig. For wine lovers the Langhe: Barolo DOCG Cannubi of Poderi Luigi Einaudi Barolo DOCG Cerequio Michele Chiarlo Barolo DOCG Villero of Sordo, Ravera Barolo DOCG Elvio Cogno. Those who prefer the great reds of Tuscany can choose between: the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG of Fuligni, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Poggio Doria delle Tenute Silvio Nardi vineyard, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Vigna Vecchia di Le Ragnaie, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Old vineyards of Siro Pacenti, Bolgheri DOC Superiore Sapaio del Podere Sapaio , the Bolgheri DOC Superiore Grattamacco from Tenuta Grattamacco. Finally some labels of the southern regions: the Taurasi DOCG Piano di Montevergine Riserva dei Feudi di San Gregorio, the Taurasi DOCG Radici di Mastroberardino, the Aglianico del Vulture DOC Title by Elena Fucci, the County of Sclafani DOC Rosso del Conte Regaleali of Tasca d'Almerita, the Etna DOC Rosso Aetneus I Vigneri de I Custodi delle Vigne dell'Etna, Etna Rosso DOC San Lorenzo di Girolamo Russo, Etna Rosso DOC Tenuta San Michele di Murgo, Etna Rosso DOC Prephylloxera The vineyard of Don Peppino of Tenuta delle Terre Nere.