Italian White Wines

Famous and great white wines from Italy

The real white wine lovers will undoubtedly already know them. Nevertheless, we will list them for you - in random order:

• Pinot Grigio
• Soave Superiore and the Soave Classico
• Gavi di Gavi
• Langhe Arneis and the Roero Arneis
• Vernaccia di San Gimignano
• Fiano di Avellino
• Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio
• Vermentino di Gallura

In addition to the above-mentioned fairly well-known wines, there are many unknown tasty white wines such as the Karmis, Est! Est! Est! di Montefiascone, Greco di Tufo and the Trebbiano d’Abruzzo.

Are you not familiar with them yet? Try and taste them yourself. At home. Or on hiliday in Italy when you visit one of the Italian wineries yourself. And experience a great tour and tasting.

Then you will learn which one to order next time.

Which grapes are used to produce the best Italian white wines?

Italy has many different types of grapes. With a total of 569 (as of early 2020), the country has the largest number of different grape varieties in the world.

In addition to the internationally known grapes such as Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier and, for example, the Müller-thurgau, it is mainly the local grapes that surprise us with their delicoious tast.

You are probably familiar with the Pinot Grigio and the Verdicchio. But are you also familiar with the grapes Arneis, Vernaccia, Fiano, Biancolella, Glera, Pecorino, Carricante, Vermentino, Falanghina, Cortese, Garganega, Timorasso, Malvasia, Moscato, Trebbiano, Greco di Trufo and the Durella?

Overview of all Italian white DOCG wines

The wines of the very best quality in the Italian wine classification system are the DOCG wines. On avinturo.com you can read all about the DOCG wines, together with the overview of all 74 qualified wines.

Of these 74 wines with a DOCG quality mark, 22 are white wines. Below is a list of these Italian white wines of the highest quality:

Asolo Prosecco DOCG

Asti DOCG

Cannellino di Frascati DOCG

Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva DOCG

Colli Bolognesi Pignoletto DOCG

Colli di Conegliano DOCG

Colli Euganei Fior d’Arancio / Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei DOCG

Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG

Erbaluce di Caluso / Caluso DOCG

Fiano di Avellino DOCG

Frascati Superiore DOCG

Gavi / Cortese di Gavi DOCG

Greco di Tufo DOCG

Lison DOCG

Offida DOCG

Roero DOCG

Romagna Albana DOCG

Rosazzo DOCG

Soave Superiore DOCG

Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva DOCG

Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG

You would expect something different from some wines, for example the Asolo Prosecco DOCG and the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG. By far the most wine is of course the sparkling wine, but there are also a small number of white wines made under this label.

You might also like to discover the red Italian wines and the specific Italian red wines with the DOCG quality label.