Bastianich Joseph - Vino italiano: the regional wines of Italy

With nearly 400 authorized wine grape varieties scattered over the 21 regions of its boot-shaped peninsula, Italy has long proved difficult for wine writers to cover comprehensively and accurately. This collaborative effort by Bastianich and Lynch is clearly up to the challenge, and the result is a lively and informative primer on Italian wines for the neophyte consumer and connoisseur collector alike.

Publishers Weekly

This examination of Italys vineyards and wines will help Americans seeking new tastes and bargain prices. A bonus is the commentary on regional cooking and recipes from Josephs mother, Lidia Bastianich of Felidia restaurant, and Mario Batali, Josephs partner in Babbo and other New York City restaurants.

Chicago Tribune

The first serious wine writing effort to come across this desk in 2002.

New York Times

Italy is the one country whose wine has transformed the most in the past two decades, creating a tremendous need for an authoritative, comprehensive book like this. And because Italian wine cant be explored fully without the food, the recipes and food discussions in Vino Italiano are invaluable. These authors have unprecedented passion, and it shows: this is the definitive guide.

Kevin Zraly, author of
Windows on the World Complete Wine Course

The book we all came to hear about, however, is getting great reviews, as well it should. In Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy, Joe Bastianich and Lynch have written not only the definitive guide to todays Italian wines, but one that is an interesting read, too. It explores the art of making wine and of drinking it. With this book, you can throw out all the outdated Italian wine books on your shelf. Vino Italiano has everything you want to know about Italian wines.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

If Italian food is your most likely menu choice, and youd like to learn more about the wines that go with it, Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch is for you. The book is absolutely crammed with information on each of Italys 21 wine regions, with maps, guided wine tastings, and, of course, food. But wine is at the forefront here: Theres an in-depth look at Italys vinicultural history, how each region developed, which wines they make and how and why they make them. There are suggested samplings and food pairings, and even tips on wine touring.

Boston Herald

Finally, the book that makes sense of the most exciting, diverse, and baffling wine country of them all. Bastianich and Lynch have written a comprehensive, authoritative, highly readable guide to the wines of Italy. An essential book for the oenophile, and for anyone who has ever wondered what to drink with his calamari. The recipes from Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali are a major bonus.

Jay McInerney

This might be the only wine book ever to make you hungry.

New York magazine

No major wine country in the world has more great wines, more different types of wine, and fewer up-to-date resources for finding those wines than Italy. This well-researched book is a welcome addition to the reference shelf The prose is lively and helpful. This is a book that any lover of Italian wines will return to again and again.

Seattle Times

Joe Bastianich and David Lynch have covered the subject with new spirit and style, providing a wealth of information on the current wine scene along with astute insights into the Italian way of life. This is the most enjoyable book on wine (by no means just Italian) Ive come across in years.

Burton Anderson, author of The Wine Atlas of Italy

Copyright 2002, 2005 by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch
Photographs copyright 2002 by Alessandro Puccinelli
Maps by Jeffrey Lindenmuth
Recipes by Lidia Bastianich () used by permission.

Portions of the chapters on Friuli, Tuscany, and Sicily first appeared in articles by David Lynch for Wine & Spirits magazine, and are used here by permission.

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Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2002.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bastianich, Joseph
Vino italiano : the regional wines of Italy/by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch.1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Wine and wine makingItaly. I. Lynch, David, 1967 II. Title.
TP559.I8 B38 2002
641.220945dc212001036456

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