Corkbuzz Online | Community Class: The Indigenous Grapes of Italy

Join Laura & Corkbuzz for our community class! All proceeds from community classes will be donated to rotating charities.

This month's proceeds will be donated to The Bail Project. The Bail Project™ National Revolving Bail Fund is a critical tool to prevent incarceration and combat racial and economic disparities in the bail system. Check out their website to see all the good work they're doing or to donate.

For our community class, Laura will guide us through the Indigenous Grapes of Italy.

According to Ian D’Agata’s comprehensive Native Wine Grapes of Italy, the country cultviates roughly 2,000 native grape varieties. Although just under 400 are used to make wine in commercially significant volume, that number totals more native grape varieties than France, Spain and Greece combined.

After a period of time appealing to the mass market and the critics with Merlot and Chardonnay, many Italian vintners are returning to their roots and focusing on native grapes once again. Because of their long association with a specific area, these varieties are actually better able to cope with local microclimates and express terroir. And in a country that only became a nation in 1861, they are considered part of the regional cultural identity.

Zoom links will be sent via email on the morning of the class. Follow-up notes are sent the following day.

Check out our wine "backpacks" for the class here or email laura@corkbuzz.com for custom wines shipped from Corkbuzz for class.