Italy is a great source for fine and interesting white wines, as you could expect from a country that takes its gastronomic delights so seriously. Many would consider Friuli in the very North-East of the country to be the best area so try the wines from Sirch in the Colli Orientali. There are however many other Italian white wines to discover, both famous and not. In the South, east of Naples, Terradora makes fascinating white wines that rival white Burgundy for intensity. Apart from Fiano and Lacrima Christi, they make Greco di Tufo, a more inexpensive version of which comes from Alovini in nearby Basilicata. Via Feudi di San Marzano in Puglia, you come to Sicily with great Catarratto/Chardonnay from Amanti del Vino and very accomplished wines from wizard winemaker, Bruno Fina. Frascati serves the fish restaurants of the Tyrrhenian Sea while Verdicchio is the fish wine of the Adriatic. Antinori of Florence does a good job of rivalling both with white wines from their Orvieto estate and also from Tuscany. Verona is the wine capital of Italy with Soave on one side, Lugana on the other and large amounts of Pinot Grigio wine handled by the Veneto’s producers. Both Zeni, on the shores of Lake Garda, and Cesari are well regarded for their wines. Finally to Piemonte and the Cortese grape which is most famous for Gavi.