Manduria Italy / Its waiting for you.

 

Population 31.747

Area km ² 178.3

 

 

Manduria is the community and provincial area to which San Pietro in Bevagna and also the Sea Breeze Sala Bianca Apart-hotel belong. Taranto is the province. Manduria is a town with 32 800 inhabitants, . Manduria is a big and very beautiful old town with great history.

 

 

It appears that the variety from which the wine is principally made, Primitivo, got its name because of its tendency to ripen earlier than other types of vines. It is also believed to have been developed from a clone by one of the three groups of peoples who settled in the coastal zone of the Salento along the Ionian Sea .

That area was first colonized by the Messapians, then the Phoenicians and finally the Greeks.

Afterward and particularly in the Middle Ages with the diffusion of settlements encouraged by Basilian hermits of Greek origin, the variety spread through the Murge Mountains in the provinces of Bari and Taranto.

Photo from Viva Vino Manduria

It is known, from authoritative historical documents, that the variety was intensively cultivated in a vast stretch of Apulian territory in the 17th century as a result of the work of the Benedictines. But it was at Gioia del Colle, above all, that the monks found the most favorable conditions for growing that generous variety. Primitivo became so popular that it was introduced into the province of Taranto toward the close of the 19th century.

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The variety yields a wine of fine quality that has a high alcohol content and a highly special aroma. Because of those characteristics, it is also known by the local dialectical name "Mirr Test", meaning "hard wine." That descriptive term refers to the wine's big body.

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Wines are still extensively made from the variety, not only in the Primitivo di Manduria production zone but also throughout the Taranto and Bari districts and the provinces of Lecce and Brindisi .

THE WINES
Apulia ,Is a region with a prolific production of wine. In the past, the region often surpassed Sicily and Veneto in output, though Apulia 's former title of " Europe 's wine cellar" no longer carries much weight.

As traditional markets for strong blending wines have diminished, Apulia 's producers have increasingly put the levy on premium quality.

Photo from Viva Vino Manduria

Some have come forth with good to excellent wines: dry, balanced reds, whites and ros~s, as well as sweet wines from a great range of grape varieties, both native and foreign.