A. Italy
B. Spain
C. France
D. United States
Futures
See EN PRIMEUR The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Full-Bodied
Having pronounced weight on the palate. Full-bodied wines are to LIGHT-BODIED The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Fruity
A catchall term for the pronounced flavor or AROMA that comes from the wine grapesThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Fruit
The part of a wine’s AROMA and flavor that comes from grapes.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Front Palate
It might seem like the term front plate refers to the front of the mouth,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Frizzante
Slightly fizzy,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Free Run
The juice that runs—freely—simply as the result of the weightThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Foxy
An odd descriptive term (having nothing to do with foxes, or sex appeal, for that matter) The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Foudre
Large woodenThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Why So Much Italian Wine?
In the United States, most of the wine that’s imported is Italian. In 2025 some 93.2 million gallons of Italian wine were imported into this country. In fact, Italian wine has led US imports for decades, hitting a peak in 2021 with 43% of all US table wine imports. Is it because Italian wine is just so good? I love lots of Italian wine, but I’m sure “goodness” has nothing to do with it. What does? The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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