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The Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily have long, indivual winemaking traditions with many local varieties as well as others found across the Mediterranean. blackpoolmatt's wine club has three new wines from the two islands which demonstrate the range of styles made there. Cagnulari When tasting Italian wine, there's always something unexpected. I had never heard of the grape variety, Cagnulari, before, but it turns out it's a clone of the Rioja grape, Graciano. Even though Sardinia is now a part of Italy, it's a Mediterranean island with Spanish and Catalan influence as seen in some of the varieties planted...

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