Wine World: An Italian mainstay worth having on the shelf

When we were in Sardinia last autumn, we were astounded by the degree to which a single drink had taken over the market. We took to counting the percentage of tables drinking Aperol or Aperol Soda at any given time. The Aperol market share was about 75 per cent in Sardinia, and judging by the Rome airport, the same throughout Italy.
When I teach the basics of wine tasting, I concentrate on teaching people the difference between bitter and acidic. Most people have a tough time working out the dif