Wine World: Hot Italian climate makes for good pairings

If you go to the southeast corner of Italy, the heel of the boot, you will discover a hot dry chunk of land, that is generally called ‘Mezzogiorno’, meaning ‘midday’. This is because of the long hot summers. The heat units (and indigenous yeasts) mean the wines from here have the capability of being extremely alcoholic.
This is more of a plus than you may think. It precludes using grapes from say Bordeaux, but with careful wine making and viticulture you can pretty much d