Malvasia: A guide to this ancient grape and its sprawling worldwide family

The sun-drying of grapes for the production of Monemvasia-Malvasia wines.It seems that everywhere you turn in the wine world, you’ll find a grape called Malvasia – according to the ultimate scientific grapevine database VIVC.de, there are as many as 290 of them. And many are delicious, so are definitely worth exploring.
The name ‘Malvasia’ is widespread across the Mediterranean basin and into the Atlantic as far as Madeira and the Canary Islands, and it would be logical t