Wine of the Day, No. 834
Another of those nook & cranny wines.
Castel del Monte is a small DOC of limestone and clay loam soils in the hills above the city of Bari in the southeast Italian region of Apulia. The area is named for an octagonal fortress — the castle on the mountain — constructed by Frederick II in the 1240s. Frederick (1194-1250) was King of Sicily, King of Germany, King of Italy and Holy Roman Empero…
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