THE FIANO THINGS IN LIFE

WINEMAKER JENNY DOBSON (SEE OUR WOMEN IN WINE FEATURE) HAS DEDICATED THE PAST FEW YEARS TO LEARNING ALL THINGS ‘FIANO’ – AND SHE’S FINALLY RELEASED HER FIRST EXAMPLES. FIANO IS A NATIVE ITALIAN GRAPE WITH ITS ROOTS IN ANTIQUITY, ITS HOME BEING THE VOLCANIC SOILS NEAR MT VESUVIUS. HER 2017 VINTAGE IS NOW AVAILABLE AND IT’S LACED WITH LEMON, YELLOW PLUM AND WHITE PEACH, AND HAS LAYERS OF RICH, TOASTY, NUTTY NOTES AND A TEXTURAL, SOPHISTICATED FINISH. AVAILABLE FROM LIQUOR KING NAPIER, (06) 843 5879.