Pajara Pedone

Types of Grape

In Puglia, almost 40% of the regional acreage under vine was devoted to native grapes as of 2010. The main red native grape varieties in Puglia are:

• Primitivo
• Negro Amaro
• Uva di Troia

White - Verdeca, Bianco d’Alessano, Pampanuto and Minutulo

Slightly rarer varieties:

• Susamaniello (mainly used as a blending grape)
• Ottavianello (a traditional variety of Puglia, elsewhere known as Cinsault)

Extinct but being revived varieties:

Marchione, Uva della Scala, Palumbo and Uva Attina. Antinello, Samarello Rosso, Cuccipanelli.

Extinct: Pier Domenico, Tamiarello and Maricchione.

Notes

Plenty of online winemaking manuals here.

Extech PH testers have been mentioned as well as Milwaukee as being reliable.

Need to by a hydrometer and tritrating tester..??

See vinidipuglia.com for identifying types of grape from their leaf.

Suggestions

Discard rotten grapes..

Make sure correct amount of sulphur dioxide is added.

Purchase a pneumatic sealing lid - a pump and sealing tube ensures that wine doesn’t come into contact with oxygen.

Buy PH meter (£20) to keep a constant eye on the PH level and to know exactly how much SO2 to add.