Puglia Producer Guide

‘The heel of the boot’ and long associated with large volumes of gluggable, basic table wine hailing from its warm, fertile vineyards. Certainly, as one of the country’s largest producing regions, there is still no shortage of wines made in that ilk. However, alongside are some real Italian gems: deep, spicy Primitivo from Manduria and inky-black Negroamaro can produce wines of real complexity, and there are wonderful producers across most of its 32 DOC/Gs.