Oliver McCrum wrote:This is circular; my question would be why don't they? I think the rise of the South is a noteworthy trend for two reasons: firstly, because it's new and newsworthy, especially in the case of the extraordinary white wines that are coming from down there these days; and secondly because there are so many amazing wines being made in the south (especially Campania) that covering Italy without giving these wines their due doesn't make any sense.
Oliver, are we brothers under the skin? I agree with everything you say just above. 20 years ago I would never had even tried a Campania white (sulfur) but now they are some of my favorite whites from where ever!