specializing in fashioning traditional red and white wines from Italy’s picturesque Marches.

 With modern equipment and a profound respect for the Marches’ traditional grape varieties and

historic winemaking methods, Garofoli produces an entire line of classic Marchegian wines.

 Verdicchio, the Marches’ most renowned grape variety and

most sought after wine, dominates Garofoli’s production.

 Garofoli produces two very distinct Verdicchio wines, a light,

racy quaff labeled Garofoli Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, and

the elegant, round Garofoli Podium Classico Superiore also from the Castelli di Jesi DOC.

 Podium is recognized as one of the finest of all Verdicchio wines and

lauded for its ability to mature in bottle for up to five years or more.

 It is Garofoli’s flagship offering.

 Garofoli also turns out several delicious red wines,

most notably Rosso Conero, as well as a host of additional still and sparkling wines.

 In order to maintain quality and freshness, Garofoli makes their white and

red wines in separate wineries in the Marches. 

Verdicchio :

Verdicchio is a white grape variety indigenous to the Marches region of Italy as well as

the name of the Marches’ most popular white wine.

 Verdicchio is derived from the word verde, which means green,

due no doubt to the grape’s greenish yellow hue.

 Verdicchio is a commonplace name among wine consumers, and

so is the striking but hopelessly impractical fish-shaped bottle that encapsulates the most commercial and

usually least exciting of Verdicchio’s wines from the Castelli di Jesi DOC.

 However, few experts and consumers alike know that there are actually two appellations for --

Verdicchio in the Marches, Castelli di Jesi and Matelica, and

both appellations turn out some of Italy’s most pleasing white wines,

mostly from estates such as Garofoli whose wines contain only 100% Verdicchio grapes.

The Marches : 

 The Marches, or Marche in Italian, is the green, picturesque region of central Italy that --

lies wedged between the Apennine spine of the Italian peninsula and

the cliff-studded coast of the gleaming Adriatic Sea.

 Aside from the two month onslaught (in July and August) of Italian and

Teutonic tourists that descend upon the coastal regions of the province,

the Marches remains an oasis of calm, rural charm, art, religious shrines, fine food and

of course excellent wines – the very glories of Italy.

 The most important wines of this rural oasis, which sits just due east of Florence,

are Rosso Piceno, the most authentic and traditional of the region’s red wines;

 Rosso Conero, an even more robust version of Rosso Piceno in that --

its cépage is the same as Rosso Piceno except with Montepulciano playing the main character and

Sangiovese the supporting role, whereas the opposite is the case with Rosso Piceno; and

finally Verdicchio, the quintessential fish wine that --

hails from two distinct DOC’s, Castelli di Jesi and Matelica.

 Verdicchio can range from a light, pleasant quaff to one of the world’s quintessential white wines.

 Both Verdicchio DOCs are capable of fashioning compelling white wines that --

serve as ideal accompaniments to seafood for which the Marches is justifiably renowned.