Sollazzo

Sollazzo is a range of everyday Italian wines carrying the broad Vino d'Italia designation, which allows fruit to be drawn from anywhere in the country and blended without regard to regional boundaries.

That designation is often treated as a mark of anonymity, and for most wines it is. It also gives the winemaker complete freedom: there are no rules about which grapes may be used or in what proportion, which is why several of Italy's most celebrated wines began life under a similar catch-all label before the appellation system caught up with them.

These are wines made for the table and priced accordingly. The name means amusement or diversion in Italian, which is a fair statement of intent.