Gallura

According to Jessica Ball, a Master Sommelier of the Associazione Italiana Sommelier, who is based in Rome, the ubiquitous granite of the Gallura region confers a flinty back-bite on this aromatic fruity and fresh white wine.

The Subdued Side of Sardinia Cristina Slattery 2010

This is the true cuisine of the region of Gallura, where meat and cheese, not fish, form the staple of the diet.

In Search of a Billionaire's Paradise Aude Lagorce 2011

The Gallura penisula of Sardinia is the source of some of the best Vermentinos in Italy, if not the world and the Piero Mancini Vermentino is a typical Galluran wine—bright, fresh and clean with delightful notes of lemon and grapefruit.

The Wine of Yachts and Beaches Lettie Teague 2011

In this northern part of Sardinia known as Gallura, of which the Costa Smeralda is a part, Vermentino flourishes, finding its natural habitat in this rocky, arid and wind-swept terrain.

The Subdued Side of Sardinia Cristina Slattery 2010

When they summoned Signore Gallura for questioning my cousin went, too, but he did not take his staff.

The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010

In later days we find the value of the Gallura granite appreciated by the Pisans.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

I have before had occasion to mention the respect entertained for him by the mountaineers of Gallura, resulting from a former connection beneficial to parts of that district; and I feel convinced that his name and sanction better obviated any prejudices, and offered a broader shield for the protection of the wires from injury, than all the power of the Piedmontese officials, backed by squadrons of carabineers, could have done.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

It was, however, pleasurable to linger midway between the two islands, retracing our route in the one by the lines of its mountain ranges, and anticipating fresh delight in penetrating those of the Gallura now in prospect.

Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester

GUARNE.IO, P.E. Una novellina nel dialetto di Luras in Gallura (Sardinia).

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

Roman emperors, under Gialetus, one of the citizens, who made himself king of the whole island, his three brothers becoming governors of Torres (in the N.W.), Arborea (in the S.W.) and Gallura (in the N.E. of the island).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various