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Asti (also known as Asti spumante) [2] is a sparkling white Italian wine that is produced throughout southeastern Piedmont, but is particularly focused around the towns of Asti and Alba. Since 1993 the wine has been classified as a denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG) and as of 2004 was Italy's largest producing appellation ...
The three neighbouring Provinces of Asti, Cuneo, and Alessandria incorporate the Langhe and Monferrato Hills region in the centre of Piedmont, limestone and sandstone deposits laid down by the retreating Adriatic some 5 million years ago [citation needed], and are home to some of Italy's most known red wines, plus some white ones. Asti is the ...
The province of Asti (Italian: provincia di Asti; Piedmontese: provincia d'Ast) is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Asti. To the northwest it borders on the Metropolitan City of Turin; to the southwest it borders on the province of Cuneo.
New kids on the block, the Frasca family returned to Italy with the desire to make elegant, terroir-expressive wines in Nizza Monferrato. They brought Asti-born winemaker Matteo Gerbi, making the ...
Tinella in the region surrounding Costigliole d'Asti; Colli Astiani in the region surrounding Vigliano d'Asti; Nizza, produced in the region surrounding Nizza Monferrato. Formerly a sub-region of Barbera d'Asti, it was promoted to DOCG in 2014 [2] Barbera del Monferrato Superiore (Rosso), produced in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria
Asti is the geographical heart of this macro-region, bordered on the south by the valley of the river Belbo and west roughly from the path of the stream Versa and whose right side Asti is located. The highest point of the area is the hill of Albugnano of 549 meters above sea level.
Moscato d'Asti is a DOCG sparkling white wine made from the Moscato bianco grape and produced mainly in the province of Asti, northwest Italy, and in smaller nearby regions in the provinces of Alessandria and Cuneo. The wine is sweet and low in alcohol, and is considered a dessert wine.
The wine is cherry red in colour with an aroma typical of the grape and 'reminiscent of dog roses and scents of red berries.' [2] The flavour is sweet and aromatic with characteristic tannins. It is made in both lightly ( frizzante ) and fully sparkling ( spumante ) versions; the regulations also permit it to be made as a still wine.