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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 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.
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 ...
The wine is sweet and low in alcohol, and is considered a dessert wine. A related wine, Asti, is produced in the same area from the same grape. Grown in the hilltop town of Asti in Montferrat, Piedmont, Moscato d’Asti is made by small producers in small batches. [2] Moscato is named such because of its earthy musky aroma.
In fact, there are excellent sparkling wines being produced throughout Italy, from the well-established, Champagne-challenging cuvées of Franciacorta, to Alta Langa bottlings from Piedmont, to ...
This is a list of the 77 Italian DOCG (denominazione di origine controllata e garantita) wines ordered by region. [1] The four original DOCGs were Brunello , Vino Nobile , and Barolo (all approved by a presidential decree in July 1980) and Barbaresco (as approved in October 1980).
The company has been involved in motor racing sponsorship under the Martini Racing banner since 1968, [4] and was a minor sponsor of Scuderia Ferrari until 2008. From 2014 to 2018 Martini was the title sponsor of Williams F1, with the team officially called "Williams Martini Racing", and the car in the traditional Martini racing colors.
Sparkling wines are produced around the world, and are often referred to by their local name or region, such as Prosecco, Franciacorta, Trento DOC, Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico and Asti from Italy (the generic Italian term for sparkling wine being spumante), Espumante from Portugal, Cava from Spain, and Cap Classique from South Africa ...