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This is a list of wine-related list articles on Wikipedia. Wines by country. List of Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée wines ...
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).
Terroir-France:AOC list, sorted by region; Arrêté du 19 juillet 2004 relatif à la composition des comités régionaux vins et eaux-de-vie de l'Institut national des appellations d'origine (in French) Europa.eu: Wine sector: List of quality wines produced in specified regions
Wines from South Tyrol have official designations in both the Italian and German languages. Labels typically use the German form. Südtirol, or Südtiroler (Italian: Alto Adige) produced in South Tyrol; Kalterersee, or Kalterer) (Italian: Lago di Caldaro, or Caldaro) a DOC produced both in the provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino
Brokers from the wine industry ranked the wines according to a château's reputation and trading price, which at that time was directly related to quality. The wines were ranked in importance from first to fifth growths . All of the red wines that made it on the list came from the Médoc region except for one: Château Haut-Brion from Graves.
The final group are the Vinho Regional (VRs), which are table wines with a geographical indication under EU regulations. VRs each cover a larger area and are similar to the French Vin de pays at regional/departmental level. [1] [2] The early 2000s has seen many changes in the classification and naming of Portuguese wine regions.
Grand Cru (great growth) is the highest level in the vineyard classification of Burgundy.There are a total of 550 hectares (1,400 acres) of Grand Cru vineyards—approximately 2% of Burgundy's 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) of vineyards (excluding Beaujolais)—of which 356 hectares (880 acres) produce red wine and 194 hectares (480 acres) produce white wine.
Many wine writers consider that there is some overlap in quality between the Classed Growths and the Cru Bourgeois, although also saying that by and large the Classed Growths still represent the best wines. [2] The first Cru Bourgeois list was drawn up by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Agriculture in 1932, selecting 444 estates ...