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A list of the Italian IGT (indicazione geografica tipica) wines, in alphabetical order by region. Note that IGT wines are not produced in Piedmont and Aosta Valley. Note that IGT wines are not produced in Piedmont and Aosta Valley.
This is a list of the 329 Italian DOC (denominazione di origine controllata) wines ordered by region. [1] The wine making regions of Italy are equivalent to its twenty administrative regions. Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, however, is subdivided into its two constituent parts.
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).
Italian wine (Italian: vino italiano) is produced in every region of Italy. Italy is the country with the widest variety of indigenous grapevine in the world, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] with an area of 702,000 hectares (1.73 million acres) under vineyard cultivation, [ 3 ] as well as the world's largest wine producer and the largest exporter as of 2024 [update] .
Eventually Italian winemakers realized that if they pressed the wines early in the process, remaining the skins, they could complete the fermentation albeit with a lightly colored wine. [ 29 ] The Italians have several terms for rosé style wines beginning with the term rosato that is a permitted wine style in several Denominazione di origine ...
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Vin Santo (Italian: [vin ˈsanto]; lit. ' Holy Wine ') is a style of Italian dessert wine.Traditional in Tuscany, these wines are often made from white grape varieties such as Trebbiano and Malvasia, although Sangiovese may be used to produce a rosé style known as "Occhio di Pernice" or eye of the partridge.
The Franciacorta wine zone is responsible for some of Italy's most prestigious sparkling wines. Located along the shores of Lake Iseo, vineyards are planted in well-drained morainic soils. [ 10 ] The area has a long history of producing still red and white wines but has gained most of its success in the last 40 years since it started producing ...