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A glass of Lambrusco. Today, there are various levels of dryness / sweetness, including secco (bone dry / dry), amabile (off-dry / sweet) and dolce (very sweet). Sweet Lambrusco became hugely popular in the United States in the late 1970s–1980s, reaching a high of over 13 million cases exported to the country in 1985.
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see Vitis.
Modena or Provincia di Modena, produced in the province of Modena. The grape variety must be stated as one of: Lambrusco (Bianco in the styles normale and Frizzante; Rosato in the styles normale and Frizzante; Rosso in the styles normale, Frizzante and Novello) Malbo gentile (Rosso in the styles normale, Frizzante and Novello)
Abrusco is a red Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Tuscany region where it is a minor blending component permitted in the wines of Chianti.The grape has long history in the region and was mentioned in 1600, under its synonyms Abrostino and Colore, in the posthumously published work by Italian agronomist Giovan Vettorio Soderini Trattato della coltivazione delle viti, e del ...
In Emilia Romagna it is used mainly as a secondary grape to make Lambrusco wines more amabile (slightly sweet)—specifically the Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC (province of Modena), where it may provide up to 10% of the blend, and the Lambrusco versions of the Reggiano DOC (province of Reggio Emilia), where it may account for up to 15%.
In particular, he had a comprehensive vision of Lambrusco as a product, studying and promoting it from grape selection, cultivation, vinification, trade, and marketing through agricultural fairs and publications in specialized magazines. Along with other landowners, he established an Agricultural Council and later an Agricultural Station to ...
Piccinini was born in Bologna into a musical family: his father Leonardo Maria Piccinini taught lute playing to Alessandro as well as his brothers Girolamo (died 1615) and Filippo (died 1648). He held appointments at the Este court in Ferrara (from 1582 to 1597) and with Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini , papal legate at Bologna and Ferrara.
The cooperative found success in the American export market in 1967 [1] with an amabile-style Lambrusco wine suited to American tastes of the time. In 1973 the Riunite brand was the top seller in the U.S. among wine imports, largely due to catchy advertising that made the wine a household name.