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Italian wine<\/b>\u00a0is produced in every\u00a0region<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Italy<\/a>, home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. Italy is the\u00a0world’s largest producer of wine<\/a>, with an area of 702,000 hectares (1,730,000 acres) under vineyard cultivation, and contributing a 2013\u20132017 annual average of 48.3 million\u00a0hl<\/a>\u00a0of wine. I<\/p>\n These are the major wine regions of Italy.\u00a0 \u00a0There are many more, but these are the ones that have produced some of the great Italian wines:<\/p>\n Piemonte wine<\/b>\u00a0Is the range of Italian wines<\/a>\u00a0made in the region of\u00a0Piedmont<\/a>\u00a0in the northwestern corner of\u00a0Italy<\/a>. The best-known wines from the region include\u00a0Barolo<\/a>\u00a0 Barbera is the most widely planted grape in the region, but Nebbiolo and Dolcetto account for a significant portion of the area’s red wine production as well. With white wines, Moscato is the most prominent with its sparkling and\u00a0frizzante<\/a>\u00a0style wines. Other notable white wines include styles made from the\u00a0Cortese<\/a>\u00a0grape in\u00a0Gavi<\/a>\u00a0as well as blends of Cortese with\u00a0Arneis<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Favorita<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Colli Tortonesi<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Alto Monferrato<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Piedmont produces more DOCG wines by volume than any other Italian wine region with nearly 84% of all the areas wine production falling under a DOCG designation. The area has no\u00a0Indicazione Geografica Tipica<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(IGT) classification, in contrast to\u00a0Tuscany<\/a> where IGT wines or\u00a0Super Tuscans<\/a> make up a significant portion of that region’s wine production.<\/sup><\/p>\n Venetian wine<\/b>\u00a0is produced in\u00a0Veneto<\/a>, a highly productive\u00a0wine region<\/a>\u00a0in north-eastern Italy. Tuscan wine<\/b>\u00a0(Italian\u00a0Toscana<\/i>) is\u00a0Italian wine<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Tuscany<\/a>\u00a0region. Located in central\u00a0Italy<\/a>\u00a0along the\u00a0Tyrrhenian coast<\/a>, Tuscany is home to some of the world’s most notable\u00a0wine regions<\/a>.\u00a0Chianti<\/a>, Super Tuscans are an unofficial category of Tuscan wines, not recognized within the Italian wine classification system. Although an extraordinary number of wines claim to be \u201cthe first Super Tuscan,\u201d most would agree that this credit belongs to\u00a0Sassicaia<\/a>,\u00a0 Abruzzo<\/b>\u00a0(Abruzzi<\/b>) is an\u00a0Italian wine<\/a>\u00a0region located in the mountainous central Italian region of\u00a0Abruzzo<\/a>\u00a0along the\u00a0Adriatic Sea<\/a>. It is bordered by the\u00a0Molise<\/a>\u00a0wine region to the south,\u00a0Marche<\/a>\u00a0to the north and\u00a0Lazio<\/a>\u00a0to the west. Abruzzo’s rugged terrain, 65% of which is mountainous, help to isolate the region from the\u00a0winemaking<\/a>\u00a0influence of the\u00a0ancient Romans<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Etruscans<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Tuscany<\/a>\u00a0but the area has had a long history of wine production.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n Today more than 22 million cases of wine are produced annually in Abruzzo, making it the seventh most productive region in Italy, but only 21.5% of which is made under the\u00a0Denominazione di origine controllata<\/a><\/i> (DOC) designation.\u00a0More than two-thirds of the region’s wine is produced by\u00a0co-operatives<\/a>\u00a0or sold in bulk to\u00a0negociants<\/a><\/i>\u00a0in other Italian wine regions in Tuscany,\u00a0Piedmont<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Veneto<\/a> for blending.The most notable wine of the region is\u00a0Montepulciano d’Abruzzo<\/a>\u00a0produced with the\u00a0Montepulciano<\/a>\u00a0grape that is distinct from the\u00a0Sangiovese<\/a>\u00a0grape behind the Tuscan wine\u00a0Vino Nobile di Montepulciano<\/a>.Together with\u00a0Trebbiano d’Abruzzo<\/a>, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is one of the most widely exported DOC wine from Italy, particularly to the United States.<\/p>\n Puglia<\/b>\u00a0(Apulia<\/b>\u00a0to many English speakers) is a long, thin\u00a0wine region<\/b>\u00a0in the far south-eastern corner of the ‘boot’ of\u00a0Italy<\/b>.\u00a0 Probably the most familiar wine from this region is Primitivo.\u00a0 While they are genetically the same grape, both clones of the Croatian grape Crljenak, the main\u00a0difference between Primitivo and Zinfandel<\/b>\u00a0are the eventual style of both of these wines. With terroir and winemaking style affecting the finished product.\u00a0Zinfandel<\/b> is distinctively Californian.\u00a0 \u00a0This has been said to be the oldest grape used in producing wine.<\/p>\n \u00a0Sicily’s<\/strong> most famous wine,\u00a0Marsala<\/b>, was first made in the city of that name on the western coast by the Woodhouse firm, which also sold Port. Like its sisters Port and Sherry,\u00a0Marsala<\/b>\u00a0 is a fortified wine with an alcohol content of around twenty percent<\/p>\n Nero d’ Avola<\/b> Wine Regions of Italy Italian wine\u00a0is produced in every\u00a0region\u00a0of\u00a0Italy, home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. Italy is the\u00a0world’s largest producer of wine, with an area of 702,000 hectares (1,730,000 acres) under vineyard cultivation, and contributing a 2013\u20132017 annual average of 48.3 million\u00a0hl\u00a0of wine. I These are … <\/p>\n<\/a>and Barbaresco<\/a>. They are made from the\u00a0Nebbiolo<\/a> grape.\u00a0 Barolo has been called the King of Wines from Italy.
\nOther popular grapes used for\u00a0red wine<\/a>\u00a0production are\u00a0Barbera<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dolcetto<\/a>. Wine made with the Barbera grape is often fruity, with high acidity. It can be delicate with less tannin than wine made from the Nebbiolo grape.<\/p>\n
\nThe broader area comprising Veneto,\u00a0Friuli-Venezia Giulia<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Trentino-Alto Adige\/S\u00fcdtirol<\/a>\u00a0is known collectively as the\u00a0Tre Venezie<\/a><\/i>, after the\u00a0Republic of Venice<\/a>. Veneto is the most populous and biggest\u00a0denominazione di origine controllata<\/a><\/i>\u00a0(DOC) producer of the three regions. Although the Tre Venezie collectively produce more red wine than white, the Veneto region produces more whites under DOC and is notably home to the\u00a0Prosecco<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Soave<\/a>\u00a0wines.<\/p>\n<\/a> Brunello di Montalcino<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Vino Nobile di Montepulciano<\/a>\u00a0are primarily made with\u00a0Sangiovese<\/a>\u00a0grape whereas the\u00a0Vernaccia<\/a>\u00a0grape is the basis of the white\u00a0Vernaccia di San Gimignano<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0the brainchild of marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, who planted Cabernet Sauvignon at his Tenuta San Guido<\/a>\u00a0estate in\u00a0Bolgheri<\/a>\u00a0back in 1944. It was for many years the marchese\u2019s personal wine, until, starting with the 1968 vintage, it was released commercially in 1971.[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The growth of Super Tuscans is also rooted in the restrictive DOC practices of the Chianti zone prior to the 1990s.<\/p>\n
\nThis hearty red is Sicily’s most popular non-fortified varietal, now\u00a0produced by numerous Sicilian wineries. Often compared to Syrah, it is sometimes blended with other reds but usually allowed to stand on its own. A full-bodied red like this one is not easily overlooked, and dozens of wineries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"