Greco di Tufo DOCG: This is an appellation for only white wines in the region of Campania. White Grape Varieties: Greco. Bianco (Wh): Minimum 85% Greco; maximum 15% Coda di Volpe; Spumante (WhSp): Minimum 85% Greco; maximum 15% Coda di Volpe. The Minimum alcohol level is 11.5% for Bianco; 12.0%…
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Learn about Italian Wines!
This page is an essential guide to Italian Wines and collects all the articles about wines, appellations, and grape varieties.
Italian Wines are classified into 526 Denominations, spread in 20 regions: 75 DOCGs, 333 DOCs, and 118 IGPs. Everybody has heard of Barolo, Brunello, Chianti, and Amarone. If you are an intermediate taster, you may know about Cortese, Vermentino, Aglianico, maybe Orvieto, and Verdicchio.
But who knows about Vitoska, Vespolina, Biancolella, and Tintilia? You will, if you want, by reading this guide.
Facts and figures
— The Italian wine scene is composed of about 310,000 farms, an average of 2 hectares cultivated per farm, and just over 45,000 wine-making companies
— AGEA (Agency for Agriculture Subsidy) data: in 2015, 76% of the wineries produced less than 100 hectoliters of wine per year, 17% between 101 and 1,000 hectoliters, 5% between 1,001 and 10,000 hectoliters, and 1% between 10,001 and 100,000 hectoliters
— This confirms the tendency towards fragmentation and the prevalence of small and medium-sized entities
— The vast majority comes from the larger companies: in 2015, 77.5% was produced by companies that vinified more than 10,001 hectoliters per year
— Three fundamental categories: Family-run wineries, widespread in the areas with the greatest winemaking traditions; Cooperatives, that cover 60% of wine production in Italy; Large estates and industries, historic Tuscan, Venetian, and Piedmontese wine families, grown considerably through acquisitions and mergers
The Essential Guide to Italian Wines
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Galluccio DOC
Galluccio DOC: It is an apellation from Campania producing red, white, rose’, wines.White Grape is Falanghina. Principal Red Grape is Aglianico. Bianco (Wh): Minimum 70% Falanghina + OANWG; Rosato (Ro): Minimum 70% Aglianico + OANRG; Rosso (Rd): Minimum 70% Aglianico + OANRG; Riserva (Rosso); The Minimum alcohol level is 11.0%…
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Fiano di Avellino DOCG
Fiano di Avellino DOCG: This is an appellation for only white wines in the region of Campania.White Grape is Fiano. Bianco (Wh): Minimum 85% Fiano; maximum 15% Coda di Volpe, Greco, and/or Trebbiano. The Minimum alcohol level is 11.5% We are working on this Fiano di Avellino DOCG appellation description.Please come…
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Falerno del Massico DOC
Falerno del Massico DOC is an appellation from Campania producing red, white, wines. White Grape is Falanghina and Red Grape Varieties are Aglianico, Primitivo. Bianco (Wh): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OAG; Rosso (Rd): Minimum 60% Aglianico; maximum 40% Piedirosso; maximum 15% OAG; Primitivo (Rd): Minimum 85% Primitivo; maximum 15% Aglianico, Barbera,…
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Falanghina del Sannio DOC
Falanghina del Sannio DOC: This is an appellation for only white wines in the region of Campania. White Grape Varieties: Falanghina; Bianco (Wh): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OANWG; Spumante or Spumante di Qualità (WhSp): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OANWG; Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico (WhSp): Minimum 85% Falanghina + OANWG;…
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Costa d’Amalfi DOC
Costa d’Amalfi DOC: It is a very interesting apellation from Campania producing red, white, rose’, dessert and sparkling wines. White Grapes are Biancolella, Chardonnay, Cococciola, Falanghina, Montonico Bianco, Passerina, Pecorino and Red Grapes are Aglianico, Piedirosso, Pinot Nero, Sciascinoso. The Minimum alcohol level is 10.0% for non-subzone Bianco; 10.5% for non-subzone Rosato and Rosso; 11.0% for Bianco from…
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Cilento DOC
Cilento DOC: It is an apellation from Campania producing red, white, rose’, wines. White Grape is Fiano and Red Grapes are Aglianico, Sangiovese. Bianco (Wh): 60–65% Fiano; 20–30% Trebbiano; 10–15% Greco and/or Malvasia; maximum 10% OAG; Fiano (Wh): Minimum 85% Fiano + OANWG; Rosato (Ro): 70–80% Sangiovese; 10–15% Aglianico; 10–15% Piedirosso…
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Castel San Lorenzo DOC
Castel San Lorenzo DOC: It is a very interesting apellation from Campania producing red, white, rose’, dessert and sparkling wines.White Grapes are Moscato, Trebbiano and Red are Aglianico, Barbera.Bianco (Wh): 50–60% Trebbiano Toscano; 30–40% Malvasia; maximum 20% OAWG; Moscato (WhSw): Minimum 85% Moscato Bianco + OAWG; Rosato (Ro): 60–80% Barbera;…
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Casavecchia di Pontelatone DOC
Casavecchia di Pontelatone DOC: This is an appellation for only red wines in the region of Campania. Red Grape Varieties: Casavecchia. Rosso (Rd): Minimum 85% Casavecchia + OANRG; Riserva (Rosso). The Minimum alcohol level is 12.5% for Rosso; 13.0% for Riserva We are working on this Casavecchia di Pontelatone DOC…
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Capri DOC
Capri DOC: It is a very interesting apellation from Campania producing red, white wines. White Grapes are Falanghina, Greco and Red Grape is Piedirosso. Bianco (Wh): Minimum 80% Falanghina and/or Greco (minimum 50% Falanghina); maximum 20% OANWG; Rosso (Rd): Minimum 80% Piedirosso + OANRG. The Minimum alcohol level is 11.0% for…