Wines Of Italy Map

Wines Of Italy Map. The complete guide to Italian wine with maps and tasting notes Italian Wine Regions The most up-to-date Italian map is included in Wine Folly's Complete Map Set, 2nd Edition Sangiovese is the most widely planted varietal (71,500 hectares)


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Effectively one vast peninsula jutting into the Mediterranean, the country runs NW-SE for 1,100 kilometers (700 miles) along a strong, steep spine formed by the Apennine Mountains. When the 1st edition of this map was published in 2011, it was the first modern comprehensive map of Italy's wine regions.

Italy produces a huge amount of table wine, Vermouth, and cooking wines (such as Marsala) The Montepulciano grape comes second, covering 86,000 hectares. Wines are dry, lean, and minerally with subtle notes of white peach, lemon-lime, and subtle salinity.

. Locations, wines, and tasting notes are all included. The vineyards of Italy They spread accross 695 000 hectares in different appellations: Vini DOP, Vini IGP, Vini Varietali and Vini

. Without doubt, the lion's share of Italian wine is produced using Italy's native grapes It is responsible for some of Italy's best wines: Chianti Classico, Vino Noble di Montepulciano, and Brunello di Montalcino