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Piccola Sanremo
Piccola nera is a red Italian and Slovenian wine grape variety that is grown in the province of Trieste within the Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine region and across the border in neighboring Slovenia where ampelographers believe that the grape originated. Piccola nera, whose name means "little black", tends to produce to light bodied red and rosé wines that are meant to be consumed young. It is a permitted variety in the '' Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) wines of Carso where it is usually blended with Terrano and in Venezia '' Indicazione geografica tipica'' IGT classification where the grape can be used to make varietal wines.J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pg 797 Allen Lane 2012 History and name origins Ampelographers believe that Piccola nera originated in the border region between Italy and Slovenia in what is now the province of Trieste in Italy and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian (wine)
Italian wine is produced in every region of Italy. Italy is the List of wine-producing countries, world's largest producer of wine, with an area of under vineyard cultivation, and contributing a 2013–2017 annual average of 48.3 million Hectolitre#SI prefixes applied to the litre, hl of wine. In 2018 Italy accounted for 19 per cent of global production, ahead of French wine, France (17 per cent) and Spanish wine, Spain (15 per cent). Italian wine is both exported around the world and popular domestically among Italians, who consume an average of 42 litres per capita, ranking fifth in world wine consumption. The origins of vine-growing and winemaking in Italy has been illuminated by recent research, stretching back even before the Phoenicia, Phoenician, Etruscans and Greeks, Greek settlers, who produced wine in Italy before the Roman Republic, Romans planted their own vineyards. The Romans greatly increased Italy's viticultural area using efficient Viticulture, viticultural and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
