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This soft, crimson red dessert wine has been produced in Apulia for centuries from Aleatico grapes (85-100%), with the permitted addition of Negroamaro and/or Malvasia Nera and Primitivo (0-15%). The wine is produced throughout the region.
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Castel del Monte Bombino Bianco DOC is a white wine made from the Bombino Bianco grape (90-100%), with the permission to use local non-aromatic white grapes (0-10%).
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Galatina Bianco DOC is a quite good and delicate, light straw-yellow wine with green reflexes. The wine is made from Chardonnay (55-100%), with the permitted addition of other local non-aromatic white grapes (0-45%).
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Lizzano Bianco DOC is made from the grapes Trebbiano Toscano (40-60%) with the permitted addition of Chardonnay and/or Pinot Bianco (0-30%) and Malvasia Lunga Bianca (0-10%), Sauvignon and/or Bianco di Alessano (0-25%).
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Ostuni Bianco DOC (or Bianco di Ostuni DOC) is a straw-colored, delicate white wine, ideal for fish dishes. It is produced from the somewhat obscure grapes Impigno (50-85%), Francavilla (15-50%), Bianco d’Alessano and/or Verdeca (0-10%).
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That Italy in 2011 was the worlds largest wine producer?
It's unknown where the name Abruzzo comes from, but after the fall of the Roman Empire, the region's land areas were subjected to a number of dynasties, and for several hundred years they were ruled from the south as a part of the Napoli kingdom.
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