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It is mostly monks you see pictured with a bottle of wine and a contented smile on their faces, but royals also have a sense of the red drops. Therefore, it is said that the King of Piedmont, Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878) did not sit down without a bottle...
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With Langhe Rosso DOC producers have (almost) a free pass to use any type of red grapes. Primarily, however, there are used the Nebbiolo, Barbera and Freisa and quite local varieties.
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This red wine is made of minimum 85% the grape Freisa, with the permitted addition of local non-aromatic red grapes (15%).
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It might sound strange, but the grape varieties used in the production of the red wine Monferrato Rosso DOC are fairly broad and may consist of several several local non-aromatic red grapes from areas in the Asti and Alessandria provinces.
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This wine is made from Barbera, one of Italy's main grapes (minimum 85%), with the permitted addition of other local non-aromatic red grapes (15%).
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Way back in the 6th or 7th century BC, the Greeks planted the grape known today as Aglianico del Vulture, and ever since Basilicata has been on the wine list. The Romans called the region Lucania, named used alternatively today, but the modern name was introduced later, during the times...
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