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Asti wine. Asti (also known as Asti spumante) [2] is a sparkling white Italian wine that is produced throughout southeastern Piedmont, but is particularly focused around the towns of Asti and Alba. Since 1993 the wine has been classified as a denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG) and as of 2004 was Italy's largest producing ...
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita is intended to be a superior classification to DOC, and is the highest classification in Italy. All DOCG wines from each producer are analysed and tasted by a government-licensed judgement panel before being bottled. Once approved, the wines are "guaranteed" with a numbered governmental seal ...
Lugana an inter-regional DOC produced in the provinces of Verona (Veneto) and Brescia (Lombardia) Merlara produced in the province of Padova. Montello e Colli Asolani produced in the province of Treviso. Monti Lessini produced in the province of Vicenza. Piave produced in the provinces of Treviso and Venezia.
Ragusano cheese. Ragusano is an Italian cow's-milk cheese produced in the provinces of Ragusa and Syracuse. It is a firm pasta filata ('stretched-curd') cheese made with whole milk from cows of the Modicana breed, raised exclusively on fresh grass or hay in the provinces of Ragusa and Syracuse. The cheese was awarded Italian denominazione di ...
This is a list of the 77 Italian DOCG ( denominazione di origine controllata e garantita) wines ordered by region. [1] The four original DOCGs were Brunello, Vino Nobile, and Barolo (all approved by a presidential decree in July 1980) and Barbaresco (as approved in October 1980).
Costa Viola ( Bianco; Rosato in the styles normale and Novello; Rosso in the styles normale and Novello) produced in the province of Reggio Calabria. Esaro ( Bianco; Rosato in the styles normale and Novello; Rosso in the styles normale and Novello) produced in the province of Cosenza. Lipuda ( Bianco in the styles normale and Frizzante; Rosato ...
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It is the capital of the province of Ragusa, on the island of Sicily, with 73,288 inhabitants in 2016. [ 2 ] It is built on a wide limestone hill between two deep valleys, Cava San Leonardo and Cava Santa Domenica. Together with seven other cities in the Val di Noto, it is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pop.