Piedmont is known for its great red wines, but excellent white and sparkling wines are also produced here and you can do Piedmont wine tastings here. The role of Piedmont in the Italian wine development has been fundamental.
It was here that the revolution in the world of wine began, which brought Italy back to the top of the production of high quality wines. In Piedmont, the vineyard area is 43% in the mountains, 30% in the hills, 27% in the plains. Wine production is 60% for red and rosé wines, 40% for white wines. Piedmontese wines, with a few exceptions, are monovarietal, that is, produced with a single grape. The first examples of zoning of wine-growing areas began in Piedmont. Extending concepts such as terroir and cru to Italian wines: a specific wine is produced exclusively with grapes from a single vineyard or parcel whose name appears on the label.
Currently the Denominations of Origin for wine in Piedmont are 19 DOCG, 41 DOC, no IGT.
There are only Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco DOCG and Dogliani DOCG. Places such as La Morra, Barolo, Serralunga d’Alba, Monforte d’Alba and Castiglione Falletto are the wine areas of Barolo, while Barbaresco, Treiso and Neive are for Barbaresco.
North of Alba beyond the Tanaro river is the Roero area. Other well-known territories in Piedmont are: Monferrato and Alto Piemonte Each winery is ready to welcome you. There are many tasting experience formulas. They usually include a tour of the vineyard and the cellar with an explanation of the production processes. To better understand and appreciate the flavors of the wine and get to know the faces and anecdotes of the cellar. The great strength of Piedmont is due to the fact that the various production areas differ significantly from each other. However, giving a unique typicality to the wines of the Piedmontese cellars. We can therefore distinguish several fundamental production areas:
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Cellars of the other regions of Italy:
Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto, Umbria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Marche