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Negrara
Negrara is a red Italian wine grape variety grown in north east Italy including the Veneto region where it is a permitted variety in the ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) wine Amarone.P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pp. 121-212 Firefly Books 2004 While the grape was once more widely planted in the region its numbers have been steadily declining for most of the late 20th and early 21st century.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 127 Oxford University Press 1996 DOC wines In the Valpolicella region, Negrara is a permitted minor component in the full bodied DOCG straw wine Amarone behind Corvina Veronese (40-70% of the wine), Rondinella (20-40%) and Molinara (5-25%). Along with Barbera and Sangiovese, Negrara can make up to 15% of the wine provided the grapes used for the DOC wine are harvested to a yield no greater than 8 tonnes/hectare. The wines are then aged a minimum of two years prior to release with a minimum alcohol level of 14%. Si ...
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Valpolicella
Valpolicella (, , ) is a viticultural zone of the province of Verona, Italy (wine), Italy, east of Lake Garda. The hilly agricultural and marble-quarrying region of small holdings north of the Adige is famous for wine production. Valpolicella ranks just after Chianti (region), Chianti in total Italian ''denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) wine production.J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition, pp. 19, 726. Oxford University Press 2006 . The red wine known as Valpolicella is typically made from three grape varieties: Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, and Molinara (grape), Molinara. A variety of wine styles are produced in the area, including a ''recioto'' dessert wine and Amarone, a strong wine made from raisins, dried grapes. Most basic Valpolicellas are light, fragrant table wines produced in a ''novello (wine), novello'' style, similar to Beaujolais nouveau and released only a few weeks after harvest (wine), harvest. Valpolicella Classico is made ...
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Grape Variety
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, Zante currant, currant, sultana (grape), sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimportant to agriculture, see ''Vitis''. The term ''grape variety'' refers to cultivars (rather than the Variety (botany), botanical varieties that must be named according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants). Single-species grapes While some of the grapes in this list are hybrids, they are hybridized within a single species. For those grapes hybridized across species, known as interspecific hybrids, see the section on #Multispecies hybrid grapes, multispecies hybrid grapes below. ''Vitis vinifera'' (wine) Red grapes White grapes Rose grapes ''Vitis vinifera'' (table) Red table grapes * Black Corinth * Black Monukka * Black Rose (grape), Black Rose * Cardinal (grape), Cardinal * Mazza ...
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Italian Wine
Italian wine () is produced in every region of Italy. Italy is the country with the widest variety of indigenous grapevine in the world, with an area of under vineyard cultivation, as well as the List of wine-producing regions#Countries, world's largest wine producer and the largest exporter . Contributing 49.8 million Hectolitre, hl of wine in 2022, Italy accounted for over 19.3% of global production, ahead of French wine, France (17.7%) and Spanish wine, Spain (13.8%); the following year, production decreased by 11.5 million hl, and Italy was surpassed by France. Italian wine is also popular domestically among Italians, who consume a yearly average of 46.8 litres per capita, ranking third in world wine consumption. The origins of viticulture, vine-growing and winemaking in Italy has been illuminated by recent research, stretching back even before the Phoenicians and wine, Phoenician, Etruscans and Ancient Greece and wine, Greek settlers, who produced wine in Italy before Ancien ...
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Australia and British Columbia, Canada to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley. This grape variety appeared in France in the 17th century as a result of natural crossbreeding. Its popularity is often attributed to its ease of cultivation—the grapes have thick skins and the vines are hardy and naturally low yielding, budding late to avoid frost and resistant to viticulture hazards. The classic profile of Cabernet Sauvignon tends to be full-bodied wines with high tannins and noticeable acidity that contributes to the wine's aging potential. In cool areas, it has flavors of blackcurrant and green pepper; in warmer places, it may taste like black cherry and olive; in very hot climates, it can have a jammy flavor. History and origins For many years, the origin of Cabernet Sauvignon was not cl ...
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Mantuan Morainic Amphitheatre
Mantuan may refer to: *Mantuan, adjective describing things of or relating to Mantua *Mantuan dialect, one of the Eastern Lombard dialects *Baptista Mantuanus Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus, O.Carm (, English: Battista the Mantuan or simply Mantuan; also known as Johannes Baptista Spagnolo; 17 April 1447 – 22 March 1516) was an Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist, and poet. Biography Spagnoli was b ...
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Garda Colli Mantovani DOC
Garda may refer to: * Garda Síochána, the police and security service of Ireland * Garda National Surveillance Unit, the domestic intelligence agency of Ireland * GardaWorld, a security and protection company headquartered in Montreal, Canada * Garda, Veneto, a commune on the shores of the Italian Lake Garda in the province of Verona * Garda, Gotland, alternative name for Garde, a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland * Garda Financiară, a former Romanian control and tax law-enforcement agency * Garda hitch, a knot used in rock climbing and rescue * Lake Garda, a lake in northern Italy * Idegarda Oliveira, an Angolan singer See also * Gârda (other) * Garde (other) * Guarda (other) * Guardia (other) * Guard (other) Guard or guards may refer to: Professional occupations * Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault * Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street * Lifeguard, who rescu ...
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Rosé
A rosé () is a type of wine that incorporates some of the wine color, color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to make with the Maceration (wine), skin contact method. The pink color can range from a pale "onionskin" orange to a vivid near-purple, depending on the grape varieties used and winemaking techniques. Usually, the wine is labelled ''rosé'' in French, Portuguese, and English-speaking countries, rosado in Spanish, or rosato in Italian. There are three major ways to produce rosé wine: skin contact, ''saignée'', and Blending (alcohol production), blending. Rosé wines can be made still, Semi-sparkling wines, semi-sparkling or sparkling wine, sparkling and with a wide range of sweetness (wine), sweetness levels from highly dryness (taste), dry Provençal (wine), Provençal rosé to sweet White Zinfandels and blushes. Rosé wines are made from a wide variety of gra ...
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Lombardy Wine
Lombardy wine is the Italian wine produced in the Lombardy region of north central Italy. The region is known particularly for its sparkling wines made in the Franciacorta and Oltrepò Pavese areas. Lombardy also produces still red, white and rosé wines made from a variety of local and international grapes, including Nebbiolo wines in the Valtellina region and Trebbiano di Lugana white wines produced with the ''Chiaretto'' style rosé along the shores of Lake Garda. The wine region currently has 22 ''denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC), 5 ''denominazione di origine controllata e garantita'' (DOCG) and at least 13 ''indicazione geografica tipica'' (IGT) designations. The main cities of the region are Milan, Bergamo and Brescia.M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy ''Italian Wines for Dummies'' pg 89-99 Hungry Minds 2001. . The region annually produces around 1.3 million hectolitres of wine, more than the regions of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Marche, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol an ...
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Garganega
Garganega (, ; meaning "from Gargano") is a variety of white Italian wine grape widely grown in the Veneto region of North East Italy, particularly in the provinces of Verona and Vicenza. It is Italy's 6th most widely planted white grape. It forms the basis of Venetian white wine Soave and is also a major portion of the blend used to make Gambellara. J. Robinson (ed): ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"''. Third Edition , p. 297. Oxford University Press 2006 . DNA typing studies in 2003 and 2008 have confirmed that the Grecanico Dorato (Grecanico) grape of Sicily is identical to Garganega. Already before these studies, ampelographers believed the grapes to be related due to the similarities of clusters, berries and leaf characteristics. Oz Clarke: ''Encyclopedia of Grapes'', p. 91. Harcourt Books 2001 . Wine regions In the Soave region, Garganega is the primary grape and can compose anywhere from 70 to 100 % of the blend with Trebbiano and Chardonnay being its usual ble ...
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Rossignola
Rossignola is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown in the Veneto wine region of northeast Italy. The variety was first mentioned growing in the province of Verona in the early 19th century and today is a permitted blending variety in several ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) wines of the Veneto including Bardolino and Valpolicella.J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz ''Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours'' pg 914 Allen Lane 2012 History and relationship to other grapes The Italian botanist Ciro Pollini (1782–1833) noted that Rossignola was growing in Verona at least as early as 1818. The synonyms ''Rossetta del Lago'' and ''Rossignola di Montagna'' has led to some speculation that the grape was related to the nearly extinct and no longer commercially cultivated Lake Garda variety Rosetta di Montagna but according to Master of Wine Jancis Robinson and Swiss geneticist Dr. José Vouillamoz th ...
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Bardolino DOC
Bardolino and Bardolino Superiore are Italian red wines produced along the chain of morainic hills in the province of Verona to the east of Lake Garda. Bardolino takes its name from the town Bardolino on the shores of Lake Garda and was awarded ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) status in 1968. The ''Superiore'' is a stronger aged wine, and was promoted to '' Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita'' (DOCG) status in 2001. The blend of grapes used to produce the wine primarily includes Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara. Up to 15% of the blend is allowed to include Rossignola, Barbera, Sangiovese, or Garganega, in any combination.J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 63 Oxford University Press 2006 Wine region Located on the south eastern shores of Lake Garda, the ''classico'' zone surrounds the towns of Bardolino, Affi, Cavaion, Costermano, Garda, and Lazise. Beyond the ''classico'' zone to the south are flat, f ...
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Lake Garda
Lake Garda (, , or , ; ; ) is the largest lake in Italy. It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, between Brescia and Milan to the west, and Verona and Venice to the east. The lake cuts into the edge of the Eastern Alps, Italian Alps, particularly the Alpine List of mountain groups in the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, sub-ranges of the Garda Mountains and the Brenta group, Brenta Group. Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the Last Glacial Period, last ice age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Province of Brescia, Brescia (to the south-west), Province of Verona, Verona (south-east) and Trentino (north). Etymology In Roman times the lake was known as ''Benacus'' and by some it was revered as god Benacus, the personification of the lake, sometimes associated with the cult of Neptune (mythology), Neptune. Today it is better known as Lake Garda, a toponym of Germanic origin attested since the Middle Ages and de ...
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