Cococciola is a white

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 ...

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that is one of the few Italian grape varieties to have its number of plantings increase in the late 20th century at a time when measures to combat Europe's perceived wine surplus and the general decline of viticulture saw the numbers of many varieties decline. Today, Cococciola is a permitted variety in the Trebbiano d'Abruzzo ''

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'' (DOC) from the

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region of central

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(Ari, Vacri and Rocca San Giovanni) .J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Guide to Wine Grapes'' pg 58, Oxford University Press 1996,

Synonyms

Various synonyms have been used to describe Cococciola and its wines including Cacciola, Cacciuolo and Cociumella.

References

{{reflist White wine grape varieties