This document provides an overview of Italian wines, including key facts about the country of Italy, history of winemaking, geography and soils, common grape varieties, components of grapes, Italian wine laws, and highlights of major wine regions such as Piedmont, Lombardy, Marches, and Umbria. It describes the evolution of wine consumption in Italy and outlines the country's controlled designation of origin laws. The document serves as a guide to understanding the characteristics and regulations of Italian wines.

1. WINES OF ITALY
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2. THE COUNTRY OF
• Pizza
• Pisa
&
Wines

3. HISTORY
• Evolution
• Consumption became
cause of pleasure
• Safer than water
• Increase in
consumption

4. GEOGRAPHY
•Altitude
•Location
•Climate

5. SOIL
• Sandy & Silicious
• Calcarious
• Quality

6. GRAPE VARIETIES
RED GRAPES
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NEBBIOLO
SANGIOVESE
VERONESE
CABERNET
SAUVIGNON
• MERLOT
• PINOT NERO
WHITE GRAPES
• TREBBIANO
• CORTESE BIANCO
• VERDICCHIO

7. GRAPE COMPONENTS
The grape has
four essential parts:
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Stalk
Skin
Pulp
Seeds

8. THE STALK
• 3 to 5 percent of
total weight.
• Each bunch has a
stalk that is
discarded at the
beginning of the
wine making
process.

9. THE SKIN
6 to 10 percent
The skins or peels of grapes contain
coloring substances, as well as tannins and
yeasts, which enable the juice to ferment
Red wines are made from dark-skinned
grapes
White wines usually derive from lightskinned grapes, but they can also be made
from dark varieties if the skins are
separated immediately from the pulp after
pressing

10. THE PULP
• 82 to 90 percent
• The pulpy interior of the grape,
source of its juice, consists of
water,sugars, acids, mineral
substances and vitamins.

11. THE SEEDS
• 2 to 4 percent
• These are rich in
tannins and oils.

12. THE WINE LAWS
• DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE
CONTROLLATA E GARANTITA “Controlled
and guaranteed denomination of origin”
• DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE
CONTROLLATA “controlled denomination of
origin”
• VINO DA TAVOLA “Table wine” andor VINO
TYPICO “Typical wine”

14. Denominazione Di Origine
Controllata e Garantita
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More stringent than D.O.C. Wines
Bottled & sealed with the government seal
Govt. inspector can test & analyze
Certain label requirements
Container capacity: < 5litre

15. Denominazione Di Origine
Controllata
• Appellation meant for wines that have met
the stipulated standards of quality.
• The label must state: area of the origin, soil,
type, geography, grape variety.
• Production practices must confirm to plan

16. VINO DA TAVOLA
• Common market category
• Replaces Denominazione Semplice
(original 1st level of govt. regulated wines)
• Few restrictions on area, percentage of
alcohol etc.
• Sometimes they state the name of the region
such as vino da Tavola Di Tuscana

17. PIEDMONT
• Meaning
• Geography
• People
• Wines

18. LOMBARDY
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Geography
People
Cities
Wines

19. MARCHES & UMBRIA

20. MARCHES
• Geography
• Wine