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Chianti
thumb|right|A bottle of ordinary Tuscan table wine in the kind of traditional fiasco (bottle)|fiasco formerly used for Chianti Chianti is an Italian red wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany, principally from the Sangiovese grape. It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco ("flask"; : fiaschi). However, the fiasco is now only used by a few makers of the wine; most Chianti is bottled in more standard-shaped wine bottles. In the late 19th century, Baron Bettino Ricasoli (later Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy) helped esta
Barolo
right|thumb|Barolo, like most nebbiolo-based wines, is known for its light colour and lack of opacity (optics)|opacity. Barolo ( , , ; ) is a red (DOCG) wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. It is made from the nebbiolo grape and is often described as one of Italy's greatest wines.
Brunello di Montalcino
Italian red wine
denominazione di origine controllata
quality assurance label for Italian food products
Barbaresco
thumb|upright=0.8|Prunotto Barbaresco 1967 Barbaresco is an Italian wine made from the Nebbiolo grape. Barbaresco is produced in the Piedmont region in an area of the Langhe immediately to the east of Alba and specifically in the comunes of Barbaresco, Treiso and Neive, plus that area of the frazione San Rocco Seno d'Elvio, which was once part of the comune of Barbaresco and now belongs to the comune of Alba. It was granted Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) status in 1966 and Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) status in 1980. The wine is often compared with Barolo
Asti wine
Italian Sparkling Wine
Amarone della Valpolicella
thumb|Two unopened bottles of Amarone Amarone della Valpolicella, usually known as Amarone (, ), is an Italian DOCG denomination of typically rich dry red wine made from the partially dried grapes of the Corvina (45–95%, of which up to 50% could be substituted with Corvinone), Rondinella (5–30%) and other approved red grape varieties (up to 25%).
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Italian wine from the town of Montepulciano
Moscato d'Asti
wine
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Italian DOCG red wine from Sicily
Cortese di Gavi
type of Italian white wine
Soave
dry white wine from Veneto region
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
wine
Aglianico del Vulture
DOC wine from Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Morellino di Scansano
wine
Carmignano DOCG
wine
Brachetto d'Acqui
wine
Barbera d'Asti
wine
Gattinara DOCG
wine
Franciacorta DOCG
Italian sparkling wine
Ghemme DOCG
wine
Recioto di Soave DOCG
Italian wine
Montefalco Sagrantino
Italian red wine
Albana di Romagna
wine variety
Ramandolo
Ramandolo is a sweet white Italian wine from the village of the same name which is situated in the hills near Nimis in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia wine region of northeast Italy. It is made from a local variety of the Verduzzo grape. Since 2001, Ramandolo has been produced as a DOCG wine. Prior to this it was a subzone of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC.