1. ITALIAN WINE
By: Chef Wayne Fullmer

2. Italian wine History
Settled by Etruscans and Greeks which brought winemaking skills with them and then the Romans in the second century developed there methods of making wine
Roman wine jug

3. Basics There are 20 regions of winemakers in Italy 350 types of grapes
4 classifications systems
Regions range from high alps to African climates
Standard grapes such as pinot noir and merlot are not part of the 350

4. Four classification systems
1 – VINO DA TAVOLA – this is a table wine; which does not follow current law 2- INDICAZIONE GEOGRAFICA TIPICA (IGT)- this was put into play the Italians because they wanted the old and new wines apart 3 AND 4 - <For older wines> DENOMIZAZIONE DI ORGINE CONTROLLATA(DOC) and DENOMINAZIONE DI ORGINE CONTROLLA E GARANTITA (DOGC)

5. TWO CATEGORIES OF GRAPES:
1 – ROSSO (red) 2 – BIANCO (white)

6. Main Types of Red Grapes
Sangiovese
Nebbiolo
Montepulciano
Barbera
Corvina
Nero d’avola
Dolcetto
Negroamaro
Aglianico
Sagrantino
Malvasia

7. Main types of White Grapes
Trebbiano
Moscato
Nuragus
Pinot Grigio
Tocai Friuliano
Ribolla Gialla
Arneis
Malvasia Bianca
Pigato
Fiano
Garganega

8. Geographical Characteristics
Alps in the north
Africa in the south
Italy is on a peninsula
<this makes a range of weather conditions for making wine>

9. Italian wine regions Aosta Valley Piedmont Liguria Lombardy
Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Veneto
Emilia-Romagna
Tuscany
Marche
Umbria
Lazio
Abruzzi
Molise
Campania
Basilicata
Puglia
Calabria
Sicily
Sardina

10. Italian Wine Terms to know
Anno – vintage
Amabile – medium sweet
Azienda – estate
Bianco – white
Cantina – winery
Dolce – sweet
Grappa – strong Italian brandy
Naturale – a sparkling wine
Produttore – producer
Rossa – red
Rosato – rose
Secco – dry
Spumante- sparkling
Vino – wine
Vigna- vineyard

11. Italian Wine Terms to know (cont.)
Abboccato- lightly sweet
Amabile – semi-sweet
Azienda – wine estate
Cantina sociale – co-operative winery
Chiaretto – very pale red
Gradi- alcoholic strength
Superiore – wine that has aged well

12. Italian Wine Label

13. Italian wine Facts Italy produces 20 % of the worlds wine
Italy produces 3.3 billion bottles of wine (2008)
The U.S. consumes about 3.3 billion bottles of wine (2008)
One in three bottles of wine consumed by a Americans is Italian (30% of Italian wine is exported to the U.S.

14. Italian wine Facts (cont.)
Italy produced more wine then any other country in the world (2008) – that includes France
U.S. per capita consumption is about 13 bottles per year
Italy per capita consumption is about 45 bottles per year

15. Popular Italian wines TYPE: Color: Region: Barolo Red Piedmont
Amarone Red Veneto
Brunello Red Tuscany
Barbera Red Piedmont
Chanti Red Tuscany

16. The DOCG wines PIEMONTE (region) Asti and Moscato d’asti Barbaresco
Barolo
Brachetto d’Acqui or Acqui
Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore or Dogliani
Gattinara
Gavi or Cortese di Gavi
Ghemme
Roero

17. The DOCG wines (cont.) LOMBARDY (region) Franciacorta
Sforzato della Valtellina or Sfursat della Valtellina
Valtellina Superiore

18. The DOCG wines (cont.) TUSCANY BRUNELLO di Montalcino Carmigano
Chianti
Chianit
there are many other DOCG wines but these are From my fav regions

19. Viticulture Features 1- late development of vineyards
2- high yields of grapes
3- grain is planted between rows of vines
4- with olive groves around vines it helps stop animals to roam fields freely

20. Wine Making Wooden Fermentation has gone away
Cement vats and tanks are used most commonly
Temperature control accepted
Punching down of wine has been replaced by Pumping during Fermentation
Oak is generally preferred wood for casks

21. Wine Making Process Destemming Crushing Primary Fermentation Pressing
Secondary Fermentation
Filtering the Wine
Bottling

22. Super Tuscans
This is any Tuscan Red Wine that does not follow Italian red wine law
They changed the classification system of VINO DA TAVOLA to get put into a system

23. Tasting Italian Wine
Using the chart you can help taste wine better

24. "Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance." --- Benjamin Franklin

25. Works Citied
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