Discover the top 100 best sparkling wines of Italy as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sparkling wines that are popular of Italy and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Italy - home of Moscato, Chianti, Amarone and Prosecco">Prosecco - has a Rich and diverse wine heritage that dates back over two thousand years. Famous for its astonishing diversity of Grape varieties and wine styles, Italy is also important for the Volume of wine it produces: just over 4 billion liters (about 1. 06 billion U. S.
gallons) in 2012, from 800,000 hectares of vineyards. It is rivalled in this respect only by France and Spain. (© Wine-Searcher)
Managing and marketing such a vast portfolio of wines is not an easy task, especially in today's highly competitive wine market. The Italian government's wine classification and labeling system uses a four-level quality hierarchy of over 500 DOCG, DOC and IGT titles.
See Italian wine labels.
Italy is divided into 20 administrative regions (see left), all of which produce wine to some degree, and all of which contain various wine regions. The most important, in terms of quality and quantity, are Tuscany, Piedmont and Veneto.
Each region has its flagship wine styles.
Aromatic muscat whites as dry, sweet and passito wines, with a slightly deep golden robe, an ample and perfumed palate, showing intense muscat signature aromas (rose, fresh grape), white flowers (acacia, elderflower), yellow fruits (peach, apricot) and honey. Star of Alto Adige Moscato Giallo DOC, aromatic signature of South Tyrol and Trentino. Yellow-skinned mutation of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, aromatic Italian white grape.
sparkling wines from the region of Italy go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of sauté of doe stroganoff, shrimp and cherry tomato quiche or pan bagnat.
