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Tuscan wine is Italian wine from the Tuscany region. Located in central Italy along the Tyrrhenian coast , Tuscany is home to some of the world's most notable wine regions . Chianti , Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano are primarily made with Sangiovese grape whereas the Vernaccia grape is the basis of the white Vernaccia ...
Tuscany (/ ˈ t ʌ s k ə n i / TUSK-ə-nee; Italian: Toscana, Italian: [tosˈkaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 square miles) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants.
Chianti (Italian pronunciation:), in Italy also referred to as Monti del Chianti ("Chianti Mountains") or Colline del Chianti ("Chianti Hills"), is a mountainous area of Tuscany in the provinces of Florence, Siena and Arezzo, composed mainly of hills and mountains. It is known for the wine produced in and named for the region, Chianti.
Map of region of Tuscany, Italy.svg (by Vonvikken). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Italy map with regions.svg (by Helix84 ).
Wines of Tuscany (17 P) V. Wines of Veneto (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Wine regions of Italy" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.
In 1831, marchese Cosimo Ridolfi (who was later appointed Prime Minister of Tuscany by the Grand Duke Leopold II) praised the merits of the red wines of Montalcino above all others in Tuscany. In 1865, an agricultural fair in Montalcino noted that the prize winning wine of the event was a "select red wine" known as a Brunello. [3]