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Asti wine. Asti (also known as Asti spumante) [2] is a sparkling white Italian wine that is produced throughout southeastern Piedmont, but is particularly focused around the towns of Asti and Alba. Since 1993 the wine has been classified as a denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG) and as of 2004 was Italy's largest producing ...
A white wine, usually sparkling, made exclusively from white grapes, often Chardonnay. Blanc de Noirs A white wine, usually sparkling, made from red grapes. Blending The mixing of two or more different parcels of wine together by winemakers to produce a consistent finished wine that is ready for bottling.
Chianti[a] 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"; pl.: fiaschi). However, the fiasco is now only used by a few makers of the wine; most Chianti is bottled in more ...
Glera (grape) Glera is a white variety of grape of Italian origin, possibly from the village, Prosecco. The variety was formerly mostly referred to as Prosecco, but in the EU was renamed "Glera" in 2009 to make room for the protection of "Prosecco" as the name of the Italian geographically-protected wine. Glera is a rather neutral grape variety ...
Sparkling wine. A glass of champagne. Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While it is common to refer to this as champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that word for products exclusively produced in the Champagne region of France. Sparkling wine is usually either white or rosé ...
Venetian wine is produced in Veneto, a highly productive wine region in northeastern Italy. The broader area comprising Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is known collectively as the Tre Venezie, after the Republic of Venice. Veneto is the most populous and biggest denominazione di origine controllata (DOC ...
A bottle of Ferghettina Franciacorta. Franciacorta (Italian pronunciation: [frantʃaˈkorta] ⓘ) is a sparkling wine from the Italian province of Brescia with DOCG status. It is produced using the traditional method from grapes grown within the boundaries of the territory of Franciacorta, on the hills located between the southern shore of Lake Iseo and the city of Brescia.
Ferrari Trento is the biggest company of Lunelli Group, a corporation of six different brands operating in the wine (Tenute Lunelli and Bisol), bottled water (Surgiva), grappa and spirit sector (Segnana). The Lunelli Group also has a two-Star Michelin restaurant, Locanda Margon. Ferrari Trento is a member of the Trentodoc consortium, an ...