Agriculture ministry announces DOC and DOCG changes

Posted on April 27th, 2011 by VinoWire

Posted April 21 on the Italian Agriculture Ministry website.

Veneto: Creation of a spumante category within the Gambellara DOC.

Sicily: Producers of Etna DOC will now be allowed to include riserva on the labels of their red wines as well as their sparkling whites and rosés.

Latium: Creation of two new DOCGs, Frascati Superiore and Cannellino di Frascati; two new categories for the Frascati DOC, Superiore and Cannellino; a new Roma DOC which will include seven categories.

Campania: Five subzones in the Province of Benevento have been recognized within the Sannio DOC; creation of the Falanghina del Sannio DOC.

Tuscany: New DOCG for Montecucco Sangiovese, an appellation recognized within the current Montecucco DOC in the province of Grosseto; creation of Montecucco Vin Santo DOC within the Montecucco DOC; creation of a Maremma Toscana DOC incorporating certain wines made currently as IGT.

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3 Responses to “Agriculture ministry announces DOC and DOCG changes”

  1. Vino Wire » Opinion: The Letter G Is No Magic Wand, on April 27th, 2011 at 08:31 Said:

    [...] April 21, the Italy’s Agriculture Ministry announced the creation of two new DOCGs, Frascati Superiore and Cannellino di [...]

  2. The new Italian DOCGs, Derrida, and the moral bankruptcy of the Italian appellation system « Do Bianchi, on April 27th, 2011 at 10:41 Said:

    [...] and Montecucco Sangiovese. (See my paraphrase of the agricultural minister’s press release at VinoWire and see Alfonso’s wonderfully parodic treatment [...]

  3. Vino Wire » Common Market Organisation reforms and how they affect the Italian DOC system, on May 12th, 2011 at 06:18 Said:

    [...] recently, the Italian agriculture ministry announced the creation of a handful of new DOCs and DOCGs and it remains unclear how many new appellations and modifications will be ratified in the wake of [...]

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