It’s been a long, lonely summer, but the Italians are back from holiday. Two important new DOCG appellations now have received their well-tanned reward. Almost as good as giving a hard-core porn star (who was in the Italian Parliament for five years, albeit with a lawyer hired to “write” legislation for her) a reward of a pension of €3,000 a month - for the rest of her life - Bunga! Bunga!! Bunga!!!
Ahh, Italy, you make all of us emigrants so proud.
Here are the two latest deliveries :
· Suvereto
· Val di Cornia Rosso (or Rosso della Val di Cornia)
Making a grand total of Italian wine DOCG’s now, for the moment, “73”
The complete list, and new map, after the jump…
A huge thank you and shout out again to Franco Ziliani for alerting me to this development. I am ineffably grateful.
Complete (Provisional) Listing of Italian DOCG Wines (as of September 20 2011) : 73
Abruzzo (1)
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo "Colline Teramane"
Basilicata (1)
Aglianico del Vulture Superiore
Apulia (4)
Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva (newest)
Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva (newest)
Castel del Monte Bombino Nero (newest)
Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale
Campania (4)
Fiano di Avellino
Greco di Tufo
Taurasi
Aglianico del Taburno
Emilia Romagna (2)
Albana di Romagna
Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia (3)
Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit (including Picolit Cialla)
Ramandolo
Rosazzo
Lazio (3)
Cesanese del Piglio
Frascati Superiore
Canellino di Frascati
Lombardia (5)
Franciacorta
Oltrepo Pavese
Sforzato della Valtellina
Valtellina Superiore
Moscato di Scanzo
Marche (5)
Conero
Vernaccia di Serrapetrona
Verdicchio di Matelica Riserva
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Riserva
Offida (Rosso & Bianco)
Piemonte (16)
Asti - Moscato d'Asti
Barbaresco
Barbera d'Asti
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore
Barolo (Not Chinato)
Brachetto D'Acqui (or Acqui)
Dolcetto di Dogliani Superiore (or Dogliani)
Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore
Gattinara
Gavi (or Cortese di Gavi)
Ghemme
Roero (Rosso & Bianco)
Erbaluce di Caluso
Ruché di Castagnole Monferrato
Alta Langa
Dolcetto Diano d'Alba
Sardegna (1)
Vermentino di Gallura
Sicilia (1)
Cerasuolo di Vittoria
Toscana (11)
Suvereto (new)
Val di Cornia Rosso (or Rosso della Val di Cornia) (new)Brunello di Montalcino
Carmignano
Chianti
Chianti Classico
Elba Aleatico Passito
Montecucco Sangiovese
Morellino di Scansano
Vernaccia di S.Gimignano
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Umbria (2)
Montefalco Sagrantino
Torgiano Rosso Riserva
Veneto (14)
Colli di Conegliano
Montello Rosso or Rosso del Montello
Friularo di Bagnoli
Bardolino Superiore
Recioto di Gambellara
Recioto di Soave
Soave Superiore
Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore
Asolo Prosecco Superior
Amarone della Valpolicella
Recioto della Valpolicella
Piave Malanotte (or Malanotte del Piave)
Lison
Colli Euganei Fiori d’Arancio
Revised Map
Click here and hit the magnify button when you get there to enlarge map.Or click on the map and enlarge...Enjoy!
Note to American sommeliers studying to pass various levels in the Guild of Sommeliers:
I gather if you all are looking for a site with a list that the (American) Guild of Sommeliers governing board deems to be the official one for their purposes in order to set a standard for their testing, then by all means stay at 59 (and counting). However in the Italian wine (and sommelier) community, most of us know the Italian government is painfully slow in publishing the new DOCGs, rendering them "official". In those circles, the number is now 73, whether the “official” paperwork has been filed or not. And with a summer vacation now behind them, those of you studying for your MS, etc. might be even more stressed to receive timely information in order to differentiate between the Guild of Sommeliers official number and what we know in the Italian wine community to be the current ( and climbing) number of DOCG’s. Sorry for the confusion. I didn’t set it up, just reporting it.
Good luck, in any event…