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Italy
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Northwestern Italy
Piedmont
Italyβs Piedmont region is really a wine βnationβunto itself, producing world-class renditions of every type of wine imaginable: red, white, sparkling, sweet...you name it! However, many wine lovers fixate on the regionβs most famous appellationsβBarolo and Barbarescoβand the inimitable native red that powers these wines:Nebbiolo.
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Tuscany
Chianti
The area known as βChiantiβ covers a major chunk of Central Tuscany, from Pisa to Florence to Siena to Arezzoβand beyond. Any wine with βChiantiβ in its name is going to contain somewhere between 70% to 100% Sangiovese, and there are eight geographically specific sub-regions under the broader Chianti umbrella.