Shaded: appellation boundaries, coloured by wine region (click to open; hover for the name). Dots: climate profiles. Country outlines: Natural Earth.
In Italy
20 wine regions and 2 appellations not inside one.
Wine regions
- Abruzzo · 11
- Basilicata · 6
- Calabria · 19
- Campania · 29
- Emilia-Romagna · 29
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia · 13
- Lazio · 35
- Liguria · 12
- Lombardia · 41
- Marche · 21
- Molise · 6
- Piemonte · 58
- Puglia · 38
- Sardegna · 33
- Sicilia · 30
- Trentino-Alto Adige · 10 · full page
- Tuscany · 57 · full page
- Umbria · 21
- Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste · 2
- Veneto · 46
Across several wine regions
- Alto Livenza · Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto
- Trevenezie · Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto
Climates here
1991–2020 averages: the 12 warmest and coolest of 409 climate profiles in Italy. Every appellation page has its own.
How the law ranks wine
Quality tiers in Italy
From the broadest category at the bottom to the strictest at the top. Each appellation page shows its tier.
Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita · 75 appellations on Vinous
The higher class (Art. 28): reserved for wines recognised as DOC for at least seven years, of particular merit and commercial renown, under stricter vineyard and winemaking rules than the DOC (Art. 33).
Denominazione di Origine Controllata · 333 appellations on Vinous
One of Italy's two classes of protected designation of origin (Art. 28): all grapes from the zone, with a disciplinare fixing grapes, yields, alcohol and ageing.
Indicazione Geografica Tipica · 111 appellations on Vinous
Italy's term for a protected geographical indication (Art. 28): at least 85% of the grapes from the named area (EU rule), with wide grape and style choice. Often a whole region (Toscana) or province.
Vino · the whole country, no named area
Wine with no geographical indication.
Sources: Legge 12 dicembre 2016, n. 238 (Testo unico della vite e del vino), Articles 3, 28 and 33; Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123.
Where the numbers come from
Still to do
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- Stub: hierarchy node only. Add regional statistics and the list of all appellations.