Wine Map of Italy
Friuli Venezia Giulia
The compact region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia , which borders on Austria , Slovenia and Croatia , is the realm of Italy 's new-style white wine. Drawing from worthy native varieties and the noblest of the international array, Friulians have applied studied vineyard techniques and avant-garde oenology to the production of highly distinctive whites, as well as some eminently attractive reds.
Nearly all the wines included in the seven DOC categories are varietals. Usually about 49% of Friuli 's total production is DOC, but whether or not wines are classified they tend to be reliable. Only the Grave del Friuli zone, which produces nearly 20 million liters a year to stand with the top ten DOCs in volume, is big by national standards.
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Patrik Schmidt
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