MEINKLANG ÖSTERREICH FRIZZANTE ROSÉ 2016 $20163 Can a wine be both sweet and savory?
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The recipe is as simple as it gets: Campari and a dry, sparkling white wine — ideally Pignoletto frizzante.
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I show up at the Chateau around noon but the kitchen clock says 8:45 PM. I put a bikini on and immediately open the Punta Crena Lumassina Frizzante Colline Savonesi.
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Col Fondo generally has a lower Frizzante-style 2.5 bars of pressure.
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A bottle of Mateus (2013) Mateus is a brand of medium-sweet frizzante rosé wine produced in Portugal.
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With wine production still, frizzante and spumante styles are produced from Chardonnay, Pinot bianco, Pinot grigio, Friulano and Verduzzo.
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Frizzante won one minor race at Doncaster Racecourse from three starts as a three-year-old in 2002. In the following year she showed steady improvement, winning three handicaps and a Listed race from six starts. Frizzante reached her peak as a five-year-old in 2004. In May she defeated Avonbridge in the Palace House Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse to record her first win at Group race level.
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Other wines produced in the region include a slightly sparkling frizzante made from Marzemino and varietal wines made from Merlot, Friulano and other varieties provided that constitute at least 85% of the designated variety.
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Frizzante (foaled 21 March 1999) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. A specialist sprinter, she improved from running in minor handicap races to win the Group One July Cup as a five-year-old in 2004.
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Frizzante is a bay mare bred and owned by Jan Hopper and Elizabeth Grundy and trained by Newmarket based James Fanshawe. She is a full-sister of the Listed race winner Firenze and half-sister of 2007 Stewards' Cup winner Zidane.
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The wines labeled metodo classico are made according to the méthode champenoise of the Champagne region. The wines are composed primarily of Pinot nero with up to a 30% blend of Chardonnay, Pinot bianco and Pinot grigio. Slightly sparkling frizzante styles are made from several of the region's red and white wine grapes including the dry Buttafuoco style and the semi-sweet Sangue di Giuda (meaning Judas' blood) both made from the Croatina grape, known locally as Bonarda. The Moscato grape is also made into a frizzante style as well as liquoroso fortified wine and passito dessert wine.
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Asprinio bianco is a white Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in southwest Italy around the Naples region of Campania. It is currently not believed to be related to the similarly named French wine grape of the Languedoc region, Aspiran. In Naples the grape is used to make lightly sparkling frizzante wine.
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The grapes are used exclusively for wine-making. Although 100% varietal wines are produced, Negroamaro is more commonly used as the dominant component of a blend including such varieties as Malvasia Nera, Sangiovese or Montepulciano. These wines are red, or sometimes rosato, and are usually still; though both red and rosato versions may be frizzante.
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Trento DOC wines are distinguished by their straw-yellow color. Prosecco is made in both fully sparkling (spumante) and lightly sparkling (frizzante) styles. The wine is produced in the cool hills around the town of Valdobbiadene and are generally dry but sweeter examples are produced.M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy Italian Wines for Dummies pg 129–130 Hungry Minds 2001 v.f.q.p.r.d.
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He finished thirteenth behind Frizzante in the July Cup and tenth of twelve behind Bahamian Pirate in the Nunthorpe Stakes before being sent to Germany where he finished ninth in the Group Two Goldene Peitsche. On his final appearance of the season he was sent to Japan for the Sprinters Stakes at Nakayama Racecourse in October and finished last of the sixteen runners behind Calstone Light.
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The earlier- ripening Barbera is grown on the cooler lower slopes below the Nebbiolo, and other secondary locations. This explains why relatively little Barbera is grown around Alba, where the wines are entitled to the appellation Barbera d'Alba. Thus the best known Barbera is the DOCG of Barbera d'Asti. The Barbera del Monferrato DOC – which tends to be somewhat sparkling (frizzante) – is seldom exported.
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Semi- sparkling wines are defined as those with between 1 and 2.5 atmospheres of pressures and include German spritzig, Italian frizzante and French pétillant wines. The amount of pressure in the wine is determined by the amount of sugar added during the tirage stage at the beginning of the secondary fermentation with more sugar producing an increased amount of carbon dioxide gas and thus pressure in the wine.
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P. Saunders Wine Label Language pg 125 Firefly Books 2004 Other versions of Bardolino include a Superiore, which has at least 1 extra percent of alcohol and must be aged at least a year before being released, a rosé, known as Bardolino Chiaretto, a lightly sparkling frizzante, and a novello. The Bardolino novello was first produced in the late 1980s in a style that mimics the French wine Beaujolais nouveau.
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A Dolcetto d'Alba. Barbera is the most widely planted grape in the region, but Nebbiolo and Dolcetto account for a significant portion of the area's red wine production as well. With white wines, Moscato is the most prominent with its sparkling and frizzante style wines. Other notable white wines include styles made from the Cortese grape in Gavi as well as blends of Cortese with Arneis and Favorita from Colli Tortonesi and Alto Monferrato.
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Other international denominations of sparkling wine include Sekt or Schaumwein (Germany), Cava (Spain), Spumante (Italy) and Espumante (Portugal). Semi-sparkling wines are sparkling wines that contain less than 2.5 atmospheres of carbon dioxide at sea level and 20 °C. Some countries such as the UK impose a higher tax on fully sparkling wines. Examples of semi-sparkling synonym terms are Frizzante in Italy, Vino de Aguja in Spain and Petillant in France.
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In the Monferrato DOC, Barbera is blended with up to 15% Freisa, Grignolino and Dolcetto and can be slightly sparkling. A Cabernet Sauvignon/Barbera blend from the Langhe DOC in Piedmont. Outside Piedmont, Barbera is found throughout Italy, often as a component in mass vino da tavola blends. In the Lombardy region, it is seen as a varietal in Oltrepò Pavese with wines that range from slightly spritzy to semi- sparkling frizzante.
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It runs educational projects, exhibitions, courses in crafts and farm trails, and operates a café, Frizzante, which won a Time Out award for best family restaurant in 2004. In 2008, the cycling shop Bike Yard East opened in the farm, selling cycle products and offering repairs. In 2015 Hackney City Farm registered with Ofsted as an independent alternative school. The farm has places for up to 10 pupils aged 13 to 17.
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Somnus again started slowly in his championship season. He began in May when he finished unplaced behind Monsieur Bond in the Duke of York Stakes. He put up an improved performance to finish second in the Chipchase Stakes and then ran fifth behind Frizzante in the July Cup. In August he was sent to France for the Group One Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville in which both the soft ground and the 1300m trip were ideal.
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Cultivated for hundreds of years in the Piedmont DOCG in Italy, Moscato bianco is considered one of the oldest grapes grown in that area. Although Moscato has been cultivated and made in the area, modern production of Moscato d’Asti as it is known now began in the 1870s. Made in the frizzante style, Moscato d'Asti was the wine that winemakers made for themselves. This low-alcohol wine could be drunk at noontime meals and would not slow down the winemaker or his workers.
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Unlike Champagne, Asti is not made sparkling through the use of secondary fermentation in the bottle but rather through a single tank fermentation utilizing the Charmat method. It retains its sweetness through a complex filtration process. Another wine called Moscato d'Asti is made in the same region from the same grape, but is only slightly sparkling (frizzante) and tends to have even lower alcohol. On 22 June 2014, Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Traditionally Cesanese was used to make sweet red wines that ranged from slightly sparkling frizzante to fully sparkling spumante styles. In the late 20th century more winemakers began making dry still wines from the grape variety. Under DOC regulations, any wine labeled as Cesanese must contain at least 90% of the grape variety in the wine. Among the other grape varieties permitted to fill in the remaining 10% of the blend are both red and white grapes-Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Barbera, Trebbiano Toscano and Bambino bianco.
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Along the banks of the Reno river in Emilia-Romagna, Montù is the primary variety in the white DOC wine of Montuni del Reno. Here the grape must make up at least 85% of the blend with other non-aromatic local white grape varieties permitted to make up the remainder. The wine can be made in both a still and semi-sparkling frizzante style. Grapes destined for DOC production must be harvested with to yield no greater than 18 tonnes/hectares with the finished wine needing to attaining a minimum alcohol level of 10.5%.
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In 1995, the region received DOCG status and created a separate DOC, known as Terre di Franciacorta for its non- sparkling wines. The sparkling wines of this area are composed primarily of the Chardonnay and Pinot bianco grape with a maximum 15% of Pinot nero allowed. The area has a Crémant style wine, known under the trademarked name Satèn, that has less carbon dioxide than the standard sparkling wine but is more "bubbly" than a frizzante. This wine is not allowed to have any Pinot nero in the blend.
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Though Franciacorta wines are made according to the traditional method, most Italian sparkling wines, in particular Asti and Prosecco, are made with the Charmat method. Asti is a slightly sweet wine made from the Moscato grape in the province of Asti. The wine is noted for its low alcohol levels around 8% and fresh, grapey flavors. Moscato d'Asti is a frizzante style slightly sparkling version of Asti;M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy Italian Wines for Dummies pg 61–62 Hungry Minds 2001 it is sweeter and contains even less alcohol, typically around 5.5%.
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Avonbridge began 2004 with a "highly-promising" run in the Palace House Stakes at Newmarket. He recovered from being blocked in the closing stages to take the lead inside the final furlong but was caught on the line and beaten a short head by the filly Frizzante. In June Avonbridge recorded his first important win in the Group Two Prix du Gros Chêne at Chantilly. Drowne sent the colt into the lead from the start and although challengers emerged he quickened "in good style" in the closing stages to beat Porlezza by half a length.
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After finishing third to The Tatling in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot she returned to Newmarket for the Group One July Cup. She took the lead inside the final furlong to win by a neck from Ashdown Express, with the other beaten horses including Somnus, Cape of Good Hope, Continent and Exceed and Excel.Racing Post Frizzante failed to reproduce her best form in two subsequent races, finishing unplaced in the Prix Maurice de Gheest and the Sprint Cup before being retired at the end of the season.
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Holland restrained the gelding as Boogie Street set the pace before moving forward in the last quarter mile. He took the lead entering the final furlong and won by one and a half lengths and a neck from Cape of Good Hope and Frizzante. Holland describer The Tatling as "a very tough horse" whilst the owner David Pearson revealed that he and Alan Pirie had landed a "massive gamble" and would collect £150,000 in winning bets. Ryan Moore took over from Holland after The Tatling finished unplaced in the Sprint Stakes in July.
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A Moscato d'Asti. The white wines made from the Moscato Bianco (also known as Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains) are most noted for their frizzante and sparkling spumante styles but some still wines are produced as well. Located northeast of Alba, the wines from the Asti region are known for their delicate light bodies, low alcohol content and slightly sweet nature.K. MacNeil The Wine Bible pg 327 Workman Publishing 2001 Like many sparkling wines, Asti are not vintage dated even though a majority of the grapes might all come from the same vintage year.
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Conegliano is noted for its wine, chiefly the dry white Prosecco (made from the glera grape) which comes in three varieties: tranquillo (still), frizzante (slightly sparkling) and spumante (sparkling). It is also home to Italy's oldest and most prestigious wine school called Scuola Enologica. It is also home to the Istituto Sperimentale per la Viticoltura where several Italian grape varieties have been bred, including Albarossa, Vega and Valentino nero. Additionally, viticulturalists at the institute have helped save many native Italian grape varieties from extinction, such as the Valpolicella grape Bigolona.
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Marzemina is a permitted grape variety allowed to be blended with Vespaiola in the passito straw wine of the Breganze DOC known as Torcolato. Though Marzemina bianca is most often used in the production of sweet late-harvest wines, it can also be produced as dry varietal or slightly-sparkling frizzante wine. These wines are usually produced as vino da tavola. According to Master of Wine Jancis Robinson, wines made from Marzemina bianca tend to be light bodied with aroma notes of hay and apple that can sometimes have a slightly bitter aftertaste.
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Formidable was retired from racing at the end of the 1979 season and began his career as a breeding stallion at the Lavington Stud in Sussex. The most important of his offspring included Efisio (Horris Hill Stakes, Premio Emilio Turati, Challenge Stakes, Premio Chiusura), Chilibang (King's Stand Stakes), Forzando (Premio Melton, Sandy Lane Stakes, Fort Marcy Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap) and Kerita (Supreme Stakes). Both Efisio and Forzando became successful sires: Efisio sired the leading racemares Attraction, Frizzante and Hever Golf Rose; Forzando's offspring included Superior Premium (Cork and Orrery Stakes) and Easycall (Richmond Stakes).
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A well-known speciality of area are the local sparkling wines, whose various levels of carbonation are catogoized into three levels: vivace, frizzante, and spumante. Both reds and whites can be sparkling to various degrees, and can be made in either a dry or sweeter style. The most famous local wine, the Bonarda, is fruity but not sweet, in contrast to Lambrusco, a red sparkling wine which often has higher residual sugar levels. A local, more 'classical' wine is the Buttafuoco, the production of which is restricted to a small area in the North of the Oltrepò.
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The Italian wine DOC of Tarquinia produces red, white frizzante style wine. The grapes are limited to a harvest yield of 12 tonnes/ha with finished wines needing a minimum 10.5% alcohol level. The reds are a blend of at least 60% Sangiovese and/or Montepulciano, up to 25% Cesanese and up to 30% of other local red grape varieties such as Abbuoto. The whites are composed of at least 50% Trebbiano and/or Giallo, up to 35% Malvasia and up to 30 other local grape varieties with the exception of Pinot grigio that is specifically excluded from the DOC wines of Tarquinia.
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The Colli Piacentini was once considered part of the Piedmont wine region. To the northwest is the Lombardy wine region of Oltrepò Pavese and, like Oltrepò Pavese, the wine industry of the Colli Piacentini has had strong historical ties to the wine markets of Milan. The region produces over 17 different wines ranging from Vin Santo dessert wines to slightly sparkling frizzante wines. While the practice of labeling wines by varietal is more often associated with New World wines, winemakers in the Colli Piacentini are permitted by DOC regulations to label some of their wines by varietal.
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While mostly made a still wine, both the red and rosé can be produced in a semi-sparkling frizzante style. Bombino nero destined for DOC production in Lizzano needs to kept to a harvest maximum of 14 tonnes/ha with the finished wines at least 11.5% alcohol by volume. In the Velletri DOC located in the province of Rome in Lazio, up to 10% of Bombino nero can be included (collectively along with Merlot and Ciliegiolo) in the predominantly Montepulciano (30-50%), Sangiovese (30-45%) and Cesanese Comune (minimum 15%) based red wines of the DOC.
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The area around Lizzano produces red, white, rose and sparkling Italian DOC wines. Grapes destined for reds and roses are limited to a harvest yield of 14 tonnes/ha with the finished wine needing to have a minimum alcohol level of 11.5%. White wine grapes are limited to a harvest yield of 12 tonnes/ha with minimum alcohol level of 10.5% The reds, roses and frizzante roses are blends composed primarily of Negroamaro (60-80%) with Montepulciano, Sangiovese, Bombino nero and Pinot noir making up the remaining. Malvasia nera can also be used but is limited to 10% of the blend.
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Sangiovese can be made in a variety of styles, including the dessert wine Vin Santo. Sangiovese is considered the "workhorse" grape of central Italy, producing everything from everyday drinking to premium wines in a variety of styles-from red still wines, to rosato to sweet passito, semi- sparkling frizzante and the dessert wine Vin Santo. In northern Italy, the grape is a minor variety with it having difficulties ripening north of Emilia- Romagna. In the south, it is mainly used as a blending partner with the region's local grapes such as Primitivo, Montepulciano and Nero d'Avola.
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Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco is a sweet, sparkling, red or rosé DOC dessert wine produced in the Italian province of Asti from the Malvasia di Schierano grape variety with the optional addition of up to 15% Freisa. The wine is cherry red in colour with an aroma typical of the grape and 'reminiscent of dog roses and scents of red berries.'Consorzio Tutela Vini d’Asti e del Monferrato The flavour is sweet and aromatic with characteristic tannins. It is made in both lightly (frizzante) and fully sparkling (spumante) versions; the regulations also permit it to be made as a still wine.
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In 2004 Balmont was campaigned in sprint races and was ridden in his first three races by Eddie Ahearn. He suffered from splints early in the year and did not reappear until 8 July when he started a 25/1 outsider for the July Cup at Newmarket and finished third behind Frizzante and Ashdown Express. The horses finishing behind Balmont included Cape of Good Hope, Somnus, Fayr Jag, Airwave, Continent and Bahamian Pirate. Later that month he started 2/5 favourite for a minor stakes over five furlongs at Newmarket but was beaten a neck into second by the improving Bahamian Pirate.
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In addition to Bombino bianco's use in winemaking, the grape is also used in raisin production and to make vermouth for martinis. According to Master of Wine Jancis Robinson, Bombino bianco tends to produce relatively neutral flavored wines that are not very aromatic but can have some citrus or herbaceous notes with some examples showing minerality. While the wine can be made as a varietal, it is most often used as a blending variety in both red and white wines that can be made in a wide range of sweetness levels. In addition to still wines, some DOCs produce semi-sparkling frizzante and fully sparkling spumante styles from the grape.
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In Italy, the grape is the most widely planted member of the Muscat family and is most commonly known as Moscato Bianco. It is the oldest known variety grown in Piedmont and is the primary component of the Asti and Moscato d'Asti wines, as well as for the aromatized and fortified vermouths. It is also commonly used for fortified dessert wines as well as the semi-sparkling Frizzante. In France, the grape is used as a blending grape with Grenache blanc and Muscat of Alexandria in vins doux naturels wines from the Frontignan area such as Banyuls, Côtes d'Agly, Grand Roussillon, Rivesaltes and St-Jean de Minervois.
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The wines can also vary widely in their degree of carbonation or "sparkling", ranging from still, very lightly sparkling frizzantino, slightly sparkling frizzante to fully sparkling spumante. A Vin Santo style wine can be made from dried grapes as well as young novello or "nouveau wines" released only a few months after harvest. One producer in the Colli Piacentini even produces rare sweet fully sparkling Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. In a manner that is fairly unusual in Old World wine regions, a few wines in the Colli Piacentini can be varietally labeled with the grape's name appearing on the front of the wine label.
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A bottle of Prosecco di Conegliano spumante extra dry and a glass of Prosecco frizzante, which stops forming bubbles soon after it is poured. Prosecco (; Italian: ) is an Italian DOC or DOCG white wine produced in a large area spanning nine provinces in the Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions, and named after the village of Prosecco. It is made from the Prosecco grape (renamed Glera in 2009 within the European Union) but denomination rules allow up to 15% of the wine to be other permitted varieties. Prosecco is almost always made in sparkling or semi-sparkling style (' and ', respectively), but a still wine (') is also permitted.
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The commune of Olevano Romano is home to the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wine of Cesanese di Olevano Romano. This red Italian wine can be produced in both a still, semi-sparkling frizzante and fully sparkling spumante style that can be both dry and slightly sweet. All grapes destined for DOC wine production must be harvested to a yield no greater than 12.5 tonnes/ha. The wine is made primarily (at least 90%) from the Cesanese Comune grape (also known as Cesanese di Affile) with Sangiovese, Barbera and the white wine grape varieties Trebbiano Toscano and Bombino bianco collectively allowed to make up to 10% of the blend.
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Glera, also known as Prosecco, is a white variety of grape of Slovenian origin, which was brought to the village of Prosecco (Slovene: Prosek) from the Karst region. The variety was formerly mostly referred to as Prosecco, but in the EU was renamed "Glera" in 2009 to make room for the protection of "Prosecco" as the name of a geographically-protected wine.Prosecco , Vitis International Variety Catalogue.Thirsty New York Altaneve Prosecco Sets Sail to Change Your Perception of Prosecco May 28, 2014 Glera is a rather neutral grape variety which is mainly cultivated for use in sparkling Italian wine styles, frizzante or spumante, from the various Prosecco DOCG and DOC areas, although still wines also exist.
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In Italy's region of Piedmont the grape is somewhat more widespread: production mostly falling within an area of the provinces of Asti and Alessandria between the rivers Bormida and Belbo plus various parts of the province of Cuneo. At Canelli, on the border between the hills of Asti and the Langhe proper, the grape is known as Borgogna. The most notable wine here is the red Brachetto d'Acqui Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) which is made in both still and spumante (fully sparkling) versions. The Piemonte Brachetto Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC), also a red wine, is made with a minimum of 85% Brachetto; it is usually still, but may be frizzante (lightly sparkling).
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He kept up his busy schedule by winning at Beverley Racecourse on 8 May before finishing unplaced behind Monsieur Bond in the Duke of York Stakes three days later. At Royal Ascot in June Bahamian Pirate ran twice without success, finishing seventh to The Tatling in the King's Stand Stakes and eighth to Fayr Jag in the Golden Jubilee Stakes. He then finished unplaced in the Chipchase Stakes and the July Cup: in the latter race he finished seventeenth of the twenty runners behind the five-year-old mare Frizzante. On 23 July, the gelding was ridden by Kieren Fallon in a minor stakes race at Newmarket and started second favourite behind the Middle Park Stakes winner Balmont.
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The Tatling began his 2004 season with three further defeats, but ran well on each occasion. He finished second to The Trader in the Prix de Saint-Georges, third to Boogie Street in the Achilles Stakes and fourth to Avonbridge in the Prix du Gros Chêne. On 15 June the gelding was one of nineteen sprinters to contest the Group Two King's Stand Stakes over five furlongs at Royal Ascot. The Palace House Stakes winner Frizzante started favourite, ahead of Majestic Missile (Molecomb Stakes, Cornwallis Stakes) and the Hong Kong-trained Cape of Good Hope with The Tatling fourth choice on 8/1 whilst the other contenders included Smokin Beau, Dragon Flyer, The Trader, Boogie Street and Bahamian Pirate.
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Italian wine, both red, white and frizzante, under the Merlara DOC appellation have been produced in this region since 2000. Grapes destined for DOC production must be harvested up to a maximum yield of 12 tonnes/hectare with the finished wines fermented to a minimum alcohol level of 11%.P. Saunders Wine Label Language pg 178 Firefly Books 2004 Red Merlara wines are a blend of primarily 50-70% Merlot with up to 50% of other local, non-aromatic red grape varieties permitted to fill in the remainder of the blend. White Merlara is made from 50-70% Friulano with up to 50% of other local white grape varieties permitted to fill in the remainder.
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With Michael Hills in the saddle, she was held up in the early stages before moving smoothly up to take the lead inside the final furlong. She won in "impressive" style by two and a half lengths from Ruby Rocket with Lochridge in third place. On 4 September, Tante Rose was stepped up to Group One level for the Stanleybet Sprint Cup at Haydock and started at odds of 10/1 in a nineteen- runner field. One Cool Cat started favourite whilst the other runners included Frizzante, Somnus, Airwave, Bahamian Pirate, Patavellian (Prix de l'Abbaye), Ratio (Wokingham Stakes), Ashdown Express (Bentinck Stakes), Monsieur Bond (Duke of York Stakes), Royal Millennium (Chipchase Stakes) and Lochridge.
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In the Cesanese di Olevano Romano DOC that is also in Lazio, Bombino bianco can be used in the still, semi-sparkling frizzante and fully sparkling spumante red wines that are often made slightly sweet. Here the grape is blended with Cesanese Comune, Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Barbera with Bombino bianco limited to make up no more than 10% of the blend along with Trebbiano Toscano. In this DOC, Bombino bianco is limited to a maximum yield of 12.5 tonnes/hectare and a minimum alcohol level of 12%. In the Genazzo DOC located along the southern slopes of Monti Prenestini, Bombino bianco is only used (between 10-30%) in the DOC's white wine where it is blended with Malvasia di Candia and Bellone.
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In all three DOCs, Verduzzo can also be used in the DOC white blend with no limit on percentage under the same yield and alcohol level restrictions respectively. Aquileia does allow for a special Superiore bottling for its varietal Verduzzo with a higher minimum alcohol level of 11% while Isonzo also allows for a slightly sparkling frizzante style. The Isonzo DOC also produces a late-harvest white blend labelled as Vendemmia Tardiva that can feature Verduzzo along with Friulano, Pinot bianco and Chardonnay.M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy Italian Wines for Dummies pg 138 Hungry Minds 2001 In Friuli Grave, the varietal requirement is at least 85% with yield restrictions of 13 tonnes/ha and minimum alcohol level of 11% or 12% for Superiore bottling.
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In 2000, there were of Manzoni bianco in Italy, mostly in the Friuli, Trentino, and Veneto regions, but plantings of grape have since spread southwards, so that it can now be found in Calabria, Molise and Apulia. The grape can be used for blending into the white wines of the Colli di Conegliano (at a minimum of 30% of the blend), into Trentino bianco DOCs, and as a varietal in the Vincenza DOC. Producers in the Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT of northeast Italy have also experimented with various varietal styles, including both spumante and frizzante sparkling wines made from late- harvest grapes. Outside of Italy, Spanish winemakers in the Penedès region of Catalonia have started to plant the variety, making oak-aged varietal examples of the wine.
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He've written the telefilm Cercai l'amor (Italian Rai). In 1983 he started to work for TV programs like Forte Fortissimo with Piero Chiambretti and Corinne Cléry, Il sabato dello Zecchino with Topo Gigio, Spazio Aperto, Bellezza e dintorni, Regali di Natale, Ciao Italia with Sydne Rome and Maria Teresa Ruta, Una giornata frizzante with Nino Manfredi, Pomeriggio sul Due with Giulia Fossà, Scrupoli with Enza Sampò. In 1988 he directed the thriller for children Operazione Pappagallo (Operation Parrot), written with Piero Chiambretti and Claudio Delle Fratte and interpreted by Leo Gullotta, Nicola Pistoia, Siusy Blady, Tiberio Murgia, Didi Perego, Carlotta Leonori. He wrote the novels for young readersIl giovane cavaliere, Tre ragazzi ed il Sultano, "Il ladro di Picasso", "Due ragazzi nella Firenze dei Medici",Mamma Natale, Mamma Natale ed i Pirati and the travel books Rome for two and Walkin' Rome.
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J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours pgs 229-230, 392, 604-605 Allen Lane 2012 Despite having the synonyms Champagna and ChampagneVitis International Variety Catalogue: Marzemina bianca , accessed April 23rd, 2013 Marzemina bianca is not grown in the French wine region of Champagne and is not used in the production of Champagne nor does the grape appear to have any known relation to the traditional Champagne wine grapes of Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier. While the grape is usually used as a blending component in still wines and late harvest passito style wines, one producer in the Veneto does make a lightly sparkling frizzante version of the grape under the synonym Sampagne that is classified as a vino da tavola.
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J. Robinson Vines, Grapes & Wines pg 212 Mitchell Beazley 1986 In Roman times Lambrusco was highly valued for its productivity and high yields, with Cato the Elder stating that produce of two thirds of an acre could make enough wine to fill 300 amphoras.J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 388-389 Oxford University Press 2006 The most highly rated of its wines are the frizzante (slightly sparkling) red wines, designed to be drunk young, from one of the eight Lambrusco denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) regions: Colli di Parma Lambrusco, Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Reggiano Lambrusco, Colli di Scandiano e Canossa Lambrusco, Modena Lambrusco, and Lambrusco Mantovano. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s sweet Lambrusco was the biggest selling import wine in the United States.M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy Italian Wines for Dummies pg 101-103 Hungry Minds 2001 During that time the wine was also produced in a white and rosé style made by limiting the skin contact with the must.
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