11. Italian wine regions
Italy's 20 wine regions correspond to the 20 political regions. Understanding of Italian wine becomes clearer with an understanding of the differences between each region; their cuisines reflect their indigenous wines, and vice-versa.
The regions are, roughly from Northwest to Southeast:
Valle D'Aosta
Piedmont (Piemonte)
Liguria
Lombardy (Lombardia)
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Veneto
Emilia-Romagna
Tuscany (Toscana)
Marche (Le Marche)
Umbria
Lazio
Abruzzi (Abruzzo)
Molise
Campania
Basilicata
Puglia
Calabria
Sicily (Sicilia)
Sardinia (Sardegna)
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