Current Status of Grape and Wine Production in Italy
2012
Ahn, S.Y., Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea | Yu, Y.S., Catholic University of Daegu, Gyungsan, Republic of Korea | Yun, H.K., Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea
Italy is one of the world's highest countries in the viewpoints of grape growing area and production, wine production and consumption. Historically, Italy has been called as a father of the European wines which spreaded a wine culture to other countries. Because the Italian people had been accustomed to enjoying the various wine in their life, the wine industry continued to develop in Italy. The major wine production areas are Piemonte, Veneto, Toscana, and Sicilia in Italy. Italy is located north and south long in the Mediterranean coast, and shows the various characteristics in the fields of terrain, soil, and climate conditions, a large number of the wineries are distributed throughout the whole country. Popular trellis system for table grape varieties is Apulia tendone which is similar to Korean umbrella-shape training system. Several famous grape cultivars including 'Victoria', 'Italia', 'Centennial', and 'Black Pearl' for fresh fruit and 'Sangiovesse' and 'Merlot' are grown in Italian major grape production areas. Italian grape production with their own developed system can be an informative model in Korean grape growers for increasing competition power against ones imported from foreign countries.
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