The wine-producing territory of Orvieto

• Autores: Donata Castagnoli
• Localización: Journal of wine research, ISSN 0957-1264, Vol. 24, Nº 4, 2013, págs. 253-263
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article briefly outlines the history of wine production and viticulture in the Orvieto region; the starting point is the 1971 Production Regulations which bring together both a more than 2000-year-old heritage and the choices already made by the agronomist Garavini in 1931. In more recent decades, various amendments were made to the Production Regulations which aimed to improve the definition of the complex qualitative offer that developed in parallel with potential customers' needs. The current picture is of a highly specialized cultivation pattern based on the morphological structure, an indicator of a mature market which focuses on Orvieto Classico as its key selling point