A glance at an Italy wine regions map shows that most successful wine regions are located on hillsides, such as Barolo, Chianti, Soave and Prosecco, and at altitude, like Etna and Valtellina. ItalyвЂ™s long boot-shaped peninsula is familiar to most people and its long coastlines mean that wine-growing areas close to the sea are tempered by cooling sea breezes, yet Italy is also a mountainous country with the Alps and Dolomites in the north and the Apennines forming the backbone of the country, with Etna in Sicily rising to 3,350m. From the far north in Alto Adige and Vall dвЂ™Aosta, up in the shadow of the Alps, right down to the far south, with islands, such as Pantelleria, a stoneвЂ™s throw away from Africa, also producing wine, every region in the country features on its wine map.

Taking a look at the wine map of Italy reveals 332 DOCs (denominazione di origine controllata) and 73 DOCGs (denominazione di origine controllata e garantita), not to mention all the IGTs (indicazione geografica tipica) that youвЂ™ll find scattered across the 20 regions on a map of Italian wine regions.ДЄ wine regions of Italy map will reveal wine-growing areas throughout the country.

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