Italy is a European country which ranks with Spain and France as one of the world’s three most important sources of organic wine.
Organic & Biodynamic wine production data – Italy: See here.
Organic & Biodynamic organizations: Associazione Mediterranea Agricoltura Biologica or AMAB.
Regions (20): Italy is divided into 20 regions, two of which – Valle d’Aosta and Alto Adige – have ‘special statute’ standing. Italy’s regions are equivalent to states in the USA or provinces in Canada. They are: Abruzzo. | Alto Adige. | Aosta. | Basilicata. | Calabria. | Campania. | Emilia-Romagna. | Friuli-Venezia Giulia. | Lazio (Latium). | Lombardia (Lombardy). | Liguria. | Marche. | Molise. | Puglia (Apulia). | Sardegna (Sardinia). | Sicilia (Sicily). | Piemonte (Piedmont). | Toscana (Tuscany). | Trentino. | Umbria. | Veneto.
Vineyard area & wine production: 2019 705,000ha of vines producing, 46.6m hl or 18% of global production.
Wine grapes: Italy is the country with the most wine grapes: roughly 30% of all the world’s wine grapes are Italian. See here.
Terroir: Italy–Climate. | Italy–Geography. | Italy–Geology. | Italy–Volcanic soils.
History: 4000BC-earliest traces of Italian wine-growing. | From Ancient times to the present. | 1792 Napoleon invades Italy.
Educational & trade bodies: FederDoc. | Federvini. | FIVI. | Italian Trade Agency (ICE). | Unione Italiana Vini. | VinItaly International Academy.
Wine trade fairs: VinItaly.
Markets for Italian wine: See here.