Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) is one of Italy’s 20 administrative regions. Located in the northwest Italy. It borders France in the west, Switzerland in the north, Lombardy on the east. The southern side is naturally defined by the Apennines mountains which divide the region from the Liguria region. Piedmont is the second largest of Italy’s 20 regions, after Sicily. It is broadly coincident with the upper part of the drainage basin of the river Po, which rises from the slopes of Monviso in the west of the region and is Italy’s largest river. The Po drains the semicircle formed by the Alps and Apennines, which surround the region on three sides. Piedmont borders the Liguria region to the south, Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna to the east and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest. It also borders Switzerland to the northeast and France to the west.
Population: 4.3 million (June 2020).
Political geography: Capital city: Torino (Turin) (TO). Provinces: Alessandria (AL). | Asti (AT). | Biella (BI). | Cuneo (CN). | Novara (NO). Torino (TO). | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB). | Vercelli (VC).
Vineyard area & wine production: About 3 million hl. Over 45% of production is for DOC and DOCG wines against the Italian average of around 15%.
DOCGs: Alta Langa DOCG. | Asti DOCG. | Barbaresco DOCG. | Barbera d’Asti DOCG. | Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG. | Barolo DOCG. | Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG or Acqui DOCG. | Dogliani DOCG. | Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba or Diano d’Alba DOCG. | Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore or Ovada DOCG. | Erbaluce di Caluso or Caluso DOCG. | Gattinara DOCG. | Gavi or Cortese di Gavi DOCG. | Ghemme DOCG. | Nizza DOCG. | Roero DOCG. | Roero Arneis DOCG. | Roero Riserva DOCG Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG. | Terre Alfieri DOCG.
DOCs: Alba DOC. | Albugnano DOC. | Barbera d’Alba DOC. | Barbera del Monferrato DOC. | Boca DOC. | Bramaterra DOC. | Calosso DOC. | Canavese DOC. | Carema DOC. | Cisterna d’Asti DOC. | Colli Tortonesi DOC. | Collina Torinese DOC. | Colline Novaresi DOC. | Colline Saluzzesi DOC. | Cortese del Alto Monferrato DOC. | Coste della Sesia DOC. | Dolcetto d’Acqui DOC. | Dolcetto d’Alba DOC. | Dolcetto d’Asti DOC. | Dolcetto delle Langhe Monregalesi DOC. | Dolcetto di Ovada DOC. | Fara DOC. | Freisa d’Asti DOC. | Freisa di Chieri DOC. | Gabiano DOC. | Grignolino d’Asti DOC. | Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC. | Loazzolo DOC. | Langhe DOC. | Langhe DOC Arneis. | Langhe DOC Nascetta del Comune di Novello. | Langhe DOC Nebbiolo. | Lessona DOC. | Malvasia di Casorzo d’Asti DOC or Malvasia di Casorzo DOC or Casorzo DOC. | Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC. | Monferrato DOC. | Nebbiolo d’Alba DOC. | Piemonte DOC. | Piemonte DOC Brachetto. | Piemonte DOC Albarossa. | Pinerolese DOC. | Rubino di Cantavenna DOC. | Sizzano DOC. | Strevi DOC. | Valli Ossolane DOC. | Valsusa DOC. | Verduno or Verduno Pelaverga DOC.
Other regions: Val Bormida. | Val Maira. | Val di Susa.
Native grapes: Arneis (w). | Avanà (r). | Barbera (r). | Brachetto (r). | Cortese (w). | Croatina (r)|. Dolcetto (r). | Erbaluce (w). | Favorita (w). | Freisa (r). | Grignolino (r). | Grisa Nera (r). | Grisa Rousa (r). | Lambruschetta (r). | Malvasia di Casorzo (r). | Malvasia di Schierano (r). | Moscato Bianco (w). | Nascetta (w). | Nebbiolo (r). | Pelaverga Grosso (r). | Pelaverga Piccolo (r). | Preveiral (w). | Ruchè (r). | Timorasso (w). | Uva Rara (r). Vespolina (r). | Zanello (r).