Terre di Offida DOC is a white wine made from 85-100% Passerina grapes grown in the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo in the southern part of Le Marche, a region on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It can be made as a still dry wine, a sparkling wine, or as a sweet ‘passito’ wine. An optional 0-15% non-aromatic white grapes permitted to be grown in Le Marche may be blended in. See also | Offida DOCG.

Production zone | This covers land in the following municipalities. Ascoli Piceno province | Acquaviva Picena, Appignano del Tronto, Ascoli Piceno, Carassai, Castel di Lama, Castignano, Castorano, Colli del Tronto, Cossignano, Cupra Marittima, Grottammare, Montalto delle Marche, Massignano, Monsampolo del Tronto, Montedinove, Montefiore dell’Aso, Monteprandone, Offida, Ripatransone, Rotella, San Benedetto del Tronto, Spinetoli. Fermo province: Campofilone, Pedaso, Petritoli.

Wine production | 2018 308hl. 29,500 bottles. 11 producers overall: 8 grape growers, 4 wine producers, 3 bottlers. | 2017 292hl. 32,800 bottles. | 2016 345hl. 29,900 bottles.

Bibliography

Disciplinare di produzione dei vini a denominazione di origine controllata Terre di Offida.

Oxford Companion to Wine 4th edition ed. Jancis Robinson MW and Julia Harding MW (Oxford University Press, 2015, p75.

Production data | 2006-2010 Federdoc as reported by I Numeri del Vino. 2016-2018 Valoritalia.