Barbera
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Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety that, as of 2000, was the third most-planted red grape variety in Italy. It produces good yields and is known for deep color, full body, low tannins and hig
Cluster of Barbera grapes
An 18th-century engraving of the city of Casal Monferrato in whose cathedral archive the earliest known planting of Barbera is documented
A Barbera d'Alba from Piedmont
Barbera wine from Piedmont region
Sangiovese
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Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin sanguis Jovis, "blood of Jupiter".
Barbera
…Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety that, as of 2000, was the third most-planted red grape variety in Italy (after Sangiovese and Montepulciano). It produces good yields and is known for deep color, full body, low tannins and high levels of acidity. Century-old vines still…
Sangiovese grapes
The translation of Sangiovese's name sanguis Jovis, "the blood of Jove", led to theories that the grape's origins dated from Roman times.
Sangiovese leaf from Red Willow Vineyard in Washington State.
Sangiovese grapes in the Montalcino region of Tuscany.