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Lombardy Wines - Foodexplore - Berlucchi Franciacorta special price.
Lombardy is one of the richest region in Italy for its vineyards, where some among the best wines in the world are produced. From a geographical point of view the production areas are completely different, and they are named: Franciacorta, a very famous area for the sparkling wines production with the so called method champenois, the Oltrepo Pavese, famous for its Barbera and Croatina vineyards, but also for the Pinot Noir and for the well-known valley of Riesling. Valtellina area is very well-known thanks to Sforzato wine and for Chiavennasca as well, which is a Nebbiolo clone, used for the production of great aging wines. Increasingly popular in the last few years is the Garda area with the Lugana DOC wine, with its famous wineries Ca dei Frati and Ca Maiol. Last but not the least we find the smaller wine areas of Capriano del Colle and Terre Larian between the cities Brianza and Bergamo.
Berlucchi is probably the most famous winery in Franciacorta, its founder Guido Berlucchi, thanks to the volcanic oenologist Franco Ziliani, was the firt producer of Franciacorta sparkling wine, Franco Ziliani proposed to Guido Berlucchi to "produce a sparkling wine in the style of the French" so re-fermentation in the bottle or classic method. In 1962, after not succesfull first attempts 3000 bottles of wine Pinot di Franciacorta were released on the market and immediately arouses curiosity and admiration. In subsequent years the Berlucchi winery grows exponentially increasing production: the Franciacorta Pinot become Berlucchi Cuvée Imperiale and were produced also Franciacorta Millesimato called Cellarius. Berlucchi winery is now led by Franco Ziliani who is still the president and his children Cristina, Arturo and Paolo dealing with communications departments, production and trade. Today Berlucchi winery cultivate around 600 hectares of vineyard from wich they produce about 4 million bottles per year, Berlucchi is the largest producer in Franciacorta.
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