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# 85 NOVEMBER 21 , 2016
# 85 November 21 2016
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ITALIAN WINE:
Refresh your Palate with the
Turbiana Grape of Lugana
By Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com
I was excited to receive an invitation to
taste through the wines of Lugana with
the Lugana DOC Wine Consortium at
the Boston stop on their US tour. I had
the pleasure to meet with the President
two regions: Veneto and Lombardia and duction
in the Brescia and Verona provinces.
• Vineyard territories have grown by 62%
between 2008 and 2015
It exists in a mild microclimate with bree- • Bottle production has doubled since
zes off Lake Garda where the grapes are 2008 to the present totaling 13.9 million
grown on a soil consisting of clay and bottles produced
morainic soil rich in minerals. Winemaking has been taken place there since The local grape grown in Lugana is turRoman times. It was actually the first wine biana, said to be closely related to the
produced in Lombardy back in 1967 and trebbiano di soave grape. Most produwas one of the first DOC's within Italy it- cers are making their lugana wines with
self. According to Luca, he considers Lu- 100%