Italian wine quality standards: DOC and DOCG

How can you tell if you’re getting the best Italian wines? Italian wine quality standards are often indicated with the DOC and DOCG labels, and in this quick video our resident expert Marc Supsic will explain what they mean and why you should look for them.

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0:00 Why do we need rules for making wine?
0:50 The first Italian wine quality guarantee: DOC
1:17 Another level higher: DOCG
1:32 Famous DOCG wines
1:48 how to look for the Italian wine quality designations

Did you know that most parts of the world there are actually rules and laws for making wine centuries ago in the ancient times you just kind of made wine and you got what you got but as the wine trade grew particularly in Europe it became more and more evident that a

Guarantee of authenticity and quality was going to be important in the market and this is where the appellation system comes in and Appalachian is a designated place of origin where a wine comes from and the name is actually based off of the French verb apale which means to

Call or to name naming a wine after a place is not a New Concept but a formal set of rules and guidelines for making a wine weren’t really introduced until the 18th century some say France had the first appellation others say it was Portugal Chianti Italy documented theirs

In 1716 into Kai Hungary in 1730. much later in 1963 Italy introduced the doc the denomination in a doc Zone a local consortia or Ministry of Agriculture oversees everything from the type of grapes you can grow to your farming practices to the way the wine is produced and bottled

Italy currently has over 300 doc regions the doc system greatly improved the quality of Italian wines so they decided to up the level they came up with this docg the G in docg stands for guarantita which means guaranteed a docg certification mandates a lab analysis of every vintage to guarantee its

Compliance some of Italy’s most famous wines like barolo Chianti Brunello and amaroni de la Val pulachella are all docg level wines and there are just 77 docgs in all of Italy so as you can see it’s a much tighter category how can you tell if a wine is Doc or docg you’ll

Always find a seal of quality somewhere on the bottom most often it’s a band with the certification number located around the neck so when you want to be sure that you’re getting the best Italian wine just look for the guarantee doc or docg and you can rest assured

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