The “Abruzzo Model” is still improving in quality. Next challenge: defining its different identities

Mar 08, 2024 828

33,000 hectares of vineyard area (including 17,000 of Montepulciano); 3.4 million hectoliters of wine produced, of which more than 1 million are claimed as DOC, 80% represented by Montepulciano d'Abruzzo; 6,000 grape producers, 35 cooperative wineries and more than 250 wineries.

A market that is declining in volume, but unexpectedly increasing in value, both in Italy and abroad. Here are the first viticultural clues of Abruzzo version 2024, a 65% mountainous region, 34% hilly, with only 1% of plain remaining, represented by 130 km of coastal strip. A region of which 36.3% of the territory is under environmental protection and where, from the moment you unfasten your skis from its Apennine massifs to the moment you lunch on the Adriatic Sea, only 40 minutes pass.

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