Emilia Romagna

This is the Region where the continental Italy merges into the peninsular Italy, a land rich in many different geomorphologic and climatic peculiarities. The landscape is flat in the northern part, towards the Po Plain, and mountainous to the south with the Apennine mountain area. The climate also ranges from continental in the Emilia part of the Region, to mild in the Romagna area washed by the Adriatic Sea.

Viticulture is deep rooted in this region both on the hills and in the plain, with approximately 56,500 hectares* under vine and an average production of 6.25 million hectolitres*.
Most of the wine-growing areas of this Region can be ideally visited by starting from the Colli Piacentini (Piacenza’s hills) and travelling along the ancient Roman road, the Via Emilia, down to the very south-eastern part of the Colli di Rimini (Rimini’s hills).

From a varietal point of view, Emilia Romagna boasts a great number of local grapes, that is, the red varieties of Bonarda, Lambrusco, Sangiovese, Canaiolo Nero and Montepulciano and the white varieties of Albana, Trebbiano Romagnolo and Pignoletto. International varieties are also well represented by Cabernet, Merlot and Sauvignon.

In 2009, MGM Mondo del Vino started cooperation with the winery Tenuta Poderi Dal Nespoli for the promotion in Italy and abroad of the Romagnolo wines. www.poderidalnespoli.com

*2007 figures from the “Corriere Vinicolo” (wine news)