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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Five brands of wine from the northern Italian region of Valle d'Aosta applied to receive a Denomination of Controlled Origin

The region is authorised to give DOC since 2004. Currently there are more than 1.2 million bottles of Valle D'Aosta wine on the regional, national and international market with a DOC.

There are 38 wine bottling companies in the region. Wine production generates around 7.0 mln euro ($11 mln) per year and accounts for 12 pct of the local agriculture.

The vineyards in the region produced some 27,000 quintals of grapes in 2007. The wine production in 2007 was down by 15 pct compared to 2006, when Valle D'Aosta produced some 20,000 hectolitres.

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