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Verdea (grape)

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Over the years, Verdea has been known under a variety of synonyms including: Colombana, Colombana bianca (in Tuscany), Colombana del Picciolli, Colombana di Peccioli (in Tuscany), Colombano, Doree d'Italia, Doree d'Italie, Gambo rosso, Paradisa, Paradisa di Bologne, Paradssiotto, Paradizia, S.
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Verdea is a versatile wine grape that can be produced in a variety of styles ranging from sweet, late-harvest and passito style dessert wines (such as the notable
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In 2000, there were 152 hectares (380 acres) of Verdea growing in Italy, the vast majority of it in the Lombardy region around the village of
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Colombano, San Colombano, San Colombano Paradiso d'Italia, Sancolombana, Vardea, Verdea di Montalto, Verdecana and Verdicchio Giallo.
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Verdea was one of the grape varieties mentioned in Pietro de' Crescenzi's historic 1303 account of viticulture in Italy.
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due to similarities in their names and synonyms. Verdea can be used to make a wide variety of wines, ranging from the
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of Verdea. This contradicted earlier DNA profiling from 2005 that concluded that Sangiovese Forte was a
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Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours
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in his 1303 account of grape varieties growing in Tuscany. The grape was later described by
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wines) or as dry, sparkling wine. While often used as a blending variety (including with
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Verdea has historically been used as a blending grape in the production of Vin Santo.
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Trattato della coltivazione delle viti, e del frutto che se ne puô cavare
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region of northern Italy. The grape is sometimes confused with the white
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by at least one Italian producer in Lombardy), the grape can be made a
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grape variety that is often allowed to hang on the vine late into the
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region of Piacenza, the grape had a similar history of use for
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Up until the mid-20th century, Verdea was widely grown in the
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Today the grape is a permitted blending variety in several
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Index

Colombano
Italian wine
grape variety
Tuscany
Lombardy wine
Verdeca
Apulia
French wine
Verdesse
Savoy
late harvested
Vin Santo
dry
sparkling wines

Pietro de' Crescenzi
Giovan Vettorio Soderini
DNA analysis
Sangiovese Forte
color mutation
clone
Sangiovese
mid-ripening
growing season
sugars
dessert wines
viticultural hazard
botrytis bunch rot
passito

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