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Northern Italy Wine Pairings

Italy is the country of multiplicity and it’s hard to make generalizations. This is especially true when considering the food & wine pairings of  the northern regions. From the borders by the Alps to the northern coastal areas on Ligurian and Adriatic seas, indeed, elevation, climate and landscapes can change radically, and can therefore determine a wide variety of different products. By and large, we can identify four iconic kinds of wine from Northern Italy.
From west to east, with some interesting deviation, they are:

• Full bodied, long-living red wines
•  Charmat-Martinotti method sparkling wine
• Mineral and elegant white wines

Piedmont red wines

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