Adopted by the IDA Board of Directors, Nov. 12, 2002. This Definition is also used by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Many state education codes, including New Jersey, Ohio and Utah, have adopted this definition.
Italy's most well-known and widely planted red grape variety, Sangiovese, is a thin-skinned, finicky grape that tends to linger longer on the vine, taking its sweet time to ripen and mature.
as you can see the majority of italy s sangiovese is in tuscany where two thirds of the vineyards are planted with sangiovese much of the rest is in the neighboring regions of emilia romagna marche and umbria along with puglia in the south the other principal grape variety of central italy is montepulcianomontepulciano is the second most planted red grape variety in italy and is grown in every region but its home is the adriatic coast of central italy as shown abovehe other principal grape variety of central italy is montepulciano montepulciano is the second most planted red grape variety in italy and is grown in every region but its home is the adriatic coast of central italy as shown above