Soave (wine) share of US sales were eventually eclipsed by Pinot grigio and an influx of new wines from southern Italy. The Soave DOC was created in 1968 with those boundaries revised and expanded periodically over the next few decades. As a point of introduction, it should be said that Soave and Chianti were the first zones in Italy (in 1931) to be recognized by Royal Decree as having the potential for producing fine wines. This document delimited the borders of the production zones which, in the case of Soave, coincide with those fixed under the current production regulations for Soave Classico.
Niederlausitz (wine region) Lusatian wineries are not allowed to produce wine of all quality levels of the German wine classification. Only the lower part - "Tafelwein" (table wine) and "Landwein" (country wine) - and not the higher "quality wine" categories "Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete" (QbA) and "Prädikatswein" may be produced. Currently, the Niederlausitz region covers only of vineyards spread out over 14 locations. A peculiar aspect of the Niederlausitz region is that some of the vineyards are planted in former coal strip mines. Niederlausitz (wine region) Niederlausitz (Lower Lusatia) is a small region for table wine and country wine in eastern Germany, which was