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Tyrolean farmers strengthen the natural defences of the vineyards, protecting beneficial insects and
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rules. The quality production, pursued up until now since 20 years, as well as the spread of the bottling in bottles of 0,75 litres have earned this small wine area an excellent reputation. This is especially true for white wines in Italy, but also for the wine experts in the international markets.
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Tyrolean wineries flourished. The wine production and sale developed thanks to the activity of the families of winemakers from the nineteenth century and thanks to the cooperatives since the twentieth century. In the twentieth century there were several critical
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Approximately 5,000 wine producers deliver their grapes to the 160 wineries, which produce a great variety of wine, red and sparkling wines, despite their small dimensions. Almost 70% of the south
Tyrolean wine is produced in wineries run by social cooperatives, the remaining 25% comes from the
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region. Unique in its field in Italy, it is a region where 20 different grape varieties are cultivated on a land of 13,000 acres (5,300 hectares), which yields 3.9 million cases (50,000 hectoliters) of wine. With its geographical position, between an
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However with the mass production, the
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association Alto Adige Estate Wineries, and the remaining 5% is produced by Alto Adige Independent Winegrowers.
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