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3 unusual facts about Marzemina bianca


Marzemina bianca

As Marzemino was first documented growing in the Veneto in 1553, more than a hundred years before Marzemina bianca, ampelographers now believe that Marzeminia bianca is the offspring with further DNA profiling showing that the Soave grape Garganega (described by the Italian writer Pietro de' Crescenzi in the 13th century) likely being the other parent.

It is a permitted grape variety in the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wines of Breganze in the Vicenza province where it is blended with Vespaiola in late-harvest Torcolato wines.

The grape was first mentioned in 1679 when the Italian writer Giacomo Agostinetti described Marzemina bianca growing around the town of Breganze in the province of Vicenza in Veneto.



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