TUSCANY A golden region
Capital Florence Area
• Total 22,990.18 km2 (8,876.56 sq mi)
Population (2015) • Total 3,749,430 Citizenship • Italian 90%
GDP/ Nominal €106.1 billion (2008) GDP per capita €28,500(2008)
TRADITIONAL TUSCAN FOOD .What is Tuscan cuisine? Tuscan food is based on the Italian idea of cucina povera or “poor cooking.” Tuscan cooking doesn’t use complicated seasonings or elaborate creations because they’re not needed
Food doesn’t have to travel far in Tuscany
Top Tuscan foods: DOP and IGP products
There are 31 food products in Tuscany marked with the European labels IGP and DOP
https://www.visittuscany.com /en/ideas/top-tuscan-foodsdop-and-igp-products/
Popular Tuscan Dishes Antipasti affettati misti, Â crostini di fegato panzanella
Pasta & Zuppe
Secondi Piatti
ribollita
cannellini beans/fagioli
pappa col pomodoro pici con la nana tagliatelle tartufo pappardelle cinghiale
all’uccelletto/fagioli con salsiccia Bistecca wine-braised rabbit fritto misto
WINE AREAS “CHIANTI”CHIANTI CLASSICO MONTALCINO MONTEPULCIANO CARMIGNANO MORELLINO BOLGHERI 2 S.GIMIGNANO CORTONA VALD'ORCIA COLLI DI LUNI ALPI APUANE COLLINE LUCCHESI MONTECARLO POMINO VAL DI CORNIA
d.o.c.g 1. D. O. C. G.“ Brunello di Montalcino 2. D. O. C. G. Carmignano, 3. D. O. C. G. Chianti, 4. D.O.C.G. Chianti Classico, 5. D. O. C. G. Elba Aleatico 2Passito, 6. D. O. C. G Montecucco Sangiovese, 7. D. O. C. G. Morellino di Scansano, 8. D. O. C. G Rosso della Val di Cornia, 9. D. O. C. G Suvereto. 10. D. O. C. G. Vernaccia di San Gimignano, 11. D. O. C. G. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano,
WINE NUMBERS 330 millions euro chianti: 110 ml chianti classico: 70 ml. 2
http://www.toscana24.ilsole24ore.com/numeri.php
WINE NUMBERS PIL=GDP American Enterprise Institute byMark Perry GDP US2014=17,4 trillions 2
GDP Europe=18,5 trillions Italy=California
http://www.toscana24.ilsole24ore.com/numeri.php
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SANGIOVESE GROSSO
SANGIOVESE PICCOLO
DIFFERENT BYOTYPES BIOTIPI “CHIANTI” BIOTIPI “MONTALCINO E 2 PRUGNOLO BIOTIPO MORELLINO BIOTIPO ROMAGNOLO BIOTIPO TOSCANO
SANGUIS JOVIS CENTRAL PART OF ITALY
CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE,ARGENTINA,AUSTRALIA,
TUSCANY:BEST TERROIR
SANGIOVESE HARVEST it buds early and is slow to ripen  MID SEPTEMBER TO MID OCTOBER concentration of limestone 2 and clay Fully developed grapes are typically 19 mm long x 17 mm 3 wide, with an average weight of 3 grams 1.5 kg of fruit per vine
LOCAL &INTERNATIONAL GRAPES WHITE GRAPES MALVASIA BIANCA,TREBBIANO TOSCANO,VERMENTINO LOCAL RED GRAPES :MALVASIA NERA,COLORINO,CANAIOLO,MAMMOLO INTERNATIONAL RED GRAPES :MERLOT,CABERNET SAUVIGNON,SYRAH INTERNATIONAL WHITE: CHARDONNAY & SAUVIGNON BLANC,VIOGNER,RIESLING
LIGHT COLOURS VIOLET,CHERRY,PLU M,BLACK PEPPER HIGH ACIDTY, MEDIUM TANNIC, MEDIUM BODY BUT IT DEPENDS!!!!