In Italy, the term DOC stands for Denominazione di Origine Controllata. It is the equivalent of the French AOC. Only wines which have met certain requirements of place of origin, variety and vinification process are entitled to use this on their labels. In...
In Italy, the term DOCG stands for Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita, and is used to identify the best growing areas of Italy. These wines are subject to all of the regulations applied to the DOC wines and additionally are subjected to a strict...