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Emilia Romagna

Emilia Romagna is a wine region in Italy, home to 113 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Lambrusco.

Emilia Romagna at a glance: red-leaning; known for Lambrusco; wines range from IGP to DOCG.
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Emilia Romagna's 113 wineries lean red but make plenty of white too; Sangiovese is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, DOCG, IGP designation.

About the Emilia Romagna region

    Location
    Emilia-Romagna is a region of Italy.
    Climate
    Within the Emilia-Romagna PDO production area, climate varies with elevation: warm temperate on the vine-growing hillsides, cool temperate on higher hilltops, and more continental on the plains.
    Soils
    The 2021 regional soil map distinguishes 466 soil types across Emilia-Romagna: 210 in the plains, 162 in the lower Apennines, 90 in the middle Apennines and 4 in the high Apennines.

Region facts sourced from Regione Emilia-Romagna, regional soil map 1:50,000, 2021; retrieved 14 July 2026. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International), European Union, Official Journal C 305, 29 August 2023, pp. 9-18, Emilia-Romagna PDO single document; retrieved 14 July 2026. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikidata contributors, Emilia-Romagna (Q1263), retrieved 14 July 2026. (CC0).

Most common single-grape wines

When Emilia Romagna wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Emilia Romagna leans red (about 57% of its wines) but makes meaningful white too.

347 distinct Emilia Romagna wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red198 · 57%
  • White122 · 35%
  • Rose27 · 8%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Emilia Romagna wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Cavicchioli — Rose Cristo
  • Torre Fornello — Emilia
  • Fuori Porta — Sangiovese Bianco
  • Umberto Cesari — Solo Rosso
  • Nicolucci — Predappio Vigna del Generale Sangiovese Riserva
  • Venturini Baldini — Rubino del Cerro
  • Tenuta La Viola — Romagna Albana
  • Fattoria Zerbina — Romagna Albana

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Emilia Romagna, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • Emilia
  • Romagna
  • Rubicone
  • Lambrusco di Sorbara
  • Romagna Albana
  • Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro
  • Colli Piacentini
  • Reggiano
  • Ravenna
  • Forli
  • Modena
  • Gutturnio

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday IGP to the strictly-controlled DOCG — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.

  • DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
  • DOCGItaly's strictest wine quality tier — guarantees origin, permitted grapes and production method, and is government-tested.
  • IGPEU Protected Geographical Indication (Indication Géographique Protégée) — a regional wine label, broader than AOP.
  • IGTA looser Italian designation for regional wines with more freedom than DOC — often good value.

Italy wine designations

DOC
DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
DOCG
DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
IGP
IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
IGT
IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
PDO
PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Emilia Romagna wine

For everyday drinking, IGP bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, DOCG signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.

FAQs

Where is Emilia Romagna?
Emilia-Romagna is a region of Italy.
Which grapes are associated with Emilia Romagna?
Emilia Romagna is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Lambrusco. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Emilia Romagna wines mean?
DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. DOCG: DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. IGP: IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin. IGT: IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Emilia Romagna?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Emilia Romagna wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Emilia Romagna?
The current regional catalogue contains 348 linked wines from 113 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.