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Liguria

Liguria is a wine region in Italy, home to 38 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Vermentino.

Liguria at a glance: predominantly white; known for Vermentino; wines range from IGT to DOC.
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Liguria's 38 wineries produce predominantly white wine; Vermentino is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, IGT designation.

Characteristic grapes

Liguria is best known for Vermentino. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Vermentino.

Most common single-grape wines

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

Wine profile

Liguria is predominantly a white-wine region (about 71% of its wines) — expect white wines, often from grapes like Vermentino.

97 distinct Liguria wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • White68 · 71%
  • Red24 · 25%
  • Rose4 · 4%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Liguria wines

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

  • Punta Crena — Ca Da Rena Pigato
  • Azienda Agricola La Felce — Liguria di Levante
  • Cascina Feipu — Pigato
  • Bricco della Cappelletta — Golfo del Tigullio - Portofino
  • Terre Bianche — Pigato
  • Azienda Agricola Campogrande — Telemaco
  • Bisson — Abissi
  • Bruna — Pulin

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Liguria, 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:

  • Riviera Ligure di Ponente
  • Liguria di Levante
  • Rossese di Dolceacqua
  • Cinque Terre
  • Colline del Genovesato
  • Terrazze dell'Imperiese
  • Colline Savonesi
  • Golfo del Tigullio - Portofino
  • Cinque Terre Sciacchetra
  • Portofino
  • Val Polcevera

Quality designations

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

  • DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
  • 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 Liguria wine

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

FAQs

Which grapes are associated with Liguria?
Liguria is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Vermentino. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Liguria wines mean?
DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. 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 Liguria?
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 Liguria 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 Liguria?
The current regional catalogue contains 98 linked wines from 38 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.