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Piedmont

Piedmont is a wine region in Italy, home to 1,086 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Asti, Barbera, Barolo.

Piedmont at a glance: predominantly red; known for Asti, Barbera, Barolo; wines range from DOC to DOCG.
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Piedmont's 1,086 wineries produce predominantly red wine; Nebbiolo is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, DOCG designation.

About the Piedmont region

    Location
    Piedmont wine is the range of Italian wines made in the region of Piedmont, in the northwestern corner of Italy.
    Climate
    Although the winemaking regions of the Piedmont and Bordeaux are very close in latitude, only the summertime temperatures are similar: the Piedmont wine region has a colder, continental winter climate, and significantly lower rainfall du…
    Soils
    Principal soil conditions listed for Piedmont include calcareous marl, clay, sandstone and sand.
    Distinctive
    Vineyards are typically planted on hillsides altitudes between 490–1150 ft (150-400 metre).

Region facts sourced from Wikipedia contributors, "Piedmont wine", Wikipedia, revision 1341732272, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).

Characteristic grapes

Piedmont is best known for Asti, Barbera, Barolo. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Nebbiolo, Chardonnay, Barbera. Piedmont's signature grapes often go into blends, so single-grape bottlings skew toward other varieties.

Wine styles from Piedmont

Most common single-grape wines

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

Wine profile

Piedmont is predominantly a red-wine region (about 82% of its wines) — expect red wines, often from grapes like Barbera.

5,212 distinct Piedmont wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red4,265 · 82%
  • White846 · 16%
  • Rose73 · 1%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Catalogue vintages span 1964 to 2017.

Representative Piedmont wines

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

  • Poderi Colla — Dolcetto d'Alba
  • Monchiero Carbone — Roero
  • Azelia — Barbera d'Alba
  • Cascina Castlet — Monferrato
  • Azienda Agricola LaLu — Le Coste di Monforte
  • Noah — Bramaterra
  • Boniperti Vignaioli — Rosadisera Nebbiolo Rosato
  • 90+ Cellars — Nebbiolo Lot 199

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Piedmont, 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:

  • Barolo
  • Langhe
  • Barbaresco
  • Barbera d'Alba
  • Dolcetto d'Alba
  • Roero
  • Barbera d'Asti
  • Gavi
  • Moscato d'Asti
  • Nebbiolo d'Alba
  • Colli Tortonesi
  • Monferrato

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday DOC 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.

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.

Explore Piedmont

Ways to browse Piedmont — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 5,212 wines tracked above):

  • Red Piedmont (106)
  • White Piedmont (91)
  • Rose Piedmont (25)

How to choose a good Piedmont wine

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

FAQs

Where is Piedmont?
Piedmont wine is the range of Italian wines made in the region of Piedmont , in the northwestern corner of Italy .
Which grapes are associated with Piedmont?
Piedmont is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Barbera, Cortese, Dolcetto, Moscato Bianco, Muscat, Nebbiolo. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Piedmont 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. 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 Piedmont?
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 Piedmont 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 Piedmont?
The current regional catalogue contains 5238 linked wines from 1086 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.