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The
Orvieto DOC zone is divided into Orvieto Classico,
in the area surrounding Rupe and its district, and Orvieto,
completing the area to the north and south. Until a few
years ago wine-growing here was traditional and included
the so-called "promiscuous cultivation" which has now
completely been replaced with new vineyards. These are
planted more densely per hectare, in order to obtain lower
grape quantities per plant, thanks also to suitable training
systems, so to improve the quality.
In the last forty years, D.O.C. Orvieto has undergone
an extraordinary development, passing from the 2,500,000
bottles sold as typical Orvieto wine in 1960 to today's
20 million bottles. Average annual production is around
150,000 hl of wine from 3,000 hectares of vineyards registered
at the Chambers of Commerce.
Orvieto is one of the best known Italian white wines in
the world and alone accounts for three quarters of Umbria's
DOC wine production.
Orvieto sales are divided equally between the home and
foreign markets. This wine is widespread around the world:
the main European markets are Germany, Great Britain,
Belgium, Sweden and Denmark. Outside Europe the main market
is the United States, where Orvieto is one of the leading
5 wines to be exported (about 2 million bottles per year),
followed by Canada and Japan.
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ORVIETO
"rows of vines in the countryside" |
