Trentino

Trentino is an autonomous wine-producing province in the far north of Italy, bordering Lombardy to the west and Veneto to the south and east. The province forms the southern half of the Trentino-Alto Adige region, the other half being Alto Adige (Sudtirol to its largely German-speaking population).

The DOC structure in Trentino consists of one large regional DOC (entitled Trentino, and granted in 1971), and several smaller DOCs which focus on specific areas and styles. These are Teroldego Rotaliano, Caldaro (Kalderer in German), Casteller and Valdadige (Etschtaler). Almost three-quarters of wine produced here qualifies for one of these DOCs, a proportion much higher than other Italian regions and second only to neighboring Alto Adige.