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===Wine=== {{main|Liguria wine}} [[File:Cinque Terre white wine.jpg|right|thumb|A bottle of [[Colline di Levanto DOC]] white wine.]] Liguria is an [[Italian wine]] region located in the northwest region of [[Italy]] along the [[Italian Riviera]]. It is bordered by the [[Piedmont wine]] region to the north, the [[Alps]] and [[French wine]] region of [[Provence (wine)|Provence]] to the west, the [[Apennine Mountains]] and the [[Emilia-Romagna wine]] region to the east with a small border shared with [[Tuscany (wine)|Tuscany]] in the south-east along the [[Ligurian Sea]].<ref name="Dummies">M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy ''Italian Wines for Dummies'' pg 83-87 Hungry Minds 2001 {{ISBN|0-7645-5355-0}}</ref> Liguria has several ''[[Denominazione di origine controllata]]'' regions with the most notable being the [[Cinque Terre DOC]] from cliff side vineyards situated among the five fishing villages of [[Cinque Terre]] in the [[province of La Spezia]]. The DOC produces light white wines made from [[grape varieties]] such as [[Bosco (grape)|Bosco]], [[Albarola]] and [[Vermentino]]. In the west is the red wine-producing region of [[Dolceacqua]], producing wine from the [[indigenous (ecology)|indigenous]] [[Rossese di Dolceacqua|Rossese]] grape.<ref name="Saunders">P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pp. 139β209 Firefly Books 2004 {{ISBN|1-55297-720-X}}</ref> The following is a list of DOCs in the Liguria region along with the grapes that may be included in the blend under varying percentages that are regulated under the DOC label.<ref name="Saunders"/> *[[Cinque Terre DOC]] - White wine only DOC producing wine from the [[Bosco (grape)|Bosco]], [[Albarola]] and [[Vermentino]] grapes. A ''[[passito]]'' and ''[[liquoroso]]'' style made from the same grapes can also be produced under the [[Sciacchetra]] designation. *[[Colli di Luni DOC]] - Red and white wine DOC producing wine from [[Sangiovese]], [[Canaiolo]], [[Ciliegiolo]], [[Pollera nera]], [[Bracciola nera]], [[Trebbiano]] and Vermentino. *[[Colline di Levanto DOC]] - Red and white wine DOC producing wine from Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo, Vermentino, Albarola and Bosco.
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