Across
- 4. Piedmont’s most famous Nebbiolo wines that aren’t Barolo
- 7. Italy's most famous traditional-method sparkling wine
- 8. This exclamatory DOC is described in The World Atlas Of Wine as 'the dullest white wine with the strangest name in the world'. Remove punctuation (3,3,3)
- 10. Swap the gin for Prosecco in a Negroni and you get a Negroni [blank]
- 14. Name of DOC located on biggest active volcano in Europe
- 15. The Gallo Nero, or black rooster, is the emblem of this DOCG (7,8)
- 16. This word once preceded 'Friulano', until it was dropped following a judgement of the European Court of Justice
- 17. Rugged stretch of Ligurian coastline famous for steep vineyards and its five villages (6,5)
Down
- 1. The only Barolo producer based in the town of Alba (3,6)
- 2. Home of Lambrusco (6,7)
- 3. Cru in the town of Barbaresco known for producing structured, ageworthy Nebbiolos
- 5. A grape variety in Abruzzo and a town in Tuscany
- 6. The famous super-tuscan of Tenuta San Guido
- 9. This Puglian variety is black and bitter
- 11. The method of drying grapes used to produce Amarone
- 12. French synonym for Trebbiano (4,5)
- 13. Scavenging bird of prey and DOC for Aglianico
- 17. Rosé wine from Lake Garda