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Zones
According to the regulations approved by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture with the decree of 31 July 2000, the grapes destined for production of wines with the controlled denomination of origin "Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa" must be produced in the zone that includes the administrative territories of the following municipalities of the Province of Reggio Emilia:
The grapes destined for production of wine with the controlled denomination of origin "Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa Bianco" with the "Classico" mention must be produced in the most traditional zones including the following municipal territories: all of the municipality of Albinea, and part of those of Viano, Scandiano, Casalgrande, Castellarano, and Reggio Emilia
Supervision and protection
The organoleptic characteristics of the Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa wines are guaranteed by tasting tests carried out on a weekly basis by a commission of the European Union at the Chamber of Commerce, as well as by the Consortium's technical committee, which meets periodically to taste and evaluate the samples of the various wines when member wineries decide to bottle their products.
The wine samples are completely anonymous to guarantee that the
tasters give an unbiased judgement. With this procedure, only the
wine that completely responds to the indications set out in the
production and quality regulations can be marked "Colli di
Scandiano e di Canossa DOC."
The technical committee, composed of enologists designated by the professional associations, including grape growers and wineries, intervenes autonomously whenever a request is made. The committee's duties include providing indications and suggestions for cultivation, soil analyses on the production terrain, and research on new production technologies.
All this work is carried out with the aim of improving the quality of the Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa DOC wines, harvest after harvest.
