| has gloss | eng: Piemonte wine is the range of Italian wines made in the province of Piedmont in the northwestern corner of Italy. The most well known grape variety from the region include Barolo and Barbaresco. They are made from the Nebbiolo grape, and Asti Spumante - the sparkling wine made from the Moscato grape. The majority of the areas winemaking take places in the provinces of Cuneo, Asti and Alessandria. While Turin is the capital of the Piedmont, Alba and Asti are at the heart of the regions wine industry. The wine making industry of the Piedmont played a significant role in the early stages of the Risorgimento with some of the era's most prominent figures-like Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi owning vineyards in Piedmont region and making significant contributions to the development of Piedmontese wines. The excessively high tariffs imposed by the Austrian Empire on the export of Piedmontese wines to Austrian controlled areas of northern Italy was one of the underlying sparks to the revolutions of 1848–1849. |
