Vineyards cover 76,000 hectares (5th) of which registered DOC plots total 26,700 hectares (4th). Annual wine production of 7,600,000 hectolitres (4th) inclues 9% or 700,000 hectolitres DOC or DOCG (5th), of which nearly 75% is red.
DOCG AREAS Albana di Romagna W-Dr/Sw, also Sp as Albana di Romagna DOC
DOC AREAS Bianco di Scandiano W-Dr/Sw-Fz/Sp
Bosco Eliceo (4 types) Bianco W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Fontana R-Dr, also Sw, Fw; Merlot R-Dr; Sauvignon W-Dr, also Sw, Fz,
Cagnina di Romagna R-Sw
Colli Bolognesi (8 types) Barbera R-Dr, Rs Ag-3; Bianco W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Merlot R-Dr; Pignoletto W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Pinot Bianco W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Riesling Italico W-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Sauvignon W-Dr
Colli di Parma (3 types) Malvasia W-Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp; Rosso R-Dr, also Fz, Sauvignon W-Dr, also Fz
Colli Piacentini (11 types) Barbera R-Dr, also Fz; Bonarda R-Dr/Sw-Fz; Gutturnio R-Dr, also Sw, Fz; Malvasia W-Dr/Sw-Fz, also Sp; Monterosso Val d'Arda, W-Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp; Pinot Nero R-Dr, also P-W-Sp; Sauvignon W-Dr, also Fz; Trebbianino Val Trebbia W Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp; Val Nure W-Dr-Fz, also Sw, Sp
Lambrusco di Sorbara R-Dr-Fz, also Sw Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castel Vetro R-Dr-Fz, also Sw Lambrusco Reggiano R-Dr/Sw-Fz, also P Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce R-Dr-Fz, also Sw Montuni del Reno W-Dr/Sw-Fz Pagadebit di Romagna W-Dr, also Sw, Fz (wine from Bertinoro may be cited) Sangiovese di Romagna R-Dr, also Sup, Rs Ag-2 Trebbiano di Romanga W=Dr, also Sw, Fz, Sp
OTHER WINES OF NOTE R-Dr Alfeo Cabernet Sauvignon Calbanesco Domus Caia Liano Macchiona Marzena di Marzeno Pico`l Ross Pietramora Pinot Nero Ronco Casone Ronco dei Ciliegi Ronco delle Ginestre Rosso della Trafila Stoppa W-Dr Alionza Bianco della Pusterla Chardonnay
Others Jacopo Malise Mller Thurgau Pinot Bianco Pinot Grigio Rondo del Re Sauvignon Vicchio Labrusca, P-Sp Lambrusco Bianco, W-Sp Picolit, W-Sw Tarsallo Brut, W-Sp Villa Montericco, W-Sw
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