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Italian wine
industry is one of the most varied and interesting in the world.
The Etruscans, who created one of the earliest civilizations within
the Italic peninsula, were really masters in wine production. The
Greeks, who established themselves in the Southern parts of Italy,
gave to this country the name of "Enotria", which means
"the land of wines". During thousands of years wine has
been the natural drink during a meal and in some cases it
substituted it, but only recently, innovation and experimentation
have brought a varied range of fantastic wines to the market. Grapes
and wines produced in Italy are so numerous that it is easy to lose
one's way among this production. Generally speaking we can say that red
wines are predominant on the white ones, except on the North East.
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