dolcetto
noun
dol·cet·to
dōl-ˈche-tō 
often capitalized
: a light fruity red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy
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Infinite Air Castles combines gamay and dolcetto into an Oregon echo of Beaujolais.
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Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
For the tomato-and-pepperoni pizza, Lambrusco, Chianti, dolcetto or barbera would be my choices.
—New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
Dogliani is in Piedmont, southeast of Turin, and these dolcetto grapes are grown in vineyards on steep slopes at about 1,600 to 1,800 feet above sea level.
—Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
For red wine, Italy’s Piedmont, or Piemonte, is known primarily for nebbiolo in Barolo and Barbaresco, or barbera and dolcetto.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
The pinot noir and dolcetto grapes came from Witness Tree Vineyard in the Eola Amity Hills.
—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2021
Piedmont, Italy, $20 Ruchè is a minor red grape from Piedmont, in northwestern Italy, a region best known for nebbiolo and dolcetto.
—Washington Post, 22 May 2020
But good dolcetto requires a producer to take it seriously rather than treat it as a cheap, throwaway wine.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
And emerging areas such as the Adelaide Hills are giving an antipodean twist to obscure French and Italian grapes from savagnin to dolcetto.
—Bruce Schoenfeld, Saveur, 2 Sep. 2015
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Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
For the tomato-and-pepperoni pizza, Lambrusco, Chianti, dolcetto or barbera would be my choices.
—New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022
Dogliani is in Piedmont, southeast of Turin, and these dolcetto grapes are grown in vineyards on steep slopes at about 1,600 to 1,800 feet above sea level.
—Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
For red wine, Italy’s Piedmont, or Piemonte, is known primarily for nebbiolo in Barolo and Barbaresco, or barbera and dolcetto.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2021
The pinot noir and dolcetto grapes came from Witness Tree Vineyard in the Eola Amity Hills.
—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2021
Piedmont, Italy, $20 Ruchè is a minor red grape from Piedmont, in northwestern Italy, a region best known for nebbiolo and dolcetto.
—Washington Post, 22 May 2020
But good dolcetto requires a producer to take it seriously rather than treat it as a cheap, throwaway wine.
—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
And emerging areas such as the Adelaide Hills are giving an antipodean twist to obscure French and Italian grapes from savagnin to dolcetto.
—Bruce Schoenfeld, Saveur, 2 Sep. 2015
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