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is believed to originate in the Padova area of
Veneto. Practically no other historical documen-
tation exists. The bunch is medium-sized, pyra-
midal, and winged; the berry medium-sized and
round, with a very thick skin; the variety is fairly
resistant to most diseases, but becomes more
susceptible to botrytis when yields are allowed to
run high. The wine is medium red in color, with
delicate red-fruit aromas and is both acidic and
tannic. It fi nishes with a lightly saline touch. It
might be worth to study Pattaresca more.
bunch is medium-sized, conical or cylindrical,
winged, and sparse; the berry is medium-
small, thick skinned, and blue-black. Harvest is
between the end of September and early Octo-
ber. Originally, it was this variety that was
listed as a red-berried grape at number 183 in
the National Registry of Grape Varieties but
this was corrected in 2010, and now the white-
berried variety is in its place.
Pedevenda
where it's found:
Veneto.
national regis-
try code number:
334.
color:
white.
Described by Valerio Canati (more familiar
by his pen name, Aureliano Acanti) in 1754 as
an important component of the local Torcolato
sweet wine, Pedevenda is cultivated today
around Breganze, where the DOC Torcolato is
located. The bunch is medium-sized, long, and
pyramidal with a large wing and medium-
sized, oval berries that are thick skinned and
yellow-pink. It is a late ripener and resistant to
most diseases. Harvest takes place in mid-Sep-
tember, though it is usually late harvested or
air-dried for the production of sweet wines,
since it doesn't drop its acidity easily. The name
refers either to the peppery quality of its wines
or to the relatively small size of its berries.
Pavana
where it's found:
Veneto, Trentino.
national
registry code number:
182.
color:
red.
This grape's name derives from Padovana,
the area it comes from and is grown in: it
reached Trentino by way of the Veneto (in fact
German ampelographers such as Goethe in
1887 don't mention it at all). It was once very
abundant, with over eighty thousand hectoli-
ters of wine made at the end of the nineteenth
century. There's not much Pavana around
today: you'll fi nd rows of these vines only in
and around Novaledo, Levico, Borgo Valsu-
gana, and northwest of Vicenza. The bunch is
medium-sized, pyramidal, and winged, with
round, medium-sized, blue-purple berries har-
vested in October. It is also called Nera Gentile,
Nostrana Nera, and Visentina, and is used in
IGT blends such as Vallagarina and delle
Venezie
wines to try:
Firmino Miotti (Pedevendo,
light bodied and delicately fl oral, with hints of
citrus and unripe apricot).
Pecorello
Pelagòs
where it's found:
Emilia-Romagna.
national
registry code number:
456.
color:
red.
All the Pelagòs in Italy derive from two
centenary vines saved by the Bagnari estate of
Bagnocavallo, near Ravenna in Emilia-
Romagna. Pelagòs is highly fertile and vigor-
ous, an abundant producer. It grows in the area
of Bagnocavallo, near Ravenna in Emilia-
Romagna. Though it has the same isoenzy-
matic pattern as Ancellotta and Lambrusco di
where it's found:
Calabria.
national regis-
try code number:
not registered.
color:
red.
Pecorello is yet another headache-inducing
native variety of Italy, as it is often called
Pecorino by locals, though it has nothing in
common with the more famous variety of the
same name in Marche. There is also a white-
berried Pecorello (at times called Pecorella in
Calabria) that is unrelated to this red-berried
variety. Today Pecorello grows around Catan-
zaro and Cosenza in the DOC Savuto. The
