Timeline
Exams like a date, and the dates make more sense in order. Here's Italian wine from the first legal boundaries to the newest DOCG. Try the game first, then read the list.
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1716
Cosimo III de' Medici fixes the boundaries of Chianti, Pomino, Carmignano and Val d'Arno di Sopra.
1865
Carlo Gancia makes Italy's first metodo classico sparkling wine at Canelli.
1872
Bettino Ricasoli sets down a Chianti recipe built on Sangiovese.
1876
Italy's first school of oenology opens at Conegliano in the Veneto.
1888
Ferruccio Biondi-Santi bottles a pure Sangiovese he calls Brunello.
1902
Giulio Ferrari starts making sparkling wine in Trento.
1963
Presidential Decree 930 creates the DOC and DOCG categories.
1966
Vernaccia di San Gimignano becomes the first DOC.
1968
Sassicaia's first commercial vintage, from Cabernet planted at Bolgheri.
1971
Antinori's Tignanello drops the white grapes Chianti then required and is sold as vino da tavola.
1980
Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano become the first DOCGs.
1986
Wine cut with methanol kills more than 20 people and leads to tighter controls.
1987
Albana di Romagna becomes the first white DOCG.
1992
Law 164, the Goria law, adds IGT and reworks the quality pyramid.
1996
Chianti Classico becomes a DOCG separate from Chianti.
2006
White grapes are no longer allowed in Chianti Classico.
2009
Prosecco becomes a protected place name, the grape is renamed Glera, and the Prosecco DOC and DOCGs are set up.
2010
Legislative Decree 61 brings Italian law into line with the EU's DOP and IGP categories.
2014
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione reaches the shelves, and the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato become a UNESCO site.
2016
Law 238, the Testo Unico del vino, gathers Italian wine law into one text.
2019
The Prosecco hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene join UNESCO's list.
2020
Prosecco Rosé is allowed, with Pinot Nero for colour.
2021
Chianti Classico approves eleven village areas, the UGAs, for Gran Selezione labels.
2025
Cirò Classico becomes Calabria's first DOCG, and Casauria becomes Italy's newest.