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Mountain pressures
Like Britain, Italy is a long, relatively thin country, running roughly north–south. But unlike Britain, Italy is a country of mountains. Two great mountain systems dominate: the Alps to the north, and the Appenines, which run from nearly the top (Piemonte) to the toe (Calabria), and on into Sicily. All but one (Puglia) of Italy’s 20 regions have mountains, and this fact has profoundly influenced Italian viticulture through the ages. ...
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