Barbera is a wine grape variety from Monferrato in Piemonte, Italy. Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of grapes and grape juice. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Montferrat (in Italian, Monferrato) is part of the province of Asti in Italy. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ...

Usually produces an intense red wine with deep color, low tannins and high acid. Century-old vines still exist in many regional vineyards and allow production of long-aging, robust red wines with intense fruit and enhanced tannic content. In Italy the best known varietal wines made from it are Barbera d'Asti, made in Asti, and Barbera d'Alba, made in Alba, which can produce a high quality wine with some ageing potential. This kind of grape is used in California to provide "backbone" for so-called "jug wines". This article is about the beverage. ... Tannins are astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins. ... The term vine was originally a term for the plant on which grapes grew, from the word for wine (Greek oinos), for which grapes were grown. ... A vineyard Vineyard with bird netting Wine grapes with netting as protection against birds A vineyard (vignoble in French, vigna or vigneto in Italian, vinha in Portuguese, viña or viñedo in Spanish, Weinberg in German) is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table... Asti is a city and comune in the Piemonte or Piedmont region, in north-western Italy, about 80 kilometres west of Turin in the plain of the Tanaro river. ... Alba is an important town of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ... Jug wine is an American term for inexpensive Californian wine bottled in a glass jug. ...