Braquet is a red wine grape ground around Piedmont in Italy and the Bellet AOC in France. In Piedmont, it is often used in the production of frizzante, most notably Brachetto d'Acqui. ^[1] Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ... Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis lincecumii Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis... Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte) is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Bellet is a wine AOC in the Provence region of France. ... Frizzante is an Italian wine term for semi-sparkling wine (as opposed to Spumante, which is generally used for fully sparkling wines). ...

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1. ^ J. Robinson Vines, Grapes & Wines pg 210 Mitchell Beazley 1986 ISBN 1857329996