| Headword | Val Tidone wine |
| Domain and subdomain | Beverage – wine |
| Grammatical label | Noun, sing. |
| Definition | Val Tidone IGP includes the following types of wine: White, Red. The indication also includes numerous specifications from grape variety. (1) |
| Note | Val Tidone White Wine IGP has a straw yellow colour; it smells of pear, acacia, citron and aromatic herbs; in the mouth it is structured, with a hint of freshness, entrancing, in the dry, medium and sweet types. The Val Tidone Red IGP has a more or less intense red colour; it smells of blackberry, blueberry and cassis, fern and aromatic herbs; in the mouth it is intense, fruity and balanced, is presented in the dry, medium and sweet versions. The Frizzante version may also be found. The production area of Val Tidone PGI comprises the entire territory of the municipalities of Borgonovo Val Tidone, Caminata, Castel San Giovanni, Nibbiano, Pianello Val Tidone, Ziano Piacentino and part of the territories of the municipalities of Agazzano, Gazzola, Piozzano and Travo in the province of Piacenza, in the Emilia-Romagna region. The PGI Val Tidone, with the specification of one of the vines suitable for cultivation in the area concerned, is reserved exclusively to those wines obtained from grapes from vineyards composed, within the company, for at least 85% of the corresponding grape variety. Val Tidone IGP wines with the specification of the grape variety, in addition to the characteristics specified for the wines of the corresponding colour, must have the organoleptic characteristics of the grape variety. (2) |
| Context | The “Val Tidone”, with its hilly terrain and an exposure south-south-east, has the most suitable characteristics for the production of fine wines. To make the most of its qualities and peculiarities, our winery has expanded its range of wines over the years, which today fully meets the needs of the consumer. (3) |
| Phonetic transcription | [ ‘val ti’done ˈwaɪn] |
| Synonyms/ Variations | ND |
| Etymology | The English word “wine” comes from the Proto-Germanic *winam, an early borrowing from the Latin vinum, “wine” or “(grape) vine”, itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European stem *win-o- (cf. Hittite: wiyana; Lycian: oino; Ancient Greek: οἶνος oinos; Aeolic Greek: ϝοῖνος woinos). The earliest attested terms referring to wine are the Mycenaean Greek me-tu-wo ne-wo (μέθυος νέου), meaning “the month of new wine” or “festival of the new wine”, and wo-no-wa-ti-si, meaning “wine garden”, written in Linear B inscriptions. Some scholars have noted the similarities between the words for wine in Kartvelian (e.g. Georgian ღვინო ), Indo-European languages (e.g. Russian вино ), and Semitic (*wayn), pointing to the possibility of a common origin of the word denoting “wine” in these language families. (4) The Tidone is a river in the Region of Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. It is a right-bank tributary of the Po River. The stream rises in the Apennine Mountains near Monte Penice and flows in a northerly direction into the Po. Geography. The river flows down a narrow mountain valley called the Val Tidone. The upper reaches of the stream are located in the Province of Pavia while the middle and lower course is in the Province of Piacenza. The village of Romagnese is found in the upper part of the valley. It corresponds to the production area of Valtidone Wine. (5) |
| Product image |  (6) |
| Equivalents | ITA Val Tidone IGP FRA Val Tidone IGP ESP Vino Val Tidone IGP RO Val Tidone IGP |
| Note of the equivalent | In Italian, it is unnecessary to include the word “wine” in the denomination of the product. |
| Institution | Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Culturali |
| Date | 6/10/2021 |
| Last modified | 25/04/2023 |
| Author Revisor | Chiara Buschi Gloria Zanella |
| Sources | 1) https://www.qualigeo.eu/prodotto-qualigeo/val-tidone-igp/ 2) https://www.qualigeo.eu/prodotto-qualigeo/val-tidone-igp/ 3) https://www.cantinavaltidone.com/ 4) https://www.liquisearch.com/wine/etymologyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidone 5) https://www.google.com/search?q=vino+valtidone+bianco+e+rosso&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwim74HY8LzzAhVaP-wKHfcoBEYQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=vino+valtidone+bianco+e+rosso&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoHCCMQ7wMQJ1D0ggJYip0CYKOfAmgEcAB4AIABYYgB1gaSAQIxMZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=sU5hYebSENr-sAf30ZCwBA&bih=585&biw=869&rlz=1C1FKPE_itIT932IT932#imgrc=4fN3dLgO-1XU3M 6) https://www.google.com/search?q=vino+valtidone+rosso&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjzwKDq8LzzAhUJl6QKHZ6oCGEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=vino+valtidone+rosso&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DRqQZYm7IGYIa1BmgAcAB4AIABV4gBmwWSAQE5mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=105hYbP5H4mukgWe0aKIBg&bih=585&biw=869&rlz=1C1FKPE_itIT932IT932#imgrc=MXIlk4Trl08GRM |
