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 n the 15th century, the Valdinievole belonged to the city-state of Lucca and was famous for the excellent quality of its wine, which was as highly regarded as those of the Colle di Montecarlo and the Colline Lucchesi. Pescia, a town between Florence and Pisa that is now noted for the cultivation of flowers, was at that time an important wine market. That market was the destination of wines produced at Pieve a Nievole, Montecatini, Vellano, Medicina, Fibialla, Colleviti, Cozzile, Colle di Buggiano, Stignano and Uzzano.The wine then most highly appreciated and sought after was a product of the Trebbiano variety and it was extensively consumed in Pistoia as well as in Florence. The wine was high regarded for its outstanding characteristics and was one of the favorite beverages of Grand Dukes Francesco II and Leopoldo I, both of whom issued regulations covering the wine's production and sale. Slightly more than a century ago, in 1884, the Bianco della Valdinievole received a gold and a silver medal at the International Exposition of Turin and, the same year, similar awards at the International Show of London. But the wine's most significant recognition of quality was the granting of the Denominazione di Origine Controllata in 1976. Today, the Bianco della Valdinievole, the production area of which is situated beween Montecatini and Pescia, has succeeded in acquiring a place on the foreign as well as the domestic markets and especially those of Switzerland, West Germany and Britain.
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