Cagnina di Romagna is an Italian

Italian wine

Italian wine is wine produced in Italy, a country which is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. Italy is the world's largest wine producer, responsible for approximately one-fifth of world wine production in 2005. Italian wine is exported largely around the world and has...

 wine-producing zone in Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna

Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....

 region, in northeastern Italy. It is classified as a Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Denominazione di Origine Controllata

Denominazione di origine controllata is a quality assurance label for food products, especially wines and various formaggi . It is modelled after the French AOC...

 (DOC).

The main grape variety of Cagnina di Romagna is Terrano

Terrano (grape)

Terrano or Teran is a Slovenian dark-skinned grape varieties. It is a member of the Refosco family of grape varieties, which also includes Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso....

, a grape of the Refosco

Refosco

Refosco is a very old Italian family of dark-skinned grape varieties native to the northern Italian areas of Friuli, Gavi, Trentino, Istria, and Karst Plateau. It is considered autochthonous in these regions....

 family which is also called Cagnina in the Romagna region. A minimum of 85% of Terrano/Cagnina has to be used in Cagnina di Romagna.

It makes a purple and red, fruit-scented, soft, slightly sweet red wine that is low in alcohol

Alcohol

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, low in acidity, and easy to sip.