Biancolella
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Biancolella is a white Italian wine
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...

 grape variety grown primarily in the Campania
Campania
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 region of southern Italy
Italy
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. It is a permitted grape in a few Campanian Denominazione di origine controllata
Denominazione di Origine Controllata
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(DOCs) but is used mostly as a blending variety.

Synonyms

Among the synonyms that have been used to describe Biancolella and its wine include Bianca, Bianca Tera, Biancolella selvatica, Biancolella Veraca, Biancolella Verace, Biancolillo, Bianculella, Bianculellu, Ianculella, Ianculillo, Jancolella, Janculella, Janculillo, Petite blance and Petite Blanche.
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