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Piedmont ranks 2nd in size (25,399 square kilometers) and 5th in population (4,289,000)
among Italy's 20 regions. Vineyards cover 60,000 hectars, of which registered DOC or DOCG plots total 37,270 hectares (the most of any region)
Average annual wine production of 3,200,00 hectoliters includes 84% or 2,700,000 hectoliters DOC or DOCG, of which approximately 65% is red.
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