Recently, the municipality of Asti in the Piedmont region requested in a video conference with the Consorzio per la Tutela dellAsti (Asti Wine Region Association), the Coldiretti (Italian Farmers Association) and the Confagricoltura (Italian General Federation of Agriculture) to add the The whole municipality was added to the Moscato dAsti DOCG.
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This request was strongly opposed by the Association of Asti Wine Regions. The objection was based on the need to avoid an unnecessary expansion of Moscato Asti wine production, which would affect the market price system and the balance between supply and demand.
