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Sgavetta is a variety that can only be found around Modena and Reggio Emilia. It was documented for the first time in the late 19th century and always described positively in the few records that are available about it. In 1970 there were at least 170 hectares of vineyards with her, but in 2010 it was only 15 and much more (rather less) it should not be today. Why it suddenly went downhill so steeply has its reason in the small, very compact grapes that can only be read by hand - an eminent ...