Diverse wine-producing region located in northern Italy, north of TUSCANY and south of LOMBARDY and VENETO. Its capital city is Bologna. Emilia-Romagna is renowned for its food and food products and is the home of Parmesan cheese and Parma hams. There are about 145,000 vineyard acres in a diverse number of winegrowing areas spread among the plains and the hills of both the Emilia and Romagna sectors. The great flat plain of the Emilia area around Modena produces huge volumes of red wine from the LAMBRUSCO grape and its many subvarieties. In the hilly regions around Colli Bolognesi and Colli Piacentini the principal grapes for red wine are BARBERA and BONARDA. In Romagna, ALBANA and TREBBIANO are the primary white grapes, and SANGIOVESE is the primary red grape. Emilia-Romagna has one DOCG, ALBANA DI ROMAGNA, about which there is a great deal of controversy. The general sentiment is that this growing area received DOCG status more through political posturing than through the quality of its wines. Emilia-Romagna also has the following DOC areas: Bosco Eliceo, Cagnina di Romagna, COLLI BOLOGNESI, Colli della Romagna Centrale, Colli di Faenza, Colli di Parma, Colli di Rimini, Colli di Scandiano e Canossa, Colli d’Imola, COLLI PIACENTINI, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro, Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Pagadebit di Romagna, Reggiano, Reno, Romagna Albana Spumante, Sangiovese di Romagna, and Trebbiano di Romagna.