The Consortium for the Protection of Acqui Wines was founded in 1992 in Acqui Terme, with the aim of controlling and regulating the development of this market, and to protect the wines’ territory, by planning production carefully and actively promoting marketing efforts and value perception on global markets.
Along with its most renowned wine, Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG, the Consortium also manages the protection of another red, Dolcetto DOC. The Consortium was the main promoter of Brachetto d’Acqui’s application for DOCG status (Controlled and Guaranteed Designation of Origin), which it obtained in 1996. This designation contributed to better defining what is so special about this wine – also from a legal and administrative standpoint – thus underscoring its difference from other products. Brachetto d’Acqui remains one of the few wines to have been granted the Controlled and Guaranteed Designation by the Italian government.
All the bottle lots are subjected to a check tasting before they are granted the neckband bearing the watermarked serial numbers that attest to their origin, as well as scrupulous checks and tests carried out by the Consortium, which plans and incentivizes the circulation of this product through promotion and value enhancement efforts on all markets worldwide.