Cacc’e Mmitte di Lucera PDO since 1975

Togli e metti, that is remove and put, is the meaning of Cacc’e Mmitte, a very special name for a Protected Designation of Origin wine. Its essence is all in this ritual that began in the vineyard and ended in the cellar, where the winemaking was done in places used by several people. It was, therefore, a wine produced quickly because it had to be taken out (in dialect Cacc) to let in (in dialect Mitte) that of another farmer.

Strangely enough, grapes from both red and white grapes are found in a PDO: it is a photograph of what really happened in the vineyard. We are in a land where the feuds were boundless and the farmers, after the harvest of the lords, collected what was left of both black and white grapes to produce their own wine for daily use.

From its origins to the present day, technological innovation in the vineyard and in the cellar – together with the drive of new generations of wine producers – has led to an excellent level of quality, increasingly exported. Lucera and Troia shine for the splendor of their historic center and their cathedrals, Biccari is Bandiera Arancione or Orange Flag, an eco-tourist award, for the preserved nature.

The typology envisaged by the production regulations is:

• Cacc’e Mmitte of Lucera PDO