Gancia

thumb|Historical Gancia cellars in Canelli. Gancia is an Italian wine-making company which produces a broad range of sparkling and still wines from the Piedmont region.

==History== The company was founded in 1850 in Turin by Carlo Gancia. Carlo Gancia is known as the father of Italian sparkling wine, producing the first sparkling wine made with the Classic Method (or Traditional Method) in Piedmont in 1850 on his return from France where he had studied the production techniques of champagne.