Appassimento and Passito are the same thing.

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Both are words essential to understanding the wines of the Veneto in Italy. Appassimento is the process of drying harvested grapes in order to raisinate the grapes and concentrate their sugars. The process takes months and is done either by spreading the grapes on straw mats or by hanging them up in special drying rooms. Passito is a more general Italian term for any wine made from grapes that have been dried or partially dried by undergoing the appassiemento process.