For a wine lover, Veneto is a bit like Disneyland for a child. It offers the great reds from Valpolicella, the ultra-fresh bubblies of the Prosecco, the mineral whites from Lugana and much, much more: in short, there’s something for every taste. Join us and let`s discover and enjoy one of the most famous winemaking regions in the world.
Veneto is a gem of a region in the northeast corner of Italy. Bound on the west by Lake Garda, on the north by the Dolomite Mountains and on the east by the Adriatic Sea, the landscape of the Veneto is rich and varied. It is today among the wealthiest, most developed and industrialized regions of Italy. Having one of the country’s richest historical, natural, artistic, cultural, musical and culinary heritages, it is also the most visited region of Italy, with about 60 million tourists every year.
With a pleasant climate, devoid of the harsher, northern Alpine weather, the Veneto has become Italy’s largest wine producer, creating some of the country’s most noted vintages.
The variety of the cultivated grapes is unique: it ranges from autochthonous white vines such as the Prosecco or Garganega grape to Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio to the distinct red varieties Corvina and Raboso and to Cabernet and Merlot.
With such well-known Venetian wines as Amarone, Valpolicella, Soave and Prosecco, Veneto is one of the most important wine-growing regions in Italy.
Veneto is slightly smaller than Italy’s other main wine-producing regions – Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily. However it generates more wine than any of them. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles,
80% of Veneto’s production is white wine. It makes 18% of Italy’s wine.
The region’s primary grape varieties are Glera (450 million bottles yearly), Garganega, Merlot, Corvina, and Pinot Grigio.
Although the southern regions Sicily and Puglia were for a long time Italy’s main wine producers, this balance began to shift north towards Veneto in the latter half of the 20th Century. In the 1990s, southern Italian wine languished in an increasingly competitive and demanding world, while Veneto upped its game, gaining recognition with such wines as Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave & Prosecco.
The Veneto wine region is large and a little confusing. There are 28 DOC wine areas and another 15 DOCG areas.
