The Veneto Wine Region

The Veneto wine main regions are the southwestern and east-central zones. This region is Italy's third biggest wine producer and a third of this production is composed by DOC wines.

These DOC wines, come mainly from the province of Verona (Soave, Bardolino, Valpolicella, Bianco Di Custoza are the most prolific and famous). The other large scale wine is the Pinot Grigio, which usually can be labelled “Veneto IGT”.

This region is the main of northeastern Italy, where you can find all types of landscapes: the Alps mountains on the northern and northwestern part, then the hilly part in the central part and the big plains central and southerly. On the west we have the Adriatic Sea, which influences positively the climate.

Together with Tuscany, Veneto has always been Italy's top exporting wine region, and in some cases, especially with Soave (so AH ve), dry white, its wines have surpassed Chianti's sales on the U.S. market, thanks to the Bolla winery. Today it is Pinot Grigio which is leading Italy's wine exportation.

In Veneto there are many varieties of grapes: from local types grown for ages such as red Corvina and white Garganega to the most famous Merlot and Cabernet, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio and Bianco.

The three main wine areas are:

- Verona, in the western part of the region with two main vineyard areas (Lake Garda, with the Bardolino and Bianco Custoza wines, and the Lessini Hills producing the Valpolicella (and Soave);

- The Central Hills around Vicenza and Padua;
- Eastern Veneto around Venice and Treviso.


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