Veneto

Veneto is one of the largest wine producers of Italy and boasts, internally, a huge variety of products, from reds to whites, from passito to sparkling wines.

Lake Garda

On the shores of Garda Lake, wines are affected by an average milder climate and a land of morainic origin, tending to be gravelly and deep: the most famous designations, based on an assemblage of Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella, are Bardolino Superiore DOCG and Bardolino DOC.

Lessini mountains

A little further east, the landscape changes completely: at the base of the Lessini mountains there are wide hilly areas for viticulture, where, even using the same grapes used on the shores of Lake Garda, the wines produced completely change their appearance and scent

To the north of Verona we find Valpolicella with some of the best-known designations in Italy and abroad, the glory of Veneto's viticulture: they are Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG, respectively dry and sweet red passito. Here are also produced less structured wines and certainly less complex in terms of production, such as Valpolicella DOC and Valpolicella Ripasso DOC, halfway between a Valpolicella and an Amarone, which certainly constitute a valid and cheaper alternative to the latter.

To the east of Verona the hilly orography remains unchanged, but the cultivated grapes change. The area is dedicated to the production of white wines, such as Soave DOC, Soave Superiore DOCG, and the white passito Recioto di Soave DOCG and Recioto di Gambellara DOCG, all based on Garganega.