Veneto

Veneto (in Italian Veneto) stretches west to Lake Garda and north to the Alps and locally to the border with Austria. The capital of the Veneto is Venice. Geographically, Veneto is the most diverse Italian wine-growing region. On the one hand, a third is covered by mountain ranges, on the other hand, the region has extensive rice fields and a large coastal strip in the central plain. Accordingly, Veneto has a wide range of wine styles, which are produced on a vineyard of 75,315 hectares. In 2018, 40,935.84 hectares of vineyards with DOP status (DOC and DOCG wines) were cultivated. From this 5,873,417 hl DOP wines were produced.

The few coastal wines are usually meaningless. Almost without exception, white wine is grown in the hilly hinterland. Great wines with expression are rare; However, the Amarone grown in the Valpolicella area is one of the three great red wines in Italy, along with Barolo and Brunello. Ordinary average qualities predominate.

The 14 DOCG wines
Amarone della Valpolicella, Bagnoli Friularo or Friularo di Bagnoli, Bardolino Superiore, Colli di Conegliano, Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio or Fior d'Arancio, Colli Euganei, Lison, Montello Rosso or Montello, Piave Malanotte or Malanotte del Piave, Colli Asolani-Prosecco or Asolo-Prosecco, Conegliano Valdobbiadene-Prosecco or Conegliano-Prosecco or Valdobbiadene-Prosecco, Recioto della Valpolicella, Recioto di Gambellara, Recioto di Soave, Soave Superiore. (As of 2017)

The 29 DOC wines
Arcole, Bagnoli di Sopra or Bagnoli, Bardolino, Bianco di Custoza or Custoza, Breganze, Colli Berici, Colli Euganei, Corti Benedettine del Padovano, Delle Venezie or Beneških okolišev, Gambellara, Garda, Durello or Durello Lessini, Lison-Pramaggiore in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Lugana (also in Lombardy), Merlara, Montello - Colli Asolani, Monti Lessini, Piave, Prosecco (in the provinces of Belluno, Padova, Treviso, Vicenza, Venezia), Riviera del Brenta, San Martino della Battaglia (also in Lombardy), Soave, Valdadige or Etschtaler (also in Trentino-South Tyrol), Valdadige Terradeiforti or Terradeiforti (also in Trentino-South Tyrol), Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso, Venezia, Vicenza, Vigneti della Serenissima or Serenissima. (As of 2018)

The 10 IGT wines
Alto Livenza (also in Friuli-Venezia Giulia), Colli Trevigiani, Conselvano, Marca Trevigiana, Trevenezie or Tri Benečije (also in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and in Trentino-South Tyrol), Vallagarina (also in Trentino-South Tyrol), Veneto, Veneto Orientale , Verona or Provincia di Verona or Veronese, Vigneti delle Dolomiti or Weinberg Dolomiten (also in Trentino-South Tyrol). (As of 2018)