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.