What do the designation terms on Delle Venezie wines mean?

DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. IGT: IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.

How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Delle Venezie?

The current regional catalogue contains 212 linked wines from 35 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Wine region

Delle Venezie

Delle Venezie is a wine region in Italy, home to 35 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Delle Venezie at a glance: predominantly white; wines range from IGT to DOC.

On this page

Delle Venezie's 35 wineries produce predominantly white wine; Pinot Grigio is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, IGT designation.

About the Delle Venezie region

Location

The grapes used in the production of ‘delle Venezie’ DOC wines are grown in an area that comprises the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto Regions.

Climate

Delle Venezie has a temperate, fresh and windy climate shaped by the Alpine arc and foothills to the north, the Adriatic to the south and a north–south river network.

Soils

Delle Venezie’s foothills and hills are mainly calcareous or calcareous-dolomitic and well drained, while the lowlands are built from river alluvium with textures ranging from sandy loam to sandy silt loam and, in places, deep clay-silt…

Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, delle Venezie (EUGI00000015490), Official Journal C 476, 26.11.2021, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents).

Most common single-grape wines

When Delle Venezie wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Pinot Grigio

83 single-grape wines

4 single-grape wines

3 single-grape wines

3 single-grape wines

2 single-grape wines

Wine profile

Delle Venezie is predominantly a white-wine region (about 78% of its wines).

212 distinct Delle Venezie wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

White165 · 78%
Red28 · 13%
Rose19 · 9%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Delle Venezie wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

Simonetti — Pinot Grigio
Pasqua — Collezioni Pinot Grigio Rose Mater Anna
Il Sogno di Arianna — Pinot Grigio
Tenuta Corte Giacobbe — Pinot Grigio
Masi — Grandarella
Sentiero dei Pini — Pinot Grigio
Villa Cavarena — Pinot Grigio
Antiche Terre Venete — Pinot Grigio

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday IGT to the strictly-controlled DOC — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.

DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
IGTA looser Italian designation for regional wines with more freedom than DOC — often good value.

Italy wine designations

DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
DOCG: DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
IGP: IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
IGT: IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
PDO: PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.

Understanding the wine data

Designation: The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.

How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

Explore Delle Venezie

Ways to browse Delle Venezie — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 212 wines tracked above):

White Delle Venezie (165)
Red Delle Venezie (28)

How to choose a good Delle Venezie wine

For everyday drinking, IGT bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, DOC signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.

FAQs

Where is Delle Venezie?: The grapes used in the production of ‘delle Venezie’ DOC wines are grown in an area that comprises the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto Regions.
What do the designation terms on Delle Venezie wines mean?: DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. IGT: IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Delle Venezie?: Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Delle Venezie wines selected?: Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Delle Venezie?: The current regional catalogue contains 212 linked wines from 35 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.