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Veneto

Veneto is a wine region in Italy, home to 465 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Pinot Grigio, Prosecco, Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso.

Veneto at a glance: predominantly red; known for Pinot Grigio, Prosecco, Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso; wines range from IGP to DOCG.
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Veneto's 465 wineries produce predominantly red wine; Pinot Grigio is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, DOCG, IGP designation.

About the Veneto region

    Location
    A highly productive wine region in northeastern Italy.
    Climate
    The region is protected from the harsh northern European climate by the Alps, the foothills of which form Veneto's northern extremes.
    Soils
    Principal soil conditions listed for Veneto include alluvial, clay and limestone soils, with volcanic soils in some areas.

Region facts sourced from Wikipedia contributors, "Venetian wine", Wikipedia, revision 1324945732, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).

Characteristic grapes

Veneto is best known for Pinot Grigio, Prosecco, Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Pinot Grigio, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon. Veneto's signature grapes often go into blends, so single-grape bottlings skew toward other varieties.

Wine styles from Veneto

Most common single-grape wines

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

Wine profile

Veneto is predominantly a red-wine region (about 66% of its wines).

1,774 distinct Veneto wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red1,166 · 66%
  • White507 · 29%
  • Rose101 · 6%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Veneto wines

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

  • Colli Vicentini — Bardolino
  • La Collina Dei Ciliegi — Amarone della Valpolicella
  • Gino Fasoli — Valpolicella Ripasso
  • Sacchetto — Prapian Presa No 3 Frizzante
  • Tenute Salvaterra — Campocroce
  • Le Vie Angarano — Quare
  • Castelforte — Merlot
  • Tenuta Corte Giacobbe — Metodo Classico Brut

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Veneto, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • Amarone della Valpolicella
  • Valpolicella
  • Valpolicella Ripasso
  • Soave
  • Bardolino
  • Verona
  • Recioto della Valpolicella
  • Custoza
  • Breganze
  • Venezia
  • Asolo Prosecco
  • Recioto di Soave

Quality designations

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

  • DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
  • DOCGItaly's strictest wine quality tier — guarantees origin, permitted grapes and production method, and is government-tested.
  • IGPEU Protected Geographical Indication (Indication Géographique Protégée) — a regional wine label, broader than AOP.
  • 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 Veneto

Ways to browse Veneto — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 1,774 wines tracked above):

  • White Veneto (194)
  • Red Veneto (161)
  • Rose Veneto (49)

How to choose a good Veneto wine

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

FAQs

Where is Veneto?
Venetian wine is produced in Veneto , a highly productive wine region in northeastern Italy .
Which grapes are associated with Veneto?
Veneto is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Garganega, Glera, Pinot Grigio. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Veneto wines mean?
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. 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 Veneto?
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 Veneto 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 Veneto?
The current regional catalogue contains 1774 linked wines from 465 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.