Veneto

The name of the region comes from the ancient tribe of Central Asia Venetkens, who lived in the Veneto region around the IV century BC. Oe. Winemaking here was founded by the Romans , and in 1709 all the vineyards were destroyed because of the cold, and only in 1960 again restored.

climate .

Today, the region's climate varies from alpine to Mediterranean . Due to the climatic characteristics of the Veneto , as well as the entire north-eastern region, the growth of different vine, five feet and higher.

The soils are calcareous, with patches of gravel and sand and clay.

The geographical position .

The external boundaries of the Veneto has with Austria (north of the Alps ) and Yugoslavia ( in the east - sea border) . To the west is Lombardy , northern Trentino - Alto - Adige, Friuli in the east and south of Emilia -Romagna.

Stretching from the Alps to the coast , Veneto includes in its membership ridge of hills in the foothills of the Eastern Alps and the vast plains area in the basin of the Po River in the south.

By passing the river Po , which crosses the whole of Northern Italy, situated in the west region, Lake Garda (Garda), which forms the border with Lombardy.The other three rivers - the Adige, Brenta and Piave - the same distance from each other by crossing the region from north to south , flowing into the Adriatic Sea .

Venice - the capital of Veneto.

The main areas of intense wine were three significant parts of the region:in the west of Verona's hills between Lake Garda and the town of Soave, central parts of the hilly terrain in olasti Vicenza , Treviso and Padua, and finally , the eastern plains in the basins of the Piave and Tagliamento along the Adriatic coast in the north- east of Venice:

is the capital of the Veneto Venice - city of romantic bridges and gorgeous squares, and the main towns are Belluno , Verona , Vicenza , Padua , Rovigo and Treviso.

Winery .

Wine Region.

In an hour's drive from Verona are the vineyards of the three most famous wine regions of Veneto - Valpolicella, Bardolino and Soave .

The world- famous wines of Veneto.

As with wines of Chianti, in the not too distant past they suffered from the excess of celebrity.Their reputation has been marred by large firms , turned these names as synonyms cheap and of questionable quality.

A great Soave .

But in the last ten years the philosophy of winemaking in Soave has changed dramatically. Much less often have to use chemical cleaning agents, and some manufacturers and they are rejected altogether .Modernized press. Many began to collect less in volume and higher crop yields - which makes the berries taste as rich.

Once inconspicuous white wine , and now great Soave is made from grapes Garganega and di Soave Trebbyano .The best Soave - always out of the zone Classico vineyards, which can be located only on the hills in the heart of Soave .

Soave Classico better to buy from manufacturers such as Leonildo Peropan , Inam , Jeanie . Not bad for Lamberti Soave and Soave Rechoto di Roberto Anselmi .

Amarone della Valpolicella.

Another, no less legendary wine is red Valpolicella, which exists in four versions - as a young interesting with its freshness and lightness Wine Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico is a further , more advanced and challenging respected winewhich may have a greater alcohol content and thus be Superiore and / or be a crew that is produced in a particular locality, with the most favorable location of the vineyard,

Valpolicella .

The highest stage of manifestation Valpolicella Amarone della is dry Valpolicella, wine grapes from slightly dried , known since ancient times and became a general favorite with the 1990s . It is made in the same vineyards as the Valpolicella, using the same grape varieties.Corwin gives both body and structure, Rondinelli is responsible for color and makes a bunch of cherry notes, and adds a bit of acidity, Molinara and fragrant perfume.

Corwin .

Fifteen years ago, Valpolicella area and was not standing next to such well-known regions like Piedmont and Tuscany.It seemed that the local wines are sentenced to stay on supermarket shelves. But today, these warm , velvety wine with amazing potential and resistance, in terms of exposure, were the subject of collecting .

Revival of Veneto.

His revival of the region is obliged to winemakers who have decided to take a chance and introduce a new way of making red wine. They created a new avant-garde style and the production of Valpolicella wines all produced on its base, when used in the fermentation of the grapes slightly dried , concentrated sugar.

Well, of course , lie at the heart of the earth, from which the wine was admired by the Romans . But it turned out that not all land Valpolicella brings harvest with a capital letter.She seemed to be divided into two sides: on the one hand vineyards , planted on thin soils, where under a thin layer of calcareous earth - rocks, and on the plains , where soils are rich and moist, there are other vineyards.

The fates of these two grape crop split a few years ago .The vineyards are located in the south of the Valpolicella Classico and Valpanteny give little in return and low -quality grapes. But the vineyards on the plain , well- equipped with moisture in the summer , bring an excellent harvest. On these sites and the production of Valpolicella Classico Superiore crew .

Bardolino.

Blyuzhayshy neighbor Valpolicella - the town of Bardolino - famous for the production of young red wines of Bardolino and more sustained and complex Barodolino Classico. The difference in the production of Bardolino and Valpolicella are almost invisible , except that the first bit lighter , although it uses in its composition are the same grape variety.

less -known wines .

So, we learned just about the most important regions and wines of the Veneto , and yet there are still many notable wines , because the whole region is divided into 20 productive zones of DOC, and many wines to ignore it would be simply indecent.

By worthy wines include a native of Verona Bianco di Kustoza , as well as white wine , similar to Soave - Gambellara . The area of production of this interesting wine goes near the town of Vicenza . In the center , south of Vincenzo, is the productive zone Berichi Collie , which is based on quality wines .

between Verona and Vincenzo produce a dry white wine Lessini Durello , most often it has a sparkling version. Vincenzo north , at the foot of the Dolomites is a zone of production of wines under the brand Breganze . The most famous producer here - the company Maculan.Her sweet wine from grapes Torkolato Vespaylo , Garganego and Tokai friulano won its class in every possible world honors.

south- west of Padua in the hills is quite a vast area of Colli Euganei .North of Treviso, in the east of the region between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene hills , there is a zone of Venetian production of sparkling wine - Prosecco di Conegliano - Valdobyadene .

A light , young and slightly sparkling wine with the taste of apples, which is famous throughout Italy. In a sweet version of it are called Kartitstse .

One of the best producers of Prosecco Ruggeri \u0026 K say .

In the eastern part of Veneto are productive zone Piave, Montello e Colli Azolani and Leeson - Pramadzhore .