Ep 080: Veneto, Italy

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2013

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

If you're going to tackle sub-regions of Italy, you probably should do the biggest volume producer of the country first, right? And that would be Veneto.

Home of Verona, Venice, and Vicenza this area is a juggernaut in winemaking.

In this episode we cover the good, the bad, and the flavorless lemon water. We talk about the split between varietal-producing areas and blend-producing areas.

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As promised, here's a list in case you didn't get it on the podcast:

Bardolino
Bianco di Custoza
Valpolicella
Valpantena
Soave
Gambellara
Valpolicella and Amarone
Breganze
Colli Berici
Colli Euganei
Lessini Durello
Piave
Lison-Pramaggiore
Montello e Colli Asolani
Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobiaddene

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