Regional Wine Specialities

Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in the far north-east of Italy, has a reputation both in Italy and abroad for light and refreshing white wines, often made using German grape varieties such as Riesling and Müller-Thurgau. One particular speciality is Picolit, an extraordinary sweet wine developed in the 1700s as a substitute for the sweet Hungarian wine Tokay.

The Veneto has emerged in recent times as Italy’s largest producer of wine. Leading the flow is Verona’s trio of world-famous wines, Soave, Valpolicella and Bardolino, closely followed by Prosecco, the light, sparkling wine from the Conegliano area.