Wines from the Veneto
The Veneto is large in many respects. Alongside Sicily, it is the largest wine-growing region in Italy. It organises the country's largest wine fair in Verona (Vinitaly) and the largest event dedicated exclusively to natural wines in Gambellara (vinnatur). Its cellars are the source of an immense quantity of the worst industrialised wines and an equally impressive number of highly individual and expressive wines.
The Veneto is extremely heterogeneous: From the eastern shore of Lake Garda to the border with Friuli, the wine-growing regions of Valpolicella (all red), Soave, Gambellara (white) and Prosecco (sparkling) are completely different and are complemented by a number of completely independent areas such as Monte Lessini, the Colli Berici or the volcanic cones of the Colli Euganei that rise up in the middle of the Po Valley. There are a good 50 different grape varieties, with both local and international varieties depending on the region.
Davide Spillare: Crestan 2020
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- €14,90
Garganega is a variety that only produces good results if it is grown in a suitable terroir (limestone, volcanic rock, cool influences) and certain viticultural measures are observed. The decisive factor here is a reasonable grape yield that is as far away as possible from five figures per hectar...
Davide Spillare: L1 2021
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- €17,40
The name L1 is derived from the name of Davide Spillare's upper lumbar vertebra, which was broken in a tractor accident a few years ago (as good as the L1 tastes to us, we hope that there will be no L2). The L1 is a Rifermentato, i.e. a wine that undergoes a second fermentation in the bottle afte...
Davide Spillare: Bianco Rugoli 2020
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- €19,90
Davide Spillare's trump card is Garganega. He is now dedicating a four-part series to the great white variety of northern Veneto. Many consumers and winegrowers have only realised in recent years that this is a great variety, after Garganega had previously experienced an unparalleled decline in q...
Davide Spillare: Vecchie Vigne 2020
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- €29,90
The quintessence of Davide's endeavours. The grapes for the Rugoli Vecchie Vigne come from a vineyard where Garganega vines have been rooted for over 60 years. The vines are as thick as tree trunks, deeply anchored in volcanic basalt and fairly resistant to potential fungal diseases. Small, full...
Monte Dall'ora: Valpolicella Classico Saseti 2021
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- €16,80
Carlo Venturini and Alessandra Zantadeschi from Monte dall'Ora cover the entire spectrum of wine styles in Valpolicella. This also includes a simple table wine, a wine for every day, in short a classic Valpolicella. It does not usually have an easy standing in the region and is often regarded as ...
Nevio Scala: Còntame 2017
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- €23,90
The Còntame completes Nevio's trio of different Garganega styles. He complements the immediately pressed Dilètto and the sparkling Gargante with an interpretation that has been in contact with its skins for the first fortnight. This gives the wine additional structure and a taut and powerful dime...
Davide Spillare: Rosso Giaroni 2020
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- €19,90
Merlot. Purely varietal, too. We understand that there are people who simply click on to the next wine. And we don't want to be missionaries and take up the cudgels in favour of Merlot, it's just that Davide Spillare makes a truly fantastic wine from it. We do not know whether this is due to the ...
Villa Calicantus: Chiar'otto 2022 (Rosato)
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- €19,90
Bardolino, the small wine region around the place of the same name on Lake Garda, was once famous for his rose wine - the Chiaretto. He became a victim of mass tourism on his banks. For a few years and undeterred by the dreary reputation of the area Daniele Delaini from Villa Calicantus, he has ...
Monte Dall'ora: Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore Saustò 2018
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- €29,90
The grapes for the Ripasso Saustò grow on the ridge of a hill above Castelrotto that stretches from south to east. The soils here are limestone-dominated and the grape varieties are typical of the area: Corvina sets the tone, complemented by Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara and Oseleta. The harves...
Monte Dall'ora: Valpolicella Classico Superiore Camporenzo 2018
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- €23,90
Camporenzo has been one of our favourite wines from Valpolicella for many years. It comes from the chalky vineyard of the same name above San Pietro in Cariano. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella, the three most important grape varieties in the region, are cultivated in the classic pergola verone...
Alla Costiera: Terreni Bianchi 2021
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- €14,60
Moscato Bianco has been at home in the Colli Euganei for centuries, in Filippo Gamba's vineyards for at least 60 years. There, it takes root in lime-dominated soils and produces small, full-bodied berries. In Terreni Bianchi, these share the protagonist role equally with Garganega, the most impor...
Boschera Winkler: Classico 2019
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- €23,90
Data sheet Grape variety: Chardonnay (85%), Boschera (15%) Vineyard: clay Harvest: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts in steel tanks Ageing: in the bottle, neither disgorged nor racked Filtration: no SO₂: < 50mg/l Alcohol content: 13% Closure: cork Drinking temperature: 8-10 °C ...
Villa Calicantus: Soracuna La Rocca Bardolino Classico 2022
Rotwein
- €17,90
The Soracuna is a classic Bardolino in the best sense of the word. His grapes come mostly from over 50 years old pergolas, the roots of which have dug deeply into the moraine underground. The grape varieties are the usual suspects of the region: Corvina, their fruit aromas and fine tannins provi...
Elisa Carpanese: Bora Bianco 2021
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- €14,60
Elisa Carpanese is the wife of Filippo Gamba, the owner of the Alla Costiera winery in the Colli Euganei. While he grew up among the vines, it was through him that she first became interested in wine. Initially, she dealt with the bureaucracy alongside a 40-hour job away from the wine industry a...
Alla Costiera: Trachite Bianco 2021
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- €15,60
Trachite is the omnipresent volcanic rock of the Colli Euganei, which contributed greatly to the former wealth of the hills. Anyone who is not familiar with the geological formation at the moment should briefly recall St Mark's Square in Venice, which is paved with it. Filippo Gamba's Trachit do...