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.
Alla Costiera: Trachite Bianco 2021
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- €15,60
Trachit is the ubiquitous volcanic rock of the Colli Euganei, which greatly contributed to the historic wealth of the hills. For those who might not immediately recognize the geological formation, it helps to picture the Piazza San Marco in Venice, which is paved with the very same rock. On Fili...
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 ...
Villa Calicantus: Chiar'otto 2022 (Rosato)
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- €19,90
Bardolino, the small wine region around the town of the same name on Lake Garda, was once famous for its rosé wine - Chiaretto. It became a victim of mass tourism on its shores. Daniele Delaini from Villa calicantus has been bringing it back to its former glory for some years now, undeterred by ...
Nevio Scala: Gargante 2021
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- €14,90
Italian sparkling wines are booming, whereby this statement can also be formulated significantly more precisely. The Prosecco and its frizzante are booming - so much that the cheeky area increase discussions and pesticide scandals gently roam them like a fresh spring wind and are quickly forgotte...
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 ...
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...
Alla Costiera: Terreni Bianchi 2021
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- €14,60
Moscato Bianco has been at home in the Colli Euganei for centuries, and in Filippo Gamba's vineyards for over 60 years. Here, it grows in limestone-dominated soils and produces small, rich berries. In the Terreni Bianchi vineyard, it shares the spotlight with Garganega, the second most important...
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...
Nevio Scala: Monemvasia 2018
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- €16,90
Nevio Scalas Malvasia pays tribute to the Cretan port city of Monemvasia. From there, a few hundred years ago, the first malvasiaszetzes were shipped to the "Serevublic" Venice, which Crete incorporated in 1204. To date, it is not entirely clear what members of the Malvasia family may have been. ...
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...
Davide Spillare: L1 2021
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- €17,90
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...
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...
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...
Villa Calicantus: Soracuna La Rocca Bardolino Classico 2022
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- €17,90
Soracuna is a classic Bardolino in the best sense of the word. Most of its grapes come from pergolas that are over 50 years old and whose roots have dug deep into the morainic subsoil. The grape varieties are the usual suspects of the region: Corvina, whose fruity aromas and fine tannins provide ...
Monte Dall'ora: Valpolicella Classico Superiore Camporenzo 2018
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- €24,90
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...