Slavonian Oak

This summer I've been between Italy and Croatia, a highlight of which has been enjoying Amarone with friends in Croatia. Verona's famous red is likely to enhance any dinner, but I particularly enjoyed consuming a bottle here, because the oak used in Amarone grows in Croatia. It's easily overlooked that the most prestigious wines from the …

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Veneto’s Industry

The Veneto is the largest wine producing region in Italy. The region tops Tuscany in wine production and, alongside Milan's Lombardy and Turin's Piemonte, is a powerhouse of the industrial and industrious North. Experts regard Tuscany, Piemonte and Veneto as producing the highest quality wines in Italy, but Veneto's wine-prowess is popularly overlooked within Italy …

Vines of a Lost Emprie

    I'm not immune to the charms of Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel or for that matter Stefan Zweig's The World of Yesterday, but I'm also not an Austro-nostalgic fighting for the return of the Südtirol to Vienna. Turbulent histories have marked Italy's eastern vineyards, inviting comparisons to France's Champagne region, since somehow the celebratory bubbles …

Wines of the Veneto

In the old world, regions often take the fame, while grapes and wine names can get lost in the mix. In the Veneto it's a little different. Products like Amarone, Soave and Prosecco are bigger names than their grapes and regional affiliation. Prosecco is where most of my money goes these days and that feels …

VENETO

Venice is the best known destination in the region, but I prefer the charming province of Treviso, which is home to Prosecco wine and Pinarello bicycles. La Strada del Prosecco (Prosecco Trail) would be perfect for an extended Venice trip. A lot of cyclists and wine professionals mispronounce the name of the region, rhyming it with …