Venetoinside.com is pleased to accompany you on a journey through the delectable world of food & wine in Veneto, its wine routes, best areas and delicious traditional Venetian cuisine.
To whet your appetite we assist you in preparing the table by proposing your food and wine holiday, with tours and tastings, accommodation and restaurants, off the well-trodden tourist track: undisturbed oases of tranquility able to cater for all your tastes and needs.
A food and wine holiday in Veneto in fact offers the best way to experience the traditions and customs of local life. Thanks to their locations (often situated near to the larger centres of art), a
food and wine holiday unites all the values of the territory: nature, history and well-being combine in a typical day dedicated to the gastronomy of the Veneto, where the palate is always satisfied yet there is always more to tempt you.
Food & wine in Veneto also means sampling the unique countryside and natural beauty, discovering age-old traditions of farming life, escaping from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and living by the cycle of the sun rather than your watch. Here 'food and wine' and 'holiday' combine to signify total relaxation and enjoyment, immersed among the harmonious natural setting.
Venetian food and wine is also famous for its specialities which all have the common denominator of tradition and love for the earth. All products from the region arise from centuries-old knowledge, such as the medival monasteries which have greatly contributed to the land's famous wine culture. In fact the Veneto produces more prestigious wines (both in aquality and quantity) than all the other Italian regions.
The Veneto does not only mean wine: Bassano del Grappa and Conegliano are home to grappa, the high-alcohol content spirit famed throughout the world.
As for local foods, the typical Venetian dish is polenta. Most local specialities utilise simple ingrediants, not strong in flavour. Venetian cuisine favours rice and sea foods with vegetables. Other local recipies include tripe, the red asparagus of Treviso, 'risi bisi', a rice and pea dish, pasta with beans, Bassano asparagus and Aisago cheese.
Among its many sweets we may single out galani, pinza (a type of biscuit), and two of the most well-known of all Italian desserts, tiramisù and pandoro. Discover the traditional Venetian cuisine on an unforgettable vacation.
Euganean Hills
In every drop of the wine of the Eugenean Hills we can taste the memory of the Veneto.
Soave
This area of nature, on the east-lying hills of Verona, contains centuries of history.
Bardolino, Valpolicella
Verona corresponds to the wealth of tastes the prestigious local wines offer
Wines of the Piave
The wine route of the Piave runs mainly along the left bank of the river
Valdobbiadene
The March of Treviso, the famous 'garden of the Veneto'
Colli Berici
The wine-growing culture south of Vicenza has its own particular value.
Breganze
In Vicenza the wine-growing Veneto find another exclusive portrait of its prestige.