Despite the high quality of its finest wines, Veneto is best known for Soave, which is among the top-selling imported wines in the U.S. and is often made in industrial quantities.

This region of northeastern Italy is also the source of Amarone--a very rich, concentrated, high-alcohol, dry red Veneto wine made from air-dried grapes pressed weeks or months after the harvest.

Veneto's Port-like Recioto della Valpolicella is one of Italy's best sweet white wines and is perfect with any chocolate dessert.