Wines made from Pinot Nero grapes of Vénétie
Discover the best wines made with Pinot Nero as a single variety or as a blend of Vénétie.
Veneto is an important and growing wine region in northeastern Italy. Veneto is administratively Part of the Triveneto area, aLong with its smaller neighbors, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles, it represents a transition from the Alpine and Germanic-Slavic end of Italy to the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the South. Veneto is slightly smaller than the other major Italian wine regions - Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily - but it produces more wine than any of them.
Sydney-based TV personality and MasterChef judge Melissa Leong hosted the event at Langton’s, Australia’s leading fine wine auction house. A total of 250 bidders raised their paddles during the auction, which showcased 34 exceptional lots of rare bottlings from the Barossa. A bottle of Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Imperial led the charge, as it fetched A$40,120. It fell short of the record set in 2021 by a bottle of Penfolds Grange 1951, which fetched A$142,131 at the Langto ...
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Bordeaux winemakers launched a large protest earlier this week to renew calls for state help, notably a subsidised scheme to pull up vines, as part of a social plan to help growers. Those marching through the city’s streets sought to highlight a cocktail of financial pressures facing winemakers. While Bordeaux is best-known as the home of major châteaux, there are thousands of winemakers across the region. Bordeaux’s wine bureau, the CIVB, has warned some growers are in ‘great econom ...