📍 Lake Garda
The lake shores with Bardolino and Lugana.
Lake Garda is Italy's largest lake. Its shores belong to different regions: Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino. Several well-known wines are made here, including Bardolino and Lugana.
The lake softens the climate: shores are warmer in winter and cooler in summer. So grapes ripen well. The hills around the lake were left by a glacier. Among reds, Bardolino uses Corvina and others, while Lugana uses a white grape that gives fresh wine. There are also rosé Chiaretto, as well as Custoza, San Martino della Battaglia, Riviera del Garda Classico, Benaco Bresciano, Alto Mincio and Garda Colli Mantovani.
Lake Garda is counted under Veneto as a historic wine zone. The wines are usually light and fresh and go well with lake fish and local food. Many vineyards sit so close to the water that a light lake breeze reaches them during the day.
How it connects to Wine
📍 Lake Garda ← grows in ← 🍇 Corvina → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 📍 Veneto
- Appellations
- 📜 Alto Mincio, 📜 Benaco Bresciano, 📜 Garda Colli Mantovani, 📜 Bardolino, 📜 Lugana, 📜 San Martino della Battaglia, 📜 Bardolino Superiore, 📜 Custoza, 📜 Garda, 📜 Riviera del Garda Classico, 📜 Garda (olive oil)
- Grapes
- 🍇 Corvina
- Similar and different
- 🍷 Chiaretto
Frequently asked questions
What wines are made around Lake Garda?
Bardolino, Lugana, Custoza, Chiaretto and others.
How does the lake affect the grapes?
It softens the climate: warmer in winter, cooler in summer.
Which regions does the lake touch?
Lombardy, Veneto and Trentino.
What to read next
- 📜 Bardolino Superiore — Red DOCG wine from the Verona side of Lake Garda, made from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara.
- 🍇 Corvina — The main grape of Valpolicella and Amarone from Veneto; per VIVC 4,867 ha in Italy (2000); 45–95% of the Valpolicella blend.
- 📜 Custoza — A white wine from the hills near the southern shore of Lake Garda.
- 📜 Garda — Garda is an Italian DOC (PDO) for white, red and rosé wines, including sparkling ones, from parts of the provinces of Verona, Brescia and Mantua around Lake Garda.
- 📜 Garda (olive oil) — An EU protected designation for extra virgin olive oil from the shores of Lake Garda; Casaliva, Frantoio and Leccino make up at least 55 % of the olives.