Valdobbiadene - wine country

One of our best day trips was our drive to the wine country of Valdobbiadene, where they specialize in prosecco.  Valdobbiadene is much like Napa Valley in California, as it an entire region dedicated to growing grapes and making wine.  The region is up slightly into hilly country and the view becomes more and more beautiful as you approach.  Everywhere you look are beautiful fields of well-manicured grapes with both old and new winery's all around.  It would require several days just to complete an overview exploration of the area.

One of the recommendations we received was a small winery in the hills outside of town where they have an old building containing bread, cheese, meat, and a refrigerator with bottles of their prosecco. They invite visitors to take some of whatever they want for a picnic and leave the suggested fee in the cash register. It's all on the honor system.  They view there was said to be spectacular so taking some time for a picnic would allow time to enjoy the view.  It was everything as advertised and the views were fantastic!

After an enjoyable lunch and some lingering to enjoy the view, we walked to the next winery adjacent to this one for a tasting.  The second winery had also been recommended to us so it was convenient that they were so close.  There we tried three of their prosecco wines, all of which were very good.  Based on a recommendation from our Italian neighbors at home we were very interested in trying a cartize, which a more rare type of proseccoo made only in a few places. It so good we had to purchase some to take with us, despite our space and weight limits.

After the tasting we drove around the area a bit more, taking pictures and enjoying the views. At one look-out we read a sign that gave some history of Valdobbiadene.  It said the last battles of WWI were fought there, probably to much devestation of the area.  No signs of that now.  Reluctantly we finally had to move on to our other planned destination for the day, and we left. But this is another lace we have on our list of places to visit again.

For all of the photos see the photo album for this post.