From the eastern shores of Lake Garda comes a wine you may not know very much about
Bardolino is one of those wines that, chances are, you won’t know very much about – mainly because it doesn’t get written about very much (as in the past it had a poor reputation) and it’s not so easy to find outside Italy. Formerly known as Bardolino Classico, this Veneto DOC wine zone now occupies all the land between the southeastern shore of Lake Garda and the River Adige, and is known simply as Bardolino. Named after the town that nestles on the eastern edge of Lake Garda in the province of Verona, the alluvial soils and microclimate produce fresh, light-bodied reds and rosés (chiaretti) made from Corvina, Molinara and Rondinella in varying percentages depending on the producer (small amounts of other red grape varieties are also permitted).