As you enter the Veneto region at the base of the Alps you encounter steep mountains of grape dedicated to developing the best and only offcially designated Proseccos.
A small Pennsylvania winery is making a reputation as a low-volume, high-quality producer of northern Italian blends. If you want to taste them, you'll have to show up at their Avondale winery and tasting room.
More than 100 Italian wine producers from four pre-eminent DOCG regions of Italy will be represented at the Italian Wine Masters events, which are for the trade only.