What to eat in Veneto
The dishes to look out for on menus and the products protected by a European designation: 31 PDOs and PGIs, plus 51 wines and the spirits.
Dishes to try
- Cicchetti and ombre small bites and small glasses of wine in Venice's bacari.
- Sarde in saor and baccalà mantecato sweet-and-sour sardines and whipped salt cod, the food of the lagoon.
- Risi e bisi rice with young peas.
- Baccalà alla vicentina Vicenza-style salt cod, with polenta.
- Bigoli thick pasta, with duck or sardines.
- Tiramisù born, many say, in Treviso.
- Prosecco, Amarone, Soave, Valpolicella the wines of the Veneto.
PDO and PGI products
The official list of products registered in the European Union, under their registered (Italian) names. Tap a name for its production specification and register entry.
Cheese 7
- Asiago PDO
- Casatella Trevigiana PDO
- Grana Padano PDO also in other regions
- Montasio PDO also in other regions
- Monte Veronese PDO
- Piave PDO
- Provolone Valpadana PDO also in other regions
Cured meats and meat 2
Fruit, vegetables, pulses and grains 17
- Aglio Bianco Polesano PDO
- Asparago Bianco di Bassano PDO
- Asparago bianco di Cimadolmo PGI
- Asparago di Badoere PGI
- Ciliegia di Marostica PGI
- Fagiolo di Lamon della Vallata Bellunese PGI
- Insalata di Lusia PGI
- Marrone di Combai PGI
- Marrone di San Zeno PDO
- Marroni del Monfenera PGI
- Pesca di Verona PGI
- Radicchio di Chioggia PGI
- Radicchio di Verona PGI
- Radicchio Rosso di Treviso PGI
- Radicchio Variegato di Castelfranco PGI
- Riso del Delta del Po PGI also in other regions
- Riso Nano Vialone Veronese PGI
Extra virgin olive oils 2
- Garda PDO also in other regions
- Veneto Valpolicella / Veneto Euganei e Berici / Veneto del Grappa PDO
Fish 1
Vinegars, honey, spices and more 1
Spirits and liqueurs 1
Wines
41 designations of origin (DOC and DOCG, “PDO” in the European register) and 10 typical geographical indications (IGT, “PGI”).
DOC and DOCG 41
- Amarone della Valpolicella PDO
- Arcole PDO
- Asolo Montello / Montello Asolo PDO
- Asolo Prosecco / Asolo PDO
- Bagnoli di Sopra / Bagnoli PDO
- Bagnoli Friularo / Friularo di Bagnoli PDO
- Bardolino PDO
- Bardolino Superiore PDO
- Breganze PDO
- Colli Berici PDO
- Colli di Conegliano PDO
- Colli Euganei PDO
- Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio / Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei PDO
- Conegliano Valdobbiadene - Prosecco / Valdobbiadene - Prosecco / Conegliano - Prosecco PDO
- Corti Benedettine del Padovano PDO
- Custoza PDO
- delle Venezie / Beneških okolišev PDO also in other regions
- Gambellara PDO
- Garda PDO also in other regions
- Lessini Durello / Durello Lessini PDO
- Lison PDO also in other regions
- Lison-Pramaggiore PDO also in other regions
- Merlara PDO
- Montello Rosso / Montello PDO
- Monti Lessini PDO
- Piave PDO
- Piave Malanotte / Malanotte del Piave PDO
- Prosecco PDO also in other regions
- Recioto della Valpolicella PDO
- Recioto di Gambellara PDO
- Recioto di Soave PDO
- Riviera del Brenta PDO
- Soave PDO
- Soave Superiore PDO
- Valdadige / Etschtaler PDO also in other regions
- Valdadige Terradeiforti / Terradeiforti PDO also in other regions
- Valpolicella PDO
- Valpolicella Ripasso PDO
- Venezia PDO
- Vicenza PDO
- Vigneti della Serenissima / Serenissima PDO
IGT 10
- Alto Livenza PGI also in other regions
- Colli Trevigiani PGI
- Conselvano PGI
- Marca Trevigiana PGI
- Trevenezie / Tri Benečije PGI also in other regions
- Vallagarina PGI also in other regions
- Veneto PGI
- Veneto Orientale PGI
- Verona / Veronese / Provincia di Verona PGI
- Vigneti delle Dolomiti / Weinberg Dolomiten PGI also in other regions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the difference between PDO and PGI?
- PDO (Protected Designation of Origin, DOP in Italian) means that every stage, from the raw material to the finished product, takes place in the stated area and follows a production specification. PGI (Protected Geographical Indication, IGP in Italian) means that at least one stage takes place there and that the product owes its quality or reputation to that place.
- What about wines: DOC and DOCG?
- In the EU register all Italian DOC and DOCG wines are PDOs, while IGT wines correspond to PGIs. DOCG is the highest Italian classification, with stricter controls, and it is shown on the label.
- How do I recognise a PDO or PGI product?
- The label carries the registered name and the EU logo: red and yellow for PDO, blue and yellow for PGI. In Italy you will usually see the Italian abbreviations DOP and IGP. The protected name cannot be used by products from other areas or made by a different method.
Source: eAmbrosia, the European Commission's register of geographical indications, names registered as of 11 November 2026. Some products are protected in more than one region; TSGs (traditional specialities guaranteed) are not listed, as they are not tied to a territory.
In the other regions
- Aosta Valley6 PDOs and PGIs · 1 wines
- Piedmont22 PDOs and PGIs · 60 wines
- Liguria5 PDOs and PGIs · 13 wines
- Lombardy27 PDOs and PGIs · 41 wines
- Trentino-South Tyrol31 PDOs and PGIs · 13 wines
- Friuli Venezia Giulia10 PDOs and PGIs · 19 wines
- Emilia-Romagna42 PDOs and PGIs · 30 wines
- Tuscany28 PDOs and PGIs · 56 wines
- Umbria7 PDOs and PGIs · 21 wines
- Marche8 PDOs and PGIs · 21 wines
- Lazio25 PDOs and PGIs · 35 wines
- Abruzzo7 PDOs and PGIs · 12 wines
- Molise2 PDOs and PGIs · 5 wines
- Campania29 PDOs and PGIs · 29 wines
- Puglia23 PDOs and PGIs · 38 wines
- Basilicata12 PDOs and PGIs · 6 wines
- Calabria22 PDOs and PGIs · 20 wines
- Sicily37 PDOs and PGIs · 31 wines
- Sardinia10 PDOs and PGIs · 33 wines