The VaiGustando guides

Guides to the wines and beers of our small producers

One guide per style, not a sales sheet: what a Valpolicella Ripasso actually is, why Raboso is the most tannic red in the Veneto, how a Weizen differs from a Blanche. Inside, the labels we carry of that style, with grower, territory and price.

Where a style has dishes that suit it, the guide says so, and the recipe is one click away.

The guides by style 17

Red wines 11

  • Amarone della Valpolicella

    Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG: 6 labels from Tenuta Trabucchi, Comaroto and Italo Cescon, from €44.90. An appassimento wine — powerful and made for meditation.

    1 recipe paired
  • Barbera

    Barbera d'Asti DOCG from Tenuta Vallone: 2 labels (base and Superiore) from the UNESCO Monferrato Casalese, from €19.50. Italy's most versatile red, available online.

    1 recipe paired
  • Cabernet from Veneto

    Cabernet from Veneto: 6 Sauvignon and Franc labels from small Venetian growers (Piave, Asolo, Breganze). Venetian red wines from €11.50, available online.

    1 recipe paired
  • Grignolino

    Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC: 2 labels from Tenuta Vallone, between Origine and Selezione. A pale, tannic red to drink young, from €20.50.

  • Merlot from Veneto

    Merlot from Veneto: 3 labels from small growers across Piave and Colli Berici. A soft, round red from €14.50, available online.

  • Nebbiolo

    Organic Nebbiolo del Monferrato DOC Superiore from Tenuta Vallone: 2 labels, standard format and Magnum, numbered edition. From €24, shipped throughout Italy.

    1 recipe paired
  • Pinot Noir from Veneto

    Pinot Noir from Veneto: 7 still (non-sparkling) labels from 3 small growers, Veneto IGT. Red wines from €12.00, available online at VaiGustando.

    1 recipe paired
  • Raboso del Piave

    Raboso del Piave and Raboso Vivace: 4 labels from small Venetian growers, from €9.50 to €45. Veneto's most tannic and acidic native red, available online.

  • Refosco

    Refosco at VaiGustando: 2 labels from Veneto and Friuli (IGT and DOC Friuli) by small growers, from €10. A native red with dark fruit and lively acidity.

  • Valpolicella

    Valpolicella and Valpolicella Superiore: 4 labels from small growers of Val d'Illasi and the classic Valpolicella. Venetian reds from €15, online.

    5 recipes paired
  • Valpolicella Ripasso

    Valpolicella Ripasso: 2 DOC labels made with the Ripasso method, from Italo Cescon to Tenuta Trabucchi in Val d'Illasi. Venetian reds from €19.80, at VaiGustando.

    3 recipes paired

White wines 2

  • Manzoni Bianco

    Manzoni Bianco at VaiGustando: 11 Veneto labels from small producers, from €10. The Conegliano-born cross of Riesling and Pinot Bianco, aromatic and mineral.

    2 recipes paired
  • Pinot Grigio

    Pinot Grigio at VaiGustando: 5 Veneto labels from small producers, from €10.50. From crisp steel-aged to copper Ramato macerated on the skins, the versatile white for fish.

    1 recipe paired

Craft beers 4

  • Craft pale beer

    Craft pale beer at VaiGustando: 2 Norah's Farm Helles cans from the Pedemontana Veneta, from €4.90. Bottom-fermented, smooth, with a dry finish.

    8 recipes paired
  • Craft wheat beer

    Craft wheat beer at VaiGustando: 2 Norah's Farm Weizen and Blanche cans from the Pedemontana Veneta, from €5. Top-fermented, with banana and citrus notes.

    11 recipes paired
  • Craft dark beer

    Craft dark beer at VaiGustando: 1 Norah's Farm Bock can from the Pedemontana Veneta, at €5.50. Double malt, with notes of caramel, dried fruit and chestnut.

    13 recipes paired
  • Hoppy craft beer

    Hoppy craft beer at VaiGustando: 1 Norah's Farm Arrogant APL can from the Pedemontana Veneta, at €5.20. Amber, American hops, with citrus notes.

    2 recipes paired

The dishes we paired with these wines and beers are in Recipes.