Valpolicella is a region of contrasts. It comprises flat plains and steep hills, ugly industry and farm beauty, cheap wines, and expensive ones. Veneto is the largest wine-producing region of Italy and lies to the northeast. Its claim to fame is Valpolicella, a series of valleys and ridges shaped like a hand in the foothills of the Alps. The area has two subzones; the single-valley Valpantena, and the original area the Valpolicella Classica (“a” when we refer to the region” “