Marzemina Bianca

Also known as Sciampagna, Sampagna, Sauvignon Schampagna, Chasselas Dorato.

Despite the name, this is a genuinely distinct, independent variety — not a white-berried mutation of the red Marzemino. Its origins are poorly documented; some accounts trace it to Burgundy, from where it would have spread through Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. It has been documented in Veneto since the 18th century, believed to have been widely grown in the hills of the Trevigiano and near the Piave river.

Large, spheroidal berries have a thick, pruinose, green-yellow skin. The wine is straw-yellow, savory and fruity, historically nicknamed "Sciampagna" for the aromatic, lightly sparkling style it was traditionally made into. Once widely planted in Treviso province, on the Colli Euganei and around Lison-Pramaggiore, it appears as a named varietal-specification grape across several of Veneto's minor DOCs and IGTs.