Even though output is much less than that of neighboring smaller regions of Veneto, Emilia - Romagna and Piemonte, Lombardia does make some fine wine. But regional wines are often upstaged on restaurant lists by the reds of Toscana and Piemonte and the whites of the Venezie (Veneto, Trentino and Friuli). Many of the 6 million bottles of Nebbiolo reds produced annually are spirited away by the neighboring Swiss before Italians have a chance at them. On the other hand, Lombardians do show growing signs of pride in their preferences for the metodo classico sparkling wines of Franciacorta, which have attained the status of DOCG .