Organic estate on Monte Tenda above Illasi in the eastern valleys, farming a single contiguous holding rather than scattered parcels.
Tip: Illasi is 25 minutes east of Verona and far quieter than the Classico zone at weekends.
Address: Località Monte Tenda 3, 37031 Illasi, Verona, Italy, Valpolicella
A low-intervention Classico-zone estate whose Saseti, Camporenzo and San Giorgio Alto sell through natural wine retailers as much as through classic wine merchants.
Tip: Saseti is the bottle you will actually find; the two Superiore crus sell out at the cellar door.
Marinella Camerani's Mezzane estate is the eastern-valley name that natural wine lists carry, worked biodynamically with minimal cellar handling.
Tip: The estate trades under the Camerani name online, which is why searches for Corte Sant'Alda often land on camerani.wine.
The natural wine room in Veronetta, pouring only small growers who farm the land themselves, and the easiest place in Verona to taste low-intervention Veneto by the glass.
Tip: Closed Tuesday. Open from 18:00 on the other six days, from 17:00 on Sunday.
The estate's entry Valpolicella Classico, the bottling that carries the biodynamic terraces of Castelrotto onto natural wine lists outside Italy.
Tip: Around EUR 14 to 20 at retail, the cheapest way into the estate's range.
Carlo Venturini and Alessandra Zantedeschi work the Castelrotto terraces biodynamically on certified organic ground, with biodiversity treated as part of the farm rather than a side project.
Tip: The estate's Biodiversità page sets out the hedging and cover cropping between the dry-stone terraces.
Marinella Camerani farms the Mezzane valley estate biodynamically, with woodland and pasture kept alongside the vines rather than cleared for them.
Tip: Visits are arranged by email at [email protected] rather than through a booking form.
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