ORGANIC CERTIFIEDGargagnago, Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella
Small certified organic holding on Via Giare at Gargagnago, working a few hectares beside much larger neighbours in the same hamlet.
Tip: Gargagnago sits on the SP4, so this fits between Sant'Ambrogio and San Pietro in Cariano without a detour.
ORGANIC CERTIFIEDMonte Tenda, Illasi
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.
Biodynamic PracticingORGANIC CERTIFIEDCastelrotto, San Pietro in Cariano
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.
Demeter CertifiedORGANIC CERTIFIEDMezzane di Sotto
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.
Veronetta, Verona
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.
Biodynamic PracticingORGANIC CERTIFIEDCastelrotto, San Pietro in Cariano
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.