2 editor-picked estates growing Merlot in Valpolicella.
Where to taste Merlot in Valpolicella: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
The Gaetano Bertani branch of the family works from the Novare estate in Negrar, dating its winemaking to 1735 and covering Amarone Classico Riserva, Valpolicella Ripasso Classico and Recioto alongside Soave.
Eighteenth-century villa and cellar at Novare in Arbizzano, where Ippolito Pindemonte held his literary salon, with daily tours of the frescoed Salone delle Muse, the drying lofts and the brolo.