20 editor-picked estates growing Molinara in Valpolicella.
Where to taste Molinara in Valpolicella: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Small family cellar at Vigolo in Negrar producing Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto, plus an olive oil pressed from the trees standing in the vineyard.
Tasting: Cellar tasting hosted by the family, booked directly.
The Recchia family has grown grapes at Cà Bertoldi in Negrar since 1906. The family house doubles as the tasting room and the harvest for Recioto and Amarone starts in mid September.
Tasting: Guided visits and tastings at the family house in Negrar.
Boutique cellar perched at around 500 metres on the Marano hills, run by the fifth generation of the family across Valpolicella Classico, Superiore, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto.
Fifth-generation Valgatara estate with 22 hectares across the Valgatara and Marano hills. The Gaso terraces at around 400 metres have been worked since 1870.
Estate in the Osan hamlet of Fumane with a tower and terraced hillside plots. Its Amandorlato Recioto della Valpolicella Classico sits between sweet Recioto and dry Amarone, and part of the range is certified organic.
Three generations of the Nicolis family have made wine at San Pietro in Cariano since 1951, with the Seccal Ripasso Classico Superiore and the Ambrosan Amarone as the reference bottlings.
Carlo Venturini farms biodynamically at Castelrotto, vinifying each vineyard separately and fermenting Valpolicella in small steel vats and Amarone in wood. The Sant'Ulderico Recioto leads the range.
Shop and tasting counter of the 1933 Negrar cooperative, whose 240 members farm 700 hectares across the Classico hills, pouring the Domini Veneti selections beside the cellar itself.
Fifteenth-century fortified court at Osan above Fumane, tasting an unusual range that keeps the old Amandorlato style alongside Recioto, Ripasso and three Amarone bottlings.
Scamperle family cellar in the village of Fumane, pouring the Ca' Carnocchio and Pergole Vece Amarone selections in a working cellar rather than a visitor centre.
Marco Speri's own cellar at Campolongo in Fumane, working long macerations and large Slavonian casks for a deliberately traditional reading of Amarone and Recioto.
Small family cellar at Crosetta in Negrar working the Poiega and Vigneto Calcarole plots, with tastings led by the family in the cellar under the house.
Hillside estate above Arbizzano replanted by Marta and Arnaldo Galli from the 1960s, tasting Valpolicella Classico Superiore and long-aged Amarone at the cellar.
Recchia brothers' cellar at Ca' Bertoldi in the Jago valley of Negrar, a straightforward family tasting across Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto.
Certified organic Vaona family estate on the Novaia terraces at Marano, where the tasting runs through Corte Vaona, Le Balze and the Amarone selections.
Campagnola family cellar at Valgatara farming 22 hectares on Veronese pergola since 1870, with tastings across the San Rustico and Gaso lines plus their Amarone grappa.
Certified organic Vaona cellar on Via Paverno at Valgatara, a short family tasting through Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso and Amarone in the working cellar.
Carlo Venturini and Alessandra Zantedeschi farm dry-stone terraces above Castelrotto biodynamically, tasting Saseti, Camporenzo and Sant'Ulderico in the old cellar.
Seventh-generation Speri family cellar at Pedemonte, certified organic, with tastings centred on the Monte Sant'Urbano single-vineyard Amarone and the Vigneto La Roverina.
Marinella Camerani's biodynamic estate in the eastern valley of Mezzane, tasting Mithas and Valpolicella Superiore among the woods and pasture that surround the vines.