4 late tastings in Valpolicella, editor-picked by Cork & Curve. All Valpolicella nightlife.
Massimago Wine Bar evening service ★ 4.4
Mezzane di Sotto · Via Giare 21, 37030 Mezzane di Sotto, Verona, Italy
Evening service at the Massimago estate bar, where the organic Valpolicella range is poured neat or mixed and the garden looks down the eastern valley.
Tip: Twenty minutes east of Verona. Closed Monday and Tuesday, and worth booking in summer for a garden table.
Dinner in the fireplace rooms at Villa Della Torre ★ 4.7
Fumane · Via Della Torre 25, 37022 Fumane, Verona, Italy
Villa Della Torre serves dinner in the mannerist fireplace rooms, with the estate's Valpolicella and Lugana and the Bolgheri and Montalcino sister labels.
Tip: Dinner has to be booked with the villa in advance; there is no walk-in service at the complex.
Locanda Buglioni evening pairing ★ 4.5
Cariano, San Pietro in Cariano · Via Cariano 24/A, 37029 San Pietro in Cariano, Verona, Italy
Evening service at Buglioni's own restaurant among the vines at Cariano, either the five-wine pairing or the estate range with food cooked over vine cuttings.
Tip: The Mathusalem pairing has to be booked as an experience rather than ordered at the table.
Enoteca della Valpolicella evening service ★ 4.7
Osan, Fumane · Via Osan 45, 37022 Fumane, Verona, Italy
Evening service in the old fortified court above Fumane, where the list is built from growers the house buys from directly rather than from a distributor's catalogue.
Tip: Book. The dining room is small and the drive up to Osan is dark and narrow after nightfall.