Monte Dall'Ora ★ 4.8

Marchesi Fumanelli ★ 4.6

The Fumanelli family has made wine at Squarano for over five centuries. Its Amarone Classico and the Octavius Riserva are built on 40 percent Corvina, 40 percent Corvinone and 20 percent Rondinella.

Tommasi Viticoltori ★ 4.6

Tommasi Family Estates is based at Ronchetto in San Pietro in Cariano and runs wine hospitality and wine tours from the Valpolicella Classico home estate.

Tasting: Wine hospitality programme and guided wine tours from the San Pietro in Cariano estate.

Speri Viticoltori ★ 4.7

Seven generations of the Speri family in Valpolicella Classico, farming organically and running a visits programme alongside the Amarone range.

Tasting: Estate visits and tastings, booked through the winery.

Tedeschi ★ 4.7

Family house in San Pietro in Cariano with the Capitel Monte Olmi and Fabriseria Amarone Classico Riserva bottlings and the Maternigo estate in the eastern valleys.

Begali ★ 4.6

Azienda Agricola Begali Lorenzo is a family operation of about twelve hectares in the small Cengia hamlet, named for the rock ledges above it, in the Valpolicella Classico zone.

Brigaldara ★ 4.7

The Cesari family has held Brigaldara since 1928. The property runs to over 120 hectares of which 48 are planted to vine, and the Amarone range includes the Case Vecie and Riserva bottlings.