Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine ★ 4.4

Vigneti di Ettore ★ 4.4

Negrar estate at Casetta di Montecchio working the full colour range from pale Valpolicella Classico DOC through to Amarone, with Recioto still made from the bunches brought into the courtyard by cart.

Giuseppe Quintarelli ★ 5.0

Negrar estate listed in the Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella register as Az. Agr. Quintarelli Giuseppe di Quintarelli Fiorenza, at Via Cerè. The register carries no website for it, and the range runs to Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Recioto della Valpolicella Classico and Valpolicella Classico Superiore.

Bussola Tommaso ★ 4.7

Family cellar on Via Molino Turri in Negrar, run by Paolo and Giuseppe Bussola, working the Classico appassimento range of Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto.

Le Ragose ★ 4.6

Hillside estate above Arbizzano di Negrar run by Paolo and Marco Galli, with Marta Galli as the third generation. The range covers Amarone Classico, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Ripasso and Recioto.

Roberto Mazzi ★ 4.5

San Peretto estate the Mazzi family has farmed since 1900, now run by Roberto's sons Stefano and Antonio. Guided visits take in the historic cellar with its water mill and the drying lofts.

Tasting: Guided cellar visit with a classic tasting including Amarone and Recioto, by appointment.

Viviani ★ 4.7

Claudio Viviani farms at Mazzano above Negrar on calcareous medium-textured soils, using the altitude and low humidity of the site for the appassimento that feeds his Recioto and Amarone.