The Valpolicella consortium's annual Amarone preview at the Gallerie Mercatali of Veronafiere, showing the new millesimo plus one selected older vintage from each producer.
Tip: The 22nd edition ran 31 January and 1 February 2026. Wine lover tickets were EUR 42 online against EUR 50 at the door, trade tickets EUR 25.
Address: Gallerie Mercatali, Viale del Lavoro 8, 37135 Verona, Italy, Valpolicella
Veronafiere's international wine and spirits salon, in its 59th edition in 2027, running four days across the fairground with the whole Italian trade in town and Valpolicella on its home ground.
Tip: The 2027 edition is set for 11 to 14 April. It is a trade fair first: wine lovers do better at Vinitaly and the City in the centre.
Harvest weekend in the Corrubbio hamlet of San Pietro in Cariano, with the Palio delle Contrade team games, an open-air painting competition and food and wine stands.
Tip: The 2026 edition ran 19 and 20 September. Painting canvases are stamped at 08:00, the Palio teams gather at 11:00 and the stands open at midday.
Veronafiere's international wine and spirits salon, in its 59th edition in 2027, running four days across the fairground with the whole Italian trade in town and Valpolicella on its home ground.
Tip: The 2027 edition is set for 11 to 14 April. It is a trade fair first: wine lovers do better at Vinitaly and the City in the centre.
The public side of Vinitaly, three days of tastings and events in squares, palaces and courtyards across central Verona, several of them normally closed to visitors.
Tip: The Verona edition runs 9 to 11 April 2027, opening two days before the trade fair itself. Buy the tasting glass and kit at the first stand you pass.
The Wine Spectator selection of Italian producers, poured in Verona since 2012 as the premiere event of Vinitaly week and restricted to press and trade.
Tip: Access is trade and press only, so plan around it rather than for it. The producer list published each year is a useful shortlist for cellar appointments.
Amarone Opera Prima runs January to February. These are the wine tours and tastings in Valpolicella to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
Visit Verona and the Valpolicella wine region on a full-day tour. Enjoy a guided walking tour of Verona, taste Amarone and Valpolicella wines at a family-run winery, a...
This is an all-inclusive day tour in the prestigious Amarone / Valpolicella Hills and includes • round trip transportation by comfortable van or minivan with AC • 2 bo...
Amarone wine… Here’s one of our most popular wine tours! We will take you through the glorious Valpolicella land to discovering all the secrets of our traditional red...
