Corvina, Corvinone, RondinellaAppointment onlyTregnago, Valpolicella
Tenuta Le Cave's organic and biodynamic cellar tasting presents Valpolicella, Ripasso, and Amarone from estate vineyards in Tregnago. The Wine Lovers package is the recommended format - combining vineyard walk, cellar visit, and discovery tasting of the full estate range. Biodynamic Amarone is the anchor.
Tip: Tregnago sits between Valpolicella and Soave - ask about the Lessinia influence on the estate's vineyard soils, which distinguishes the Le Cave style.
Corvina, Garganega, Bardolino grapesAppointment onlyBardolino, Cavaion Veronese
Vigneti Villabella is the estate winery of Villa Cordevigo Wine Relais, producing Garda DOC and Valpolicella DOC wines from the surrounding vineyards and olive groves. Cellar tastings for hotel guests and day visitors. The estate also houses the five-star Villa Cordevigo Wine Relais and the one-Michelin-star Oseleta restaurant.
Tip: Request the full Villabella flight including the Bardolino Chiaretto rosato - underrated and highly food-friendly with the estate's kitchen.
GleraAppointment onlyCarpesica, Vittorio Veneto, UNESCO Prosecco hills
The Le Vigne di Alice winery tasting room at Alice Relais nelle Vigne in Carpesica. The estate produces artisanal, organic Prosecco DOCG - dry Brut and Brut Nature styles made with no herbicides. Doro Nature is the signature. Estate-grown Glera from the UNESCO Prosecco hills. Tel +39 0438 920818.
Tip: The Doro Nature brut-zero is the furthest stylistically from commercial Prosecco - worth seeking out for serious sparkling-wine tasters.
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, OseletaWalk-ins welcomeFumane, Valpolicella Classica
The Allegrini estate wine shop in Fumane is always open for informal tastings of Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso, Amarone della Valpolicella, Recioto di Valpolicella, and the innovative La Poja monovarietal Corvina IGT. Over 100 ha of family vineyards. Tel +39 045 6832011.
Tip: La Poja is a single-vineyard monovarietal Corvina available only at the estate and a handful of Verona restaurants - the walk-in shop is the easiest access.
Garganega, Trebbiano di SoaveWalk-ins welcomeSoave, Verona Province
In the heart of the medieval village of Soave at the foot of Scaliger Castle, Cantina del Castello has produced Soave Classico in the 13th-century Palazzo dei Conti Sambonifacio since the 1960s. The cellar is open Mon-Fri 8:00-18:30 and Sat 10:00-17:00 for tastings and retail.
Tip: Ask for the Pressoni single-vineyard cru - the volcanic basalt terroir character is unmistakable and shows what separates Soave Classico from the broader DOC.
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, MolinaraAppointment onlyGrezzana, Valpolicella
Bertani's renewed historic tasting spaces preserve 45 vintages of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico alongside new contemporary design elements. The Library Experience (EUR200) accesses back-vintages from 1958; the standard Valpolicella experience (EUR70) covers current and recent releases. Book via bertani.net/esperienze.
Tip: The Library Experience is among the most significant Amarone vertical tastings available anywhere in Italy - plan 3 hours.
