Continue through the region

Colli Berici, Colli Euganei & Vicenza (Vicenza / Padova hills)6 producersColli Berici, Colli Euganei & Vicenza (Vicenza / Padova hills) sits within Veneto, Italy.
Garda (eastern Lake Garda shore)7 producersThe Veneto shore of Lake Garda softens the climate, making lighter reds and crisp whites with a breezier, less inland feel.
Padova plain — Riviera del Brenta, Bagnoli & Corti Benedettine4 producersPadova plain — Riviera del Brenta, Bagnoli & Corti Benedettine sits within Veneto, Italy.
Piave, Lison & eastern plain (Treviso / Venezia)10 producersPiave, Lison & eastern plain (Treviso / Venezia) sits within Veneto, Italy.
Prosecco — Conegliano-Valdobbiadene & Asolo (Treviso hills)14 producersThe Treviso hills are Prosecco's quality slope, where Glera keeps pear-like fruit and brisk bubbles fresher than the flatland versions.
Soave, Gambellara & Lessini (eastern Verona / western Vicenza)26 producersSoave and the Lessini hills are Garganega country, with volcanic and limestone slopes giving almond-edged whites more texture than the simple name suggests.

Producer profiles

Producers in Valpolicella & Bardolino (Verona hills)

Albino ArmaniAlbino Armani is a Veneto producer with regional cellars and Sauvignon Blanc Campo Napoleone made by cold maceration and stainless steel fermentation.
Alpha ZetaA Veneto producer founded in 1999 by a British Master of Wine and a New Zealand winemaker, sourcing from hillside growers in the Alpone and Valpantena valleys to make fruit-forward wines at everyday prices.
Antiche Terre VeneteFamily estate in the Valpantena arm of Valpolicella, carrying a century of vine cultivation through three generations to a winery formally launched around 2000, making Amarone by traditional appassimento on clay-limestone slopes.
Azienda Agricola Bettili CristianaOrganic Valpolicella and Bardolino estate in Verona; Cristiana Bettili has farmed all vineyards without chemicals since 1999; the Ripasso Superiore is the flagship.
Azienda Agricola BrunelliAzienda Agricola Brunelli is a Veneto estate founded in 1936, focused on fine wines from Valpolicella, including Classico, Superiore, Ripasso, and Amarone.
Azienda Agricola Ca dei FratiBased in Lugana di Sirmione on Lake Garda's southern shore, Ca' dei Frati is one of the largest producers in Lugana and helped create the Lugana DOC in 1969. Its flagship I Frati Lugana is fresh, mineral and almond-edged from six months on lees in stainless steel.
Azienda Agricola Coali Tenuta SavoiaFamily estate in the Valpolicella Classica heartland, farming Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, and Oseleta on calcareous-marly hillside soils and making the full range from Classico through Amarone and Recioto from estate fruit only.
Azienda Agricola Le TendeOrganic Bardolino estate on the calcareous eastern shore of Lake Garda, where two families divide the work: one runs the land and cellar, the other designs the labels.
Azienda Agricola Mizzon di Perusi NicolaSmall Valpolicella Classica estate farming six hectares of mixed soils in Valgatara since the early 1900s. Nicola Perusi makes Amarone from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, and minor local varieties, drying grapes for four months on traditional arele racks before extended skin contact and four years of oak ageing.
Azienda Agricola Monte del Frà s.s.A Verona estate working across Custoza, Valpolicella, and Soave since 1958, best known for a Custoza Superiore that has held Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri for twelve consecutive years.
Azienda Agricola ScrianiFamily estate in Fumane, Valpolicella Classica, making handcrafted Amarone and Carpanè from hillside Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella parcels.
Azienda Agricola Valerio Zenato s.s.Azienda Agricola Valerio Zenato s.s. is a Veneto producer associated with Turbiana marked by floral notes, green almond character, and natural acidity.

Browse 36 more

Azienda Agricola Zanoni PietroSmall Valpolicella family estate north of Verona making two wines from three hillside properties: an Amarone built on a 100-day raisining process and a Valpolicella Superiore for earlier drinking.
Azienda Vincola FarinaFourth-generation Valpolicella Classica house founded in the early 19th century, making Amarone from 80 hectares of owned and partner vineyards in Pedemonte.
Benedetti WineryA Montefalco estate working Sagrantino, Italy's most polyphenol-rich red grape, toward earlier drinkability without losing its colour depth or aromatic complexity.
BertaniGaetano Bertani learned from Jules Guyot in Burgundy, while Bertani uses natural appassimento and rests intact bunches on wooden racks.
BollaLarge Valpolicella producer based in San Pietro in Cariano, credited with bringing Amarone to commercial sale in 1953. The range runs from Valpolicella Classico through ripasso and into full Amarone and reserve tiers, all built on Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella from 188 hectares of Veneto vineyards.
Cantina ValpantenaCantina Valpantena presents Torre del Falasco Amarone, a 2020 Valpolicella red with layered floral, cherry and spice-driven character.
Cantina Valpolicella NegrarGrower cooperative in Negrar di Valpolicella making Amarone, Ripasso and Recioto from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella using the traditional appassimento drying method.
Cantina Vini Armani A. SrlAlbino Armani is a multi-site Veneto producer tracing roots to 1607. Its most distinctive work is Casa Belfi, a Demeter-certified biodynamic project producing natural, unfiltered Glera frizzante in the Venetian flatlands, including an amphora-aged skin-contact wine with no equivalent in the zone.
Cantine di Verona s.c.a.A Veneto cooperative formed in 2021 from the merger of Cantina Valpantena, Cantina di Custoza, and Cantina Colli Morenici, spanning Valpolicella and Lake Garda with 1,800 hectares. Premium Lucia De Maio label covers Amarone DOCG and Ripasso DOC made from appassimento-dried Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella.
Cantine LenottiA four-generation Veneto family estate based in Bardolino on the eastern shore of Lake Garda, producing Bardolino, Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave, and Custoza from vineyards established in 1906 and bottling independently since 1972.
Casa Vinicola SartoriValpolicella Classica house founded in Negrar in 1898, making Amarone since 1961 from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella dried on traditional arele racks at Villa Maria.
CorteforteSmall Fumane estate producing Amarone, Ripasso, and Recioto from 4.5 hectares of organic Valpolicella Classico vines.
Domaine BenedettiFamily estate in Negrar, Valpolicella Classica, run by brothers Simone and Matteo Benedetti; four generations on the same hillside parcels, producing Classico Superiore, Ripasso, Amarone, and Recioto from Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella on calcareous-clay hillside soils.
Giuseppe QuintarelliFamily estate in Cerè di Negrar farming 12 hectares at 500 metres in the Negrar Valley. Grapes dried for close to five months before slow cold fermentation and seven years in large Slavonian oak.
Gruppo Italiano ViniItaly's largest wine group, with fifteen cellars from Veneto to Sicily and two fruit-led Umbrian whites under the Bigi brand.
Guerrieri RizzardiA Veronese estate with roots in 1649, Guerrieri Rizzardi farms its own vineyards in four Classico appellations and vinifies at cellars within each zone. The range runs from Bardolino and Soave through Ripasso to Amarone.
La Collina dei CiliegiHigh-altitude Valpantena estate farming Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella at up to 700 metres, where ripening runs a month later than the valley floor below Verona.
La GiarettaFamily estate in Valgatara making estate-bottled Amarone and IGT wines from ten hectares of classic Valpolicella hillside.
Le FragheMatilde Poggi has farmed Corvina, Rondinella, and Garganega on the eastern shore of Lake Garda and bottled wine under her own label at Le Fraghe since 1984. The range spans early-drinking Bardolino and Chiaretto in stainless steel, a single-parcel Brol Grande from a walled vineyard enclosure, spontaneously fermented Traccia wines in cement, and Camporengo, a lees-aged varietal Garganega. Organic since 2009.
Luigi RighettiFamily winery in Valgatara, Valpolicella Classico, producing organic-farmed wines from Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara across a range from fresh Valpolicella to single-vineyard Amarone.
Monte del FràThird-generation Bonomo family estate in Sommacampagna making Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto from Valpolicella Classico vineyards, alongside whites from the Custoza zone.
Monte ZovoFour-generation Cottini family estate in Veneto making Valpolicella and Lugana DOC from three properties across the Verona hills and the southern shore of Lake Garda.
Pasqua Vigneti e CantineVeronese family house founded in 1925, farming three organically tended vineyard projects on a single eastern Valpolicella ridge. Known for Hey French, a multi-vintage white drawn from six harvests, and Mai Dire Mai Amarone, aged 24 months in new French oak.
ScrianiFamily-managed Valpolicella Classica producer in Fumane; Stefano Cottini oversees the full cycle from hillside native-red vineyards to bottling, with Carpanè alongside Amarone.
Societa Agricola IL Sasso di Bellamoli Diego e Stefano & C. S.a.s.A 10-hectare organic estate on calcarenite terraces in the historic Valpolicella Classica hills, making three wines from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella with no wood and no chemical additives.
Societa Agricola Le BigneleA hillside family estate in Marano di Valpolicella making traditional Ripasso and Amarone from nine hectares farmed by the Aldrighetti family since 1818.
Società Agricola Ripa della Volta S.r.l.Ripa della Volta is an organically certified Valpantena estate founded in 2015, farming 15 hectares of native varieties at altitude and producing a Corvina-led Ripasso that reads dry and fresh for the category.
Società Agricola SpadaFour-generation family estate in San Pietro in Cariano, farming 10 hectares in the Valpolicella Classica and producing Ripasso, Amarone, and Recioto by an artisanal appassimento method.
Societa Agricola Tedeschi Srl.A Valpolicella family estate since 1630, Tedeschi farms 48 hectares of hillside vines across the historic Classica zone and the high-altitude Maternigo property, producing Amarone from named single vineyards.
TedeschiTedeschi farms hillside vineyards across three named properties in Valpolicella, producing Amarone and Valpolicella wines from native Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella. The estate has vinified Amarone from its Monte Olmi terraces since 1964.
Tenuta MarcatiVerona-province label covering Custoza, Valpolicella, Ripasso and Amarone, with a family history that runs from a wartime pharmacy to a drinks company distributed across more than 40 countries.
Tenuta San LeonardoA former monastery on the Adige in southern Trentino, farmed organically and built around a Bordeaux-variety red that Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga shaped through a long association with Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, the creator of Sassicaia.
Tenute Ca'BottaYoung Valpolicella estate committed entirely to dried grape wines, from its flagship Cajo' Amarone down through two Ripasso wines, using its own patented Fermentino Ca'Botta fermentation method.
Tommasi ViticoltoriFourth-generation family estate in Valpolicella Classica, best known for Amarone from two named cru vineyards, dried three months and aged three years in large Slavonian oak. The estate holds 242 hectares across Verona province and produces Lugana from a separate holding at Desenzano del Garda.
Vigna '800Vigna '800 makes authentic wines from its own vineyard grapes, guided by traditions handed down by founder Gino.
Vini Pietro ClementiA hillside estate in Marano di Valpolicella farming 14 contiguous hectares of Corvina-dominant vines at altitude, without synthetics, fining, or filtering.