The best wineries in Veneto.
«Respect, passion, a willingness of Terre di Leone, make of you an artisan of wine production and of labor in the vineyards, aware that technological innovation must necessarily be placed at the service of the natural course of time, waiting with patience that fruits are turned into wine».
The Terre di Leone company is a Young business actually located in the heart of Valpolicella Classica, specifically in the town of Marano di Valpolicella. His property extends to a total of 10 hectares in the rolling hills of Verona, of volcanic origin, 400 meters above sea level, all destined to vineyards.
The company owes its name to a stone arch called the Arch of Jupiter, clearly visible from the road that leads to Negrar (one of the five towns in the historical Valpolicella), next to which there is the farmhouse where, until a few years ago, the Fedrigo family lived.
The arch, dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth century was part of a series of 7 arches, along a path in the hilly area in the San Vito di Negrar locality. This name evokes in Luca Fedrigo memories of the past that he wanted to hand down the wines that are produced.
Luca, working for years for a prestigious winery in Valpolicella, to which he owes its experience and gratitude, is proposed as a young company but with an ancient heart, dynamic and well structured, careful to offer a unique product for its origins while maintaining the traditions that bind the wines of Valpolicella.
Much gratitude and friendship bind Luca to Luiz Alberto Barichello, wine producer in Brazil, Argentina and Tuscany (www.villabari.com.br) with which the winery has always worked.
In 2001, together, they created two important IGT wines, Rubeo and Pario, which are highly valued, both in European countries and also in North and South America, because of the particular composition of different grapes, among which the Amarone grapes, to say, Rondinella, Corvina and Molinara, stand out.
The history of our company began in Val d’Adige, in Trentino, where our family has always cultivated vines with passion.
With great–grandfather Onorio, in the years following the end of World War II, a small local trade of wine in casks began, wine that came from the grapes of his own vineyard. It is thanks to the entrepreneurial ability of grandfather Vittorio, who succeeded Onorio, assisted by his brother Bruno, that a winery was founded, in the 60s, in Serravalle all’Adige, built thanks to countless sacrifices and great determination.
The vineyard of the family thus becomes a true philosophy of life, so much to lead the grandfather, in the 70s, to buy more soil in the Veneto region in Pastrengo, in the area of Bardolino wine. The love for the land and the passion for wine were handed down also to the son of Vittorio, Fulvio, recently graduated in Oenology, who collaborated in the construction and management of the newly formed winery of Pastrengo. Over the years the farm area has increased, acquiring more and more skills and knowledge in the wine sector, paying more attention to the product quality and specializing in the making of Bardolino and Chiaretto wines.
In 2001 a vineyard on the hills of Umbria, in the area of Orvieto Classico, was purchased. Since 2006, the daughters Claudia, graduated in Oenology, and Giulia, with a diploma in Agriculture, joined the company, and in 2009 founded the new corporate brand “Benazzoli”, so the bottling of a careful selection of wines began.
Our philosophy is to recreate in wines the flavors of the land they come from, aiming particularly to the tradition and teachings of the past, without neglecting innovation and maintaining the same spirit, the same desire to improve and our passion for wine, that has always distinguished us.
Monte Dall'Ora Azienda Agricola is a family-run winery that produces high-quality organic wines using traditional grape varieties. Their vineyards are located on sun-drenched slopes with mineral-rich soils, providing an ideal environment for grape cultivation. The winery is committed to sustainable agriculture practices and produces full-bodied wines with distinct flavors and aromas that reflect the unique terroir of the region. They offer a range of red, white, and rosé wines that are perfect for any occasion.
Tommasi Viticoltori, a family business founded in 1902.
It is situated in Pedemonte, in the heart of the historic Valpolicella Classica, a strip of land that extends to the north–west of Verona,
among the plain, the Lessini Mountains and Lake Garda.
The hills of Valpolicella are a favored land not only for history, culture and traditions
but also for the beauty of the landscape and for the extraordinary vocation for vinegrowing.
From a tiny vineyard of grandfather Giacomo, Tommasi Viticoltori have consolidated over the years
and today extends for over 135 hectares of vineyards in the DOC zones of the province of Verona and 66 hectares in Tuscany Maremma.
Tommasi Viticoltori is run by the fourth generation of the family, each member with his/her own role and responsibility:
Giancarlo is oenologist and is the head of viticulture;
Pierangelo is the sales manager of foreign markets;
Piergiorgio is the head of the domestic market;
Stefano is the head of the regional market;
Francesca and Erica are the heads for the administrative department.
Michela, Barbara and Paola are the heads of Villa Quaranta Park Hotel.
The vineyards of San Pietro do not represent a company, but the dream of two sensitive people in love with nature. Sergio and Franca: my father and my mother.
In 1980 their journey in search of a place led them to Vogne di San Pietro, a unique estate, located on the hill of San Pietro in Sommacampagna moraine, between Verona and Lake Garda.
An island just a few steps from the city, nestled in the rolling high countryside (Summa Campania), caressed by the cool winds of the lake. From the search of a better quality in their vines, comes the desire to deal with nature and with the generous grapes of the moraine area.
The quality, already with the first harvest in 1981, essential to be present on the market, is now looking to express its own personality criticism compared with fashionable technicalities. In 2007 the friend Giovanni Boscani joined the company as a partner, who brought as a dowry, in addition to his professionalism in the industry, ten hectares of vineyards in the Valpolicella Classica area. The collaboration with his friend oenologist Federico Giotto, started already in 2000, produced a significant increase in quality, while respecting our style and territory.
Our wines are Custoza DOC, Bardolino DOC, Cordenosa IGT, rosé of pure Corvina, Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso DOC, Amarone Classico DOC, Refol IGT, important red wine from Cabernet Sauvignon raisin grapes and Merlot and Duecuori IGT, raisin of Moscato Giallo.
Historic farm founded in 1893, the Albino Piona winery has handed down for four generations the passion for wine, following with commitment and professionalism all the stages, from production to sale.
Guided tours in the company and tastings on reservation.
Other services available:
– Point of sale with typical wines of our own production
– Large selection of gift boxes and objects
– Comfortable tasting area
– Relaxing reading corner
The store is open from Monday to Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Menti Giovanni is a family–run company founded at the end of the nineteenth century. The founder, Menti Giovanni, who was the grandfather of the current owner (also named Giovanni), began with the trade of wine, previously produced for the personal consumption of the family.
To date, the company manages approximately 7.5 hectares of vineyards planted with Garganega and Durella, located in the classic hilly areas of Gambellara.
With these grapes dry white wines and sweet white wines made from dried grapes are produced.
All work is done directly by the company group, form the care of the vineyard to the bottling process (including sparkling wine). Wines are obtained with the maximum respect for nature and the traditions of the area, are closed with natural cork of excellent quality, and are elegantly packaged with appropriate to the product labels.
For years, these wines have been reviewed by the most important wine guides, and are bought by Italian restaurateurs, European importers, Americans, Asians and private consumers.
Renato Cecchin is a man in love with this area and with the grape variety that is produced here: Durela. Thanks to him, years ago, was saved from removal in favor of more commercial varieties and, thanks to him, the wine made from it has experienced a renaissance that has taken him outside the restricted area of production. Renato is in the company, taking the baton and bringing new ideas and methodologies.
Azienda Agricola Sandro De Bruno is a family-owned winery that produces high-quality wines using traditional winemaking techniques. They are committed to sustainable agriculture and work closely with nature to produce grapes of the highest quality. With its passion for winemaking, Azienda Agricola Sandro De Bruno produces a range of wines that reflect the unique terroir of the region, showcasing the best of its character and flavor.
IL MOTTOLO farm is located in the extreme southern part of the Euganean hills, in the province of Padua, and owes its name to the word “motoli”, which indicates the calcareous protrusions typical of these places.
It covers about 12 hectares in the municipality of Baone, with a small part that trespasses in the near municipality of Arquà Petrarca. The hectares of vines are 6. The remaining part is composed of wood and olive groves.
Our new philosophy is very simple: accurate work in the vineyards, low yields, strict selection of clusters, perfectly healthy and at right maturation, in order to limit the interventions in the winery.
The Vigneto Due Santi agricultural company was founded at the beginning of the 60s, when the construction of the winery was completed. After the purchase of the first country lands, the company continued to expand by incorporating piecemeal the areas of greatest vocation, and now covers an area of almost 35 hectares. Of these, 22 are occupied by the company’s vineyards, which are bordered to the north by a strip with olive trees that occupies a total area of 6 hectares. The rest of the estate consists of forests that frame the company’s territory in a landscape of great beauty.
From the square of the winery you can catch a glimpse of the center of the town, and visitors, surrounded and protected by the vineyards and olive groves of the estate, can breathe full air of the countryside.
The winery is designed to facilitate and optimize all the operations of vinification, from processing of grapes to aging and filling of wine, and very well cared, therefore, is the organization of the spaces according to the workflow. A small but cozy tasting area, finally, allows to deepen knowledge of the company’s products.
Basso Graziano Agricultural Company,
situated between the borders of Costozza and Lumignano on the eastern side of the Berici Hills, an area of ancient wine tradition, has been growing for three generations with entusiasm and professionalism its vineyards, producing always wines of quality.
The micro climate conditions and the peculiar geology that characterize the Hills make of it an area suited for the production of prestigious wines.
Here it produces the DOC Colli Berici wines, named
“Wines of Palladio”, and other types of wines from the local high quality grapes, blended with art in the winery.
Among the DOC wines, special attention must be given to Tocai Rosso, to which an itinerary has been dedicated, sign of the consideration that the CONSORTIUM FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE D.O.C. COLLI BERICI (to which the Basso company belongs), has towards this wine, very original, now typical of the Berici hills.
The company looks with interest at the future, bringing both in the winegrowing and in the oenology fields some improvement, aimed especially to quality.
The cultivation of vines is followed with care, you can find two breeding systems: Spurred Cordon and Guyot, with a plant density higher than 5,000 vines per hectare. Expert appraisers make that nature and the health of the consumer are respected, using in a targeted way pesticide treatments, only in critical conditions, where the achievement of goal–fruit requires it.
Once obtained quality in the vineyard, grapes are worked with a love that only a family can give, joining to this the new methods from the world of winemaking and the modern winemaking machinery for crushing, pressing, replacement of the vinasse and control of fermentation temperatures (guided by a computer system) that allow to extract aromatic and colorant substances to give wine with strong colors and fine and intense fragrance.
Passion, innovation, exclusivity. These are the values that the Mattiello company of Costozza has been pursuing for three generations.
Since the early twentieth century up to our days, its commitment in producing wines of quality has never failed.
There, where a few million years ago there was the sea and now the Berici Hills complex rises, wine has always been produced, if it is true that among the lake–dwelling finds of Lake Fimon residues of Vitis vinifera silvestris seeds were found. Now, the fossils of that period, crushed by tectonic movements and the interference of men, confer that sapidity whicht is a distinctive note of the Berici Hills.
At the end of the Cenozoic or Tertiary Age, in the current Po Valley, the dismantling of the just emerged Alpine chain, generates the so–called “Molassa”: a clastic sedimentary rock which, together with sandstones and conglomerates, melts limestone and clay in those marls which give wine, along with quality, energy and aroma, given by the first, and a vivid color, alcohol and a full body, donated by the second.
At the same time there was the development of that volcanic activity of which the Berici Hills, like the neighbors Euganean and Lessinian Hills, are a legacy. Therefore, minerality is justified in the olfactory endowment of wines, with flavors of lava stone heated by the sun. Nature has done its part, but men has assisted it, taking care, here before than elsewhere, of their health and quality.
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località Porta 37020
Marano di Valpolicella (Verona)
«Respect, passion, a willingness of Terre di Leone, make of you an artisan of wine production and of labor in the vineyards, aware that technological innovation must necessarily be placed at the...
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Strada Roverina,1 37024
Negrar (Verona)
The company owes its name to a stone arch called the Arch of Jupiter, clearly visible from the road that leads to Negrar (one of the five towns in the historical Valpolicella), next to which there...
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Loc. Costiere, 25 37010
Pastrengo (Verona)
The history of our company began in Val d’Adige, in Trentino, where our family has always cultivated vines with passion.With great–grandfather Onorio, in the years following the end of World...
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Via Monte dall'Ora, 5 37029
Castelrotto (Verona)
Monte Dall'Ora Azienda Agricola is a family-run winery that produces high-quality organic wines using traditional grape varieties. Their vineyards are located on sun-drenched slopes with...
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Via Ronchetto, 2 37029
San Pietro in Cariano (Verona)
Tommasi Viticoltori, a family business founded in 1902.It is situated in Pedemonte, in the heart of the historic Valpolicella Classica, a strip of land that extends to the north–west of...
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Via San Pietro, 23 37066
Sommacampagna (Verona)
The vineyards of San Pietro do not represent a company, but the dream of two sensitive people in love with nature. Sergio and Franca: my father and my mother. In 1980 their journey in search of a...
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Palazzina di Prabiano, 2 37066
Sommacampagna (Verona)
Historic farm founded in 1893, the Albino Piona winery has handed down for four generations the passion for wine, following with commitment and professionalism all the stages, from production to...
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Via Dottor Bruzzo, 24 36053
Gambellara (Vicenza)
Menti Giovanni is a family–run company founded at the end of the nineteenth century. The founder, Menti Giovanni, who was the grandfather of the current owner (also named Giovanni), began with...
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via Agugliana, 11 36054
Montebello Vicentino (Vicenza)
Renato Cecchin is a man in love with this area and with the grape variety that is produced here: Durela. Thanks to him, years ago, was saved from removal in favor of more commercial varieties and,...
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Via Santa Margherita, 26 37030
Montecchia di Crosara (Verona)
Azienda Agricola Sandro De Bruno is a family-owned winery that produces high-quality wines using traditional winemaking techniques. They are committed to sustainable agriculture and work closely...
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Via comezzara,13 35030
Baone (Padova)
IL MOTTOLO farm is located in the extreme southern part of the Euganean hills, in the province of Padua, and owes its name to the word “motoli”, which indicates the calcareous protrusions...
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Viale Asiago 174 I 36061
Bassano del Grappa (Vicenza)
The Vigneto Due Santi agricultural company was founded at the beginning of the 60s, when the construction of the winery was completed. After the purchase of the first country lands, the company...
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Via Casoni, 1 36023
Longare (Vicenza)
Basso Graziano Agricultural Company,situated between the borders of Costozza and Lumignano on the eastern side of the Berici Hills, an area of ancient wine tradition, has been growing for three...
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Via Volto 57 36023
Longare (Vicenza)
Passion, innovation, exclusivity. These are the values that the Mattiello company of Costozza has been pursuing for three generations.Since the early twentieth century up to our days, its...
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Via del Castelletto, 1 36040
Sarego (Vicenza)
There, where a few million years ago there was the sea and now the Berici Hills complex rises, wine has always been produced, if it is true that among the lake–dwelling finds of Lake Fimon...
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