In 2001, with the entrance in the company of Michele, son of Amedeo, who gives continuity to the fourth generation of vinegrowers, the Tessari family took the decision, financially challenging but far–sighted, to build a wider and equipped with cutting edge facilities winery, along the road of Val d’Alpone. In the same year, the Tessari family decided to extend its experience in the near Valpolicella, purchasing vines on the hilly area of Montecchia di Crosara.
The new winery was inaugurated in September 2002, and was founded on the dynamic improvement of “Ca Rugate” which took place the latest decade. The entrance of Michele brought entrepreneurial liveliness, which allowed to make the company grow and establish itself from the quality and organization points of view. In these years, the most important growth in vine cultivation in the Tessari family’s vineyards took place. From 2002 to 2011 about 40 hectares were bought, in the most suited areas of the municipalities of Monteforte D’Alpone and Montecchia di Crosara, that added themselves to the current vinegrowing surface of 60 hectares. This strategic structural growth was supported by a widespread distribution of wines, that cross, nowadays, 97 provinces in Italy and 25 international borders.
