Valpolicella Wine Tours: Bertani

Bertani is one of Valpolicella most renowned and prestigious winery. Its products are exported and appreciated all over the world. Is one of the first wineries who in the 1950s started producing the modern Amarone as a marketable wine, a product that for centuries had been produced mainly for local consumption.

Bertani winery is in Villa Novare, a XVIII century baroque style villa in the middle of a green valley in the east side of Valpolicella Classica, the original Valpolicella producing area, and host a long tradition in wine making.

Bertani is still following the traditional method: natural reeds racks for the four months grapes drying process and at least five years aging in big Slavonia oak barrels. The result is a full bodied Amarone, yet mellow, supple and full of harmony. A real "meditation wine".

Bertani's Amarone can age for decades. Some of their top selling bottles are vintages from the 60's and 70's which, according to experts, could even get better, if someone could wait any longer before drinking it once they buy it...

At Bertani, it's possible to visit Villa Novare with its painted ceiling representing the flowing of time in the countryside, its romantic park, the fascinating Amarone grapes drying lofts and the old cellar: a real wine making museum with its ancient oak barrels.

The visit is followed by a wine tasting chosen from Bertani's selection. The basic tasting consist of 3 different Bertani wines: Soave from their estates in eastern Verona, Valpolicella Ripasso and the famous Amarone Classico. For the 4 wines superior tasting: Valpolicella Classico, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Amarone and Recioto.

Villa Novare can also be rented and become a luxury location for wedding ceremonies, parties, events, meetings, cooking classes.

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