Wine
The Valpolicella region consists of 8 municipalities: Sant’Anna d’Alfaedo, Dolcè, Pescantina, Marano, Fumane, Negrar, Sant’Ambrogio, San Pietro in Cariano, the last five of which are included in Valpolicella Classica, the core of the area where the first vineyards were planted to produce the well known wines that bring the same name.
A wider region now produces the same styles of wine, certainly with no less quality or prestige. All Valpolicella wines are red, typically from a blend of red local grapes: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara to name the most popular. The style of wine that results range from easy drinking fruity dry wines, made with fresh grapes, to more structured and aged ones, Superiore and Ripasso, where a part of dried grapes may be used. Then there are the wines made only with dried grapes: the full bodied dry Amarone and the sweet Recioto. The quality and complexity of these wine of course is reflected by an increasing price, justified by the very low yield in producing a wine form dried grapes.
A good match for these wines could be found in the typical dishes of the area, which are often based upon duck, rabbit or horse meat – either as main course or as dressing for pasta – or the local Monte Veronese cheese in different degrees of ageing.
Route highlights
- Vinyard lined roads of the famous wine producers Masi, Sartori, Tommasi and Serego Alighieri weave towards Lake Garda.
- Varied gradient slopes of Valpolicella, Lake Garda and Lessinia.
- Easy access to bigger days out in Monte Baldo and Lessinia.
- Flatter routes south of Lake Garda to Sommacampagna/Valeggio and Mincio river, and the white wine territory of Soave to the east.
- Historical Verona with excellent sightseeing opportunities and great hospitality, Valerio Catullo airport 30min.
