Valpolicella Winery Tour: Experience Winemaking and Wine Tasting with the Winemaker

Experience the art of winemaking and indulge in wine tasting at a family-owned winery in Valpolicella. Learn about the traditional Appassimento process and savor the flavors of Valpolicella, Ripasso, and Amarone wines.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

You’ll start with a walk in the vineyards surrounding our Winery in Marano di Valpolicella. We’ll tell you the family history about wines and estates. You’ll visit 17th century cellar and the special traditional room to dry grapes: Fruttaio. You’ll see steps of the wine process and the refinement of our great red wines in oak barrels. Finally you’ll taste a selection of our fine wines Valpolicella, Ripasso and Amarone, learning the evaluation by sight, smell and taste. We’ll pair it with our organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, local cheeses called Monte Veronese and Soppressa from Valpolicella (a kind of salami). Enjoy the view from our marvellous terrace where you can have the best view on the Valpolicella Hills! Find out more options on the website Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde! New features: give it as a gift with a customized experience voucher!

Points of Interest

  • Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde

  • Capitello al Gazzo

  • Verona

  • Marano di Valpolicella

  • Cortile Mercato Vecchio e Scala della Ragione

  • Ponte della Vittoria

  • Statue of Dante Alighieri

  • Ponte Scaligero

What's Included
  • Local cheeses Monte Veronese, salami della Valpolicella and special cherry chutney
  • Visit to 17th century cellar and private rural house
  • Stunning view on the Valpolicella hills from the terrace
  • A selection of our fine red dry wines Valpolicella, Ripasso and Amarone
  • Amarone wine tasting with the winemaker
Additional Information

Join us for a memorable excursion at our familial vineyard with the wine cultivator!

We are a unique boutique winery nestled in the center of Valpolicella, conducting activities to convey our love for Valpolicella and Amarone wines to our visitors (we provide it personally, without the intervention of third-party brokers or tour guides).

We’ll kick off by strolling through the vineyard, sharing the ancestral narrative of the winery and the estates. You’ll understand how to dry Amarone grapes in a traditional drying room, in a method known as Appassimento. We’ll explore our farmhouse and the 17th-century cellar used for wine fermentation and maturation. The finale will include a tasting session of a range of our exquisite wines such as Valpolicella, RIPASSO, and the exquisite AMARONE, learning to critique them visually, olfactorily, and gustatorily.

You’ll also relish our organic EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, local cheese known as Monte Veronese, and Soppressa Valpolicella (a variant of salami).

Looking forward to welcoming you on our breathtaking terrace overlooking Valpolicella!

Location
Verona
Meeting point: TENUTA SANTA MARIA VALVERDE loc. Gazzo 4 37020 Marano di Valpolicella VR Email us and the day before the Valpolicella experience we will send you the updated bus schedules or instructions for a shared shuttle with our other guests.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Angela_e
Sep 9, 2024
Fabulous place, tour and wine - Absolutely fantastic experience. Jacopo was brilliant at making contact and assisting with transport before the tour. Rachel did a fabulous tour and it was lovely to hear about the family history of this beautiful place. And it really is pretty. Wine was excellent. Cannot recommend this enough.
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Julia_c
Sep 3, 2024
Right Out of A Hallmark Movie! - We were late because I went to the wrong spot, but they were so gracious and told us not to worry! They waited for us and were very welcoming! We learned a lot about the wine making process! The light food was perfect with the amazing wine! This is exactly what you think of when you say you’re going to go to a vineyard in Italy! Thank you!
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Alisha_s
Sep 1, 2024
So fun - I had a great time. Very informative and friendly. The wine tasting was fantastic. Would highly recommend this tour for groups or single traveler
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Nastjapasic
Sep 1, 2024
Exceptional experience - Beautiful area and the history so beautiful presented by lovely guide, than tasting 3 different wines and have a snack with the delicious olive oil, different cheeses & salami.
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Andrea_h
Aug 30, 2024
Excellent excursion - Beautiful vistas, entertaining and engaging hosts that do what they do with love and passion. The wine was amazing and the food paired beautifully 💕
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Vaucian
Aug 24, 2024
A wonderful experience, one we will never forget ❤️🇮🇹 - We visited as a couple for the wine tasting and vineyard tour, with others doing the truffle hunt. Rachele, our guide, was excellent; very knowledgeable, accommodating and her descriptions, in English, were fantastic. After a tour, we were treated to 4 of the wines produced, with bread and oil, cheeses, olives (the veggie alternative to the salami), the most wonderful sweet but spicy cherry chutney, and some almond cake. The views were spectacular and the experience one we will never forget, well worth the money. The organiser will put on a transfer from the bus stop at Piazza Cadorna, but be aware that the cost for this is 100E, split between however many take up the offer, so in our case we shared with a lovely German couple and paid 50E each couple. - tip: bring bug bite cream or spray ahead of time.
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871marital
Aug 12, 2024
Perfect - It was perfect. You can go to Italy just for this experience! The wine was amazing and so was the view and every one working there.
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Chase_p
Sep 12, 2024
Fun trip to Valpolicella - The region and location is beautiful and the staff is very knowledgeable. We had slight confusion as I expected transportation to be included based on the description but it is not.
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Deb_l
Sep 9, 2024
Beautiful Spot - The location was beautiful. The information and tour was very interesting. The eating area and food were yummy. The only thing I was disappointed about was we were left out at the table for a long period of time with nobody around.
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Caff_c2022
Aug 29, 2024
Beautiful experience - Beautiful place, the wines from the tasting are great. Reception of the lady with whom we toured the cellar very good, kind and nice. For the price paid it would be better to change the glass for each wine and have an explanation of the wine from the oenologist for each type.
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