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    Italy's Valpolicella v iney ar ds, just outside Verona. Photogr aph: John Bru nton

    The vineyards of the Valpolicella region begin just outside the city of Verona, and stretch

    in two directions from the romantic home of Romeo and Juliet: west towards Lake

    Garda, at the historic heart of this very traditional wine, and to the east, where younger,

    more modern winemakers are making their mark. The region produces only red wines,

    and although its reputation suffered in the past as the kind of cheap vino you'd order in a

    pizzeria, today it is producing some of Italy's finest. Most winemakers are open for

    tastings, and many are opening B&Bs too. The hearty cuisine of the Veneto region goes

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    Italy's Valpolicella wine route: top 10guideVerona's vineyards, once renowned for churning out basic pizzeria

    plonk, are now producing some of the country's finest reds. From

    tastings over home-cooked pasta to stays in an 'agriturismo', here

    are our key picks for a tasty tour of the region

    John Brunton

    guardian.co.uk, Thursday 4 April 2013 09.00 BST

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    perfectly with either a light valpolicella classico or a potent bottle of amarone, and there

    are plenty of rustic osterie and family-run agriturismito choose from. Verona is also

    currently preparing for one of the world's most important annual wine expos, Vini Italy

    (7-10 April), where more than 4,000 producers will be trying to impress visitors

    through tastings, workshops and competitions.

    WINEMAKERS TO VISIT

    Le Bignele

    Le Bignele and its

    surrounding vines

    The Aldrighetti family have been tending their vines in the hills high above the village of

    Marano since 1818 and this is the perfect place to begin understanding valpolicella. The

    key grape for creating the wine's character is the intense corvina, only grown in this

    region, which is combined with smaller quantities of other local varieties, such as

    molinara, rondinella and corvinone. The result is a wine that caters for every taste and

    budget. This is a small, nine-hectare vineyard, more rustic than sophisticated, but its

    vintages are exceptional value for money. The 2008 valpolicella classico is young, fresh,

    easy to drink and priced at 5; an elegant 2003 ripasso, whose grape pomace has been

    macerated to add body, offers excellent quality for 7-10, while a 2007 amarone costs

    16, half of what you will pay in many wineries. Amarone is a unique wine the grapes

    are firstly dried for three to four months (thepassito process) before fermentation

    begins, and then aged mainly in oak for a minimum of three years. It ranks as one of the

    greatest Italian red wines, though the high alcohol content it can rise to a heady 17%

    can take a bit of getting used to. Every tasting here ends with recioto, a luscious sweet

    dessert wine that is the perfect pairing for sticky chocolate cake.

    Via Bignele 4, Frazione Valgatara, Marano di Valpolicella, +39 045 7755061,

    lebignele.it

    http://www.lebignele.it/http://www.vinitaly.com/EN
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    Tezza

    A tasting session gets

    underway at Tezza. Photograph: John Brunton

    The Tezza family's 25-hectare estate is just outside the historic heart of Valpolicella in

    the sheltered microclimate of the Valpantena valley. Their cantina is an intriguing mix of

    modern and traditional, with ancient cement cisterns alongside gleaming steel vats and

    giant oak casks. Some of the vines are planted in the classicpergola method, where the

    grapes hang high, protected from both sun and humidity, while the rest have been

    converted to the much lower French guyotsystem, which is tantamount to heresy for

    old-fashioned winemakers. The three Tezza brothers began their winery in 1965, andnow it is run by their three sons, Flavio, Vanio and Federico. Vanio says: "We are against

    the present trend of a dolce valpolicella and amarone, which many winemakers seem to

    think the market wants, and we prefer to produce wines to our own principles, with

    plenty of tannin to age well, and drier." Don't miss their intense 2009 Valpolicella

    Superiore Ripasso at 9, and the 2003 amarone, at 30, is worth splashing out on.

    Stradella Maioli, Valpantena, +39 045 550267, tezzawines.it

    Massimago

    http://www.tezzawines.it/
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    Massimago's

    winemaker Camilla Rossi Chauvenet took over when she was 20 years old. Photograph:

    John Brunton

    It takes more than a satnav to find this rambling estate, surrounded by thick forest. A

    visit here is like a breath of fresh air, as the young viticoltore, Camilla Rossi Chauvenet,

    who took over in 2003 when she was 20, is determined to break out of the mould of

    traditional Valpolicella wines and offer something modern and innovative. She

    concentrates on a limited range no ripasso or recioto and even the amarone is fresh,

    not overpowering, and there are surprising experiments, including ros and sparkling

    varieties. "This is not an old-fashioned winery: we're not trying to copy the wines of our

    nonno [grandfather]," says Camilla. Customers can create their own personalised label,

    and Massimago commissions a piece of classical music for each wine, with the idea that

    you listen to the music (downloadable from their website) as you drink. The on-site wine

    relais, a fabulously luxurious four-room B&B, is not a steal at 125 a night, but comes

    with a tempting pool overlooking the vineyard, plus spa, hammam and sauna.

    Via Giare 21, Mezzane di Sotto, +39 045 8880143, massimago.com

    Valentina Cubi

    http://www.massimago.com/
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    Rolling out the barrels

    at Valentina Cubi. Photograph: John Brunton

    Valentina Cubi is another of the innovative female winemakers who symbolise the new

    generation in Valpolicella, but on arriving for a tasting at her state-of-the-art winery, be

    prepared to meet a dynamic viticoltore who looks more like everyone's favourite auntie.

    Her eight-hectare v ineyard is certified organic still a rarity in Italy and she is

    beginning to use biodynamic principles, producing Sin Cero, an excellent experimental

    "natural" valpolicella, which contains no sulphites at all. Valentina's first wines only came

    on the market in 2005, when she retired from teaching in a local school ("If only I were

    30 years younger," she says), yet she has already gained critical acclaim for her

    uncomplicated, direct wines, reflecting her philosophy that "real valpolicella doesn't have

    to have pretensions, and should be light, easy to drink, even accompanied just by a plate

    of salami". Prices begin competitively at 7, and this is one of the few places where you

    can buy older vintages of amarone, all at the same price, whereas most winemakers hike

    up the price for each extra year. It's open to the public, but call ahead first.

    Localit Casterna 60, +39 045 7701806, valentinacubi.it

    OSTERIE AND ENOTECHE

    Osteria Numero Uno

    http://www.valentinacubi.it/
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    Numero Uno, an

    osteria that's full of personality. Photograph: John Brunton

    This is one of those old-fashioned osterie that everyone dreams of discovering. Delicious

    aromas waft out of the kitchen as you walk in. The wooden bar is packed with

    winemakers having a drink, either dressed in work overalls or making a good impression

    on potential customers over lunch. You can try a 2 glass of the house wine, a rustic

    valpolicella classico from a local village, which the owner buys in demijohns rather than

    by the bottle, or a refined amarone for 5, made by either Allegrini or Bertani, two of

    Valpolicella's finest producers, whose wineries are both nearby. The food is traditional

    Veronese cuisine simple, hearty portions, inexpensive and totally delicious beef

    cheeks braised in amarone with creamy polenta, pumpkin gnocchi smothered in smoked

    ricotta and minced pork, and the famouspastissada de caval, a rich, slow-cooked stew

    of horsemeat, which is almost becoming fashionable now after the tainted-beef scandal.

    Via Garibaldi Giuseppe, Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, +39 045 7701375,

    osterianumero1.com

    Antica Osteria Le Piere

    Le Piere offers over

    http://www.osterianumero1.com/
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    250 wines, all available by the glass. Photograph: John Brunton

    The main street of the winemaking village of Mizzole is dominated by the severe stone

    mansion that since the 1700s has housed Osteria Le Piere. The owner, Maurizio Poerio,

    is a self-trained chef and totally passionate about wine. While the menu sticks faithfully

    to local dishes, he introduces seasonal specialities too asparagus, pumpkin, wild game.

    The wine list stretches to an impressive 250 bottles and Mario vows, "I'll open any one

    of them to serve by the glass, and if the bottle isn't finished, we'll just serve it later at the

    bar". Start off with the affettatiof smoky cured ham, salami and lardo (pretty much

    100% pork fat and irresistible as long as you ignore cholesterol and calories). There are

    half a dozen different pastas, but also tasty homemade soups, such as chestnut and

    porcini mushrooms, then daily specials, such as maialino con miele, tender suckling pig

    roasted in honey. The three courses cost 15, and as you leave the cosy dining hall you'll

    see Maurizio has finished in the kitchen and is holding court, brandishing a bottle of

    valpolicella ripasso, with a bunch of grizzled regulars.

    Via Nicolini 43, Mizzole, +39 045 8841030

    VINEYARD AGRITURISMI

    Agriturismo San Mattia

    San Mattia a

    working farm offering accommodation, tastings and slow food. Photograph: John

    Brunton

    High above the city of Verona, with stunning views, San Mattia is like no other

    agriturismo in the Valpolicella region. It is not just a vineyard, but a working farm with

    chickens, ducks and horses, olive groves, vegetables and fruit trees. The enthusiastic 26-

    year-old owner, Giovanni Ederle, took over his family's vast greenhouse and radically

    transformed it into a 14-room B&B, with an open-plan dining room, lounge and games

    area, and quiet salon for tasting his wines. Whenever possible, everything is prepared

    here, including the freshly laid eggs at breakfast, and the creative chef proposes a 25,

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    five-course menu showcasing his slow-cooked, vacuum-sealed cuisine, which even

    includes vegetarian dishes. But Giovanni's great passion is valpolicella, which started

    with a first vintage in 2008 of what he admits was a "garage wine" and is now overseen

    by talented young oenologist Silvia Baratella. The wines are fresh and uncomplicated,

    starting at 8.50 a bottle, up to his showcase 2009 amarone at 40.

    Via Santa Giuliana 2, Verona, +39 045 913797, agriturismosanmattia.it, doubles

    from 85, B&B

    Relais Antica Corte Al Molino

    Relais Antica Corte Al

    Molino, a rustic farmhouse with six guest rooms. Photograph: John Brunton

    Despite its rather grand name, this six-room agriturismo is actually a rustic farmhouse,

    surrounded by vineyards and olive groves. The rooms are comfortable, but it is worth

    paying 100 a night for their much more spacious apartments, which come with a fully

    equipped kitchen. Guests also have use of a shady gazebo looking out over the

    Valpolicella hills, which is perfect for picnics or tasting the Mazzi brothers' wines. But the

    agriturismo is only part of what the two owners, Stefano and Antonio, offer guests. Ten

    minutes' walk away is their cantina and family trattoria, open by reservation fromThursday to Sunday, and housed in a rambling mansion complete with a 16th-century

    watermill. The food is delicious, with an enormous four-course meal priced at 26,

    including a traditional risotto all'amarone, cooked in this intense red, while for 45 you

    can taste a different wine from the brothers' production with each course. Try their

    luscious sweet recioto, dark as squid ink, and you'll surely end up buying a bottle.

    Sanperetto di Negar, +39 045 7502072, robertomazzi.it, doubles from 85, B&B

    REGIONAL SPECIALITIES

    Corrado Benedetti

    http://www.robertomazzi.it/http://agriturismosanmattia.it/
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    Wheels of cheese at

    Corrado Benedetti. Photograph: John Brunton

    Corrado Benedetti's delicatessen is a one-stop emporium for every regional product

    imaginable the highest qualitysalumi, prosciuttiandformaggi, but also pickled

    vegetables, fruitymostarda (an Italian condiment), and locally grown rice and lentils.

    Corrado passionately tracks down the best cheese, sausage makers and farmers in the

    region, and his talent is as a creative affineur take his coppa ham, marinated in a

    valpolicella ripasso wine, and smokypancetta wrapped in fragrant mountain herbs. The

    place is not easy to find, at the end of a road that zigzags past vineyards, high up into

    thick forests towards the border between the Veneto and Trentino regions. The shop is

    half showroom, half bar/tasting room, where for 12 you are served a tempting selection

    of his best products along with a glass of valpolicella. Corrado also runs Bosco Allegro, a

    great picnic initiative from April to October, selling marinated spare ribs, ready for

    grilling on the public barbecues behind the deli on the edge of the woods.

    Via Croce dello Schioppo, Sant'Anna d'Alfredo, +39 045 7545186, corradobenedetti.it

    Frantoio Salvagno

    Olive oil straight from

    http://www.corradobenedetti.it/http://www.boscoallegro.it/
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    the surrounding groves at Frantoio Salvagno. Photograph: John Brunton

    The Frantoio Salvagno is just 10km outside Verona, at the foot of vine-clad hills, but it is

    olive oil they sell here and not wine. Olives are as a much a part of the Valpolicella

    culture as grapes, but although every winemaker has groves, few actually make their

    own oil, preferring to come to professionals such as the Salvagno family, whose mill has

    been pressing olives since 1923. Walk into thefrantoio (olive mill) and the original 90-

    year-old machinery still stands at the entrance. It 's not just for show, as it is still used by

    local cultivators who have only a few olive trees and so book an hour's slot to make their

    own oil. Out the back, though, is futuristic modern machinery, which produces 250,000

    litres a year. Giovanni Salvagno, the third generation to run the business, still supervises

    everything, ably assisted by his daughters, Francesca and Cristina, and their frisky

    labrador, aptly named Oliva.

    Contrada Gazzego 1, Nesente Valpantena, +39 045 526046, oliosalvagno.it

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