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: 24 hours
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…

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…

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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Celena_g
Jun 23, 2025
This was a lovely and... - This was a lovely and picturesque experience. Llaria was very sweet and knowledgeable. The wine was delicious! I would just be aware that the pinned location on the map is not accurate; you actually have to take a 30-minute bus outside the city and then be picked up by car there.
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Calum_m
Jun 15, 2025
Excellent! Highly recommend! - This trip was excellent! We couldn’t have been happier with our experience. The staff were so welcoming, knowledgable and passionate. Our guide was superb! The wine was incredible and the food provided was delicious. The scenery and back drop was beautiful too. We thoroughly enjoyed our time on this excursion from start to finish. The surprise “puppy party” was also extremely welcomed!! The whole activity lasted approximately 2.5 hours, which more than a sufficient amount of time to enjoy the day. The organisers booked us a taxi, which was €100 round trip. We were luckily with another couple who we split the cost of this with. We would highly recommend this to anyone who wishes to visit a vineyard if you are visiting locally!
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Wanderer37790753476
Jun 4, 2025
Memories for a lifetime!! - Lovely experience!! Very pleased with our visit to this vineyard. Nice host to fine balance between content to hygge!! Recommended
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160paveln
May 16, 2025
Visit in Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde - It was an amazing experience with a private visit of a wine house and vineyards. Their wines are outstanding! And Ilaria is a great host!!!
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R9600nxbilln
Apr 26, 2025
KY comes to Italy! - Such a great experience! It exceeded our expectations, we enjoyed the vineyard tour and the wine tasting experience. Beatrice was a charming guide and so informative of the process. Nicola and Beatrice were both so fun during the tasting in their lovely tasting room and so inclusive with all of the guests. Definitely recommend this experience!
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Mark
Mar 31, 2025
Stunning vineyard - My wife and I came to this stunning vineyard and a fantastic and enjoyable afternoon. We came from Lake garda, which wasn't ideal as didn't quite realise how far it was (reacearch better next), but directions and assistance from our wine guide was good. On the day we had a tour of the vineyard estate and the cellars were all the wine is stored and produced in the amazing wine they sell. We tried delicious white, then the valipolicella classico, superior, and then Amerone 😍. We had some lovely salami and three different cheeses to sample them with, plus and delicious condiment which I've never hadin italy called mustardo!! Cherry's with mustard?? Sounds strange, but trust me, perfect with wine and cheese. We also finished the afternoon with lemon chello and grappa. We also meet mother and daughter from America, which also made the afternoon interesting and fun. Thank you, and good luck for the future 🍷🇮🇹👌
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Nathalie_s
Jun 3, 2025
Beautiful property - The place is beautiful and it is a boutique winery. The guide was super nice. Food and wine very good portions. The only complaint is the fact that Viator had this tour starting in Verona, when it was actually starting in the vineyard. A bus travel from center of Verona. After 2 rescheduling we were able to take the tour.
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Preben
Jun 20, 2025
Ok wine tasting. - We took the bus to a city close by. Was picked up by a tiny car together with another couple. Cosy wine farm, but no wine making in progress since out of season as to be expected. A little noisy with two workers with lawnmovers below. Went ower the road to see some wine ranks, and then back to do wine tasting. Tasted three nice wines, with a few cheeses and bread. Shown around to see the tanks where wine was being stored while she told about the process.
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Rukosharuko
Mar 30, 2025
Bait-and-Switch Tour Scam - One of the conditions for joining the tour was that I would be picked up at Verona station. They confirmed the pickup, so I registered. However, after booking, they informed me that the shuttle was no longer available and that I would be charged 100 euros for a private transfer—unless I took a public bus that departs before my train even arrives. Naturally, I refused what felt like a bait-and-switch. I requested a refund multiple times before the tour started, but Jacopo, the tour operator, repeatedly denied it with endless excuses. I eventually left a negative review on Google, and the context of his response was that I am unreasonable. Expecting clients to take public transportation—especially when a shuttle was promised—is not a reasonable alternative. The rest of the tour may or may not be enjoyable ~ I would not know because I did not participate. They did not even offer partial refund, Jacopo kept the profit in his pocket.
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Haruko_u
Mar 28, 2025
Disappointing Experience - The tour was initially 70 euros including shuttle service and I only booked it after the pick-up was confirmed by a Viator agent. The night before the tour, the operator informed me that they will not provide shuttle for their financial reason and now I need to pay 100 euros for a private pick up if I do not want take public transportation to get to the winery outside the city on my own. I then requested for refund as I did not want to take public transportation, and it was not fair to be charged for a pick up for their reason, not my reason. Jacopo, the winery’s tour operator refuse to provide refund. He also lied to Viator saying I agreed to join the tour after I told him that I am not. Extremely unprofessional and untrustworthy business conduct.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).