February 2023 Virginia and I, have been invited as everybody else from the wine business to the Amarone Opera Prima event in Verona, the annual showcase organized by Valpolicella Consortium. This is not only the occasion to meet the 58 wine makers participating and to taste their 70 different Amarone wines (each producer can present […]

Apart from being the City of Love, Verona still has a lot to offer, most importantly for what concerns everyone’s favorite activity when in Italy: eating! Verona has an immense number of traditional recipes, some of them dating back to centuries ago, which are based on our typical local products. So, how does a traditional […]

we are honored to re-post a great article Sara, our sommelier, wrote for an American wine journal. Thank you so much for this great opportunity! Christopher Dispensa!    – Valpolicella, Veneto and Verona. As autumn is upon us what better way to greet her than with some of the finest wines in all of Italy […]

The Amarone is one of the oldest Italian wines. In the fourth century A.D. Cassiodorus, king of the Goths, described a wine called Acinatico. Probably by chance, the production of a completely dry Recioto wine gave origin to this wine in the past. Having obtained the DOC Controlled Denomination of Origin certification in 1968, the […]

Welcome to our virtual cooking class session! We would like to introduce you our Chef Andrea! He is passionate and he knows all the secrets to make a perfect Veronese menu!   Join him in his kitchen, and prepare this masterpiece of Italian gastronomic culture. You’ll learn with him how to prepare a great pasta […]

Greetings from Verona! Well, Italy is back in a partial lockdown and restrictions are back in place all over the country. Here in the Veneto, we luckily in the zone classified as ‘moderately affected’; the yellow zone. What does that mean?  Travel restrictions: During the day, in the yellow zone, we have no regional travel […]

When magazines write about wines for holidays, it makes us over here at Romeo and Juliet Wine Tour Agency ask ourselves: which holidays exactly? The crazy running around holidays? The endless paper cuts from wrapping unshapely gifts holidays? The celebrate with work friends holidays? Or the sit at home and watch movies with the family […]

Ready for a virtual wine tasting class? We’re bringing our top-rated Amarone wine tours from Verona direct to your home.  There is no sugar-coating it, collectively, and globally 2020 has been tough. And, here in Italy our experience was significant as one of the first places outside of China to be so dramatically affected by […]

The Amarone wine: a million dollar accident Amarone is a dry red wine DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita), which is only produced in  the Valpolicella wine Region, a valley in between Verona and Lake Garda. Valpolicella wine region received DOC status in 1968. It is influenced by the Lessini Mountains in the north and […]

Your cheat sheet: Valpolicella wines. Welcome to the Valpolicella wine region, a range of small valleys that slope southward on the hills above Verona. The world-class Valpolicella wines The Valpolicella wine region is a global producer of top red wine made up of four wine appellations: Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone, and Recioto. Broken down, Amarone della […]

If you come to visit Verona, you cannot miss the Wine journey into the valley of vineyards: Valpolicella land. Valpolicella’s name seems to originate in the Latin “Vallis –polis-cellae”, which literally translates to “valley of the many cellars”. It is a splendid hilly territory located just a few kilometers from Verona, a city of art […]

Dear Reader, if you are in Verona between next 15th and 18th of April or you are planning to visit our beloved city this article is for you. Let me introduce you Verona. General ideas Today Verona is in a strategic location, close to three areas known for wine production: red wine in Valpolicella Land, […]

COOKING CLASS IN VALPOLICELLA, LEARNING THE TERRITORY The first seasonal appointment of the cooking class in Valpolicella will be on next Saturday 21st of April in the suggestive Villa Serego Alighieri, a famous family property belonging to Dante’s dynasty. A full immersion experience is promised in this beautiful scenery while spending the whole evening in […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are very pleased to announce our newborn in Valpolicella – Verona, the Amarone wine vintage 2014 that will be officially introduced to the public next Sunday and Monday 4th and 5th February during the so called “Anteprima Amarone 2014” (litterally “The Amarone Preview”) taking place in Gran Guardia Palace located in […]

If you come to visit Verona you cannot miss the eno-gastronomic journey into the valley of wine: la Valpolicella. This area, mainly agricultural land, is spread over 240 Km on the north-west side of Verona, bounded by Venezian Pre-Alps, river Adige on the south and Valdadige on the west side. The famous villages of Valpolicella […]