Valpolicella - The wine paradise

I would give Eugenio and the independent wine makers her took us to 10 or maybe even 20 stars if Viator let me. My husband and I have been on many wine tours around the world - both private and with small groups and this was one of the best we've ever taken. We were taken to three independent family wine makers and we learned about their history, the wines they make and more. Eugenio - who is quite funny - also knows his wine very well and having him take us around was beyond excellent. If you like small independent wine producers and getting to know people who care about growing grapes and producing small batch wines this is the tour for you (this is not the commercial drink as much to get drunk tour) We also had a fabulous lunch at a small family owned restaurant that Eugenio booked for us. We are so happy we took a private tour and we came home with some wines that we would not have found on our own and we met some of the most hard working passionate growers and wine makers in the Valpolicella region.

An amazing tour into the countryside outside of Verona. We visiting 3 wineries. Each one was so great. The wine was amazing, the information was amazing, the views were amazing and we stopped for lunch and the food was amazing! Our guide was a lot of fun to hang out with and did a great job of picking us up and driving us around and giving us the information we needed for a great day. We completely loved this tour! Well worth every penny, including all the wine we ordered to be ship! We can't wait to drink at home and remember our amazing trip.

Within 20-minutes of being picked-up from our apartment we were tasting wines at the first of three family wineries to be visited in the Valpolicella region on our day-tour of this wine paradise. The host at each winery explained how their family made their range of wines. Tasting began with the easy drinking wines suited for daily meals through to the stronger wines enjoyed with cheeses and the company of friends. One winery put dark chocolate out for us to have with their strong wine and it surprised us how it pleasantly mellowed the wine's taste. After the first winery we stopped at a family restaurant overlooking the lush, green valley and had a beautiful pasta and ragu lunch. The pasta strands were incredibly thin and crushed easily in your mouth. The last two wineries were both located nearby the restaurant. Each winemaker explained their approach to vinification and gave us samples of various vintages. The payment we made at each winery for tasting their wines was happily paid as all of the more than a dozen wines we sampled during the tour were flavorsome and enjoyable to taste. Our tour host was friendly and sociable and conversed easily in English with us. At the end of our tour we thanked him for having done the research to find such exceptionally nice wineries with very drinkable wines. We were very glad to have gone on our tour with him.