The Amarone Chateau guided tour and tasting in Valpolicella
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Verona, Italy
- 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
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- Offered in: English
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Overview
An immersive wine and art experience in the unique Amarone Venetian Villa and Chateau built between the 1500 and 1700’s at the center of Valpolicella’s history. You will taste the award-winning wines of brothers Giovanni and Guglielmo Bertani, whose family is among the founders of the wine region. Your guide will take you through the splendid neoclassical architecture, frescoed rooms, romantic gardens and the ancient vineyards of the Clos. The visit will continue on to the natural grape drying rooms, the original vinification area of the Amarone Classico Riserva, and down to the monumental ageing cellars with barrels that are over two hundred years old. Each tour will include a seated wine tasting.
- Take a small-group tour of the Tenuta Santa Maria Winery and estate
- Enjoy a fully-guided tour with an expert host-guide
- See the historic Amarone wine cellars
- Sample several wines made by the Gaetano Bertani Family
What's Included
- Gratuities
- Local taxes
- Bottled water
- Wine tasting
- Tour escort/host
- Lunch is not included
- Transportation to the Villa not included
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani - Villa MosconiVia Novare, 2, 37024 Arbizzano-Santa Maria VR, Italy
Departure Point: Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Address: Località Novare 4 - Arbizzano di Negrar 37024 - Verona Italy Directions: • 15 minutes by car, taxi or limousine service from Verona city center (Ask or Google Maps for Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani or Villa Mosconi).
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
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Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
- Guests in wheelchairs are welcome at our facility, but unfortunately not all parts of the villa are accessible for them. Please contact the winery directly.
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide and with others guests
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
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Alan_P, Jul 2026
The visit itself was very well done, an interesting guide showed us the house, gardens and wine making aspects (fermentation aging in barrels etc.) This was followed by wine tasting.
Only negative was getting back to Verona. Difficult to get a Taxi but the staff took us to a bus station from where we were able to get a bus back to centre of Verona. They should ensure that transport could either be included or was easily available when tours finished
Response from Host, Aug 2026
Thank you for your kind review. We’re delighted you enjoyed the visit, the estate and the wine tasting. We’re sorry for the difficulty in finding a taxi. Unfortunately, taxi availability is managed by external providers and is beyond our control. Our team is always happy to assist where possible. We hope to welcome you again!
Jona_W, Jun 2026
Very knowledgeable. Spoke English well. Not in a hurry. Very interesting. Beautiful grounds. Enjoyed
Thomas_H, Jun 2026
Easy to get to from Verona via bus, a short walk from the bus stop. Sofia was a great tour guide and wine tasting expert, she answered all of our questions and was a great host! I don't usually like white wine, but the one we tried was fantastic
Brooke_M, Jun 2026
We had some torrential weather which may have influenced how much tour happened but it was a great tour of the wine cellars and the tasting was informative and generous measures. We did get to see in the villa but only the one room so if you are looking to book then book for the wine and the villa is an extra. But the wine tasting itself was brilliant and thoroughly enjoyed.
Michael_B, Aug 2025
Fantastic wine and a beautiful villa. For those traveling without a rental car, go to Piazza Brà and use a taxi to get to the villa. The vineyard staff is extremely helpful and will call a taxi to return you to the Plaza at the end of the tour. Fantastic experience all around; I cannot recommend it enough.
ngoetze14, Jun 2025
This was a beautiful property with great wine! The guide, Greta, was also very knowledgeable and friendly. All around, this was a great experience & I highly recommend doing this tour!
Jessica_C, Dec 2024
It was a wonderful afternoon spent getting to know about the wine region especially the original story on how Amarone was discovered and made. Guide was very knowledgeable and wine tasting is generous too.
Janet_E, Oct 2024
Great wine tour with Zoe. She was thorough, friendly and knowledgeable. There were 2 ladies that arrived 45 minutes late to the tour and were quite demanding. Zoe handled this situation with grace even though they were rude.
Alexander_H, Sep 2024
Deep knowledge transfer of the wine production process. Great wines! Amazing location! I would do this tour again!
Jamie_M, Aug 2024
Sara was a great tour guide and very informative! Great hospitality, I would love to come back for another tasting some day!
Henri_K, Jul 2024
Wonderful estate, great wine and professional tour guide. The tour guide spoke perfect english and was really kind and helpful.
Chris_V, Jun 2024
It was a great tour and very beautiful grounds. Very easy to get to by bus or driving. The guide Magdalena was extremely knowledgeable. The family still operates this winery according to the guide. Its only about 30 minutes from the city center and the area opens up to beautiful wine country. Go for the tour drink the excellent wine and make a day of the area. The landscape is breath taking. Enjoy!
Melissa_K, Oct 2023
Rebecca was a wonderful guide/host. The wines were varied and very enjoyable and the estate is beautiful.
Fiorella D, Sep 2019
We wanted to surprise our friends to do a Bertani winery tour. First of all The Bertani winery was sold to a pharmaceutical company years ago, we found out after the fact. We requested an English tour the young inexperienced girl spoke very poor English she brought us to see the vineyards and inside of the villa where they were putting up a wedding venue. The barrel basement room which hasn’t been used in years is more of a museum and it smelled so musty. She took us to the wine tasting room and someone else took over to explain the wines in fluent italian, speaking so fast that I being of Iitalian heritage couldn’t catch on. It is definitely not a Bertani wine tour. This tour is highly misrepresented, the Bertani label and production was sold, the villa was kept by one of the brothers who is producing his own wine not Bertani wines and using this Villa to host events such as weddings.
Response from Host, Aug 2026
Dear Guest,
Thank you for visiting us and for sharing your thoughts. We'd like to offer a few clarifications, as there seems to have been some understandable confusion.
Wine has been made on this estate since the sixteenth century, and the Bertani family continues here, without interruption, growing its own vines and making its own wines under the name Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani. This is not a famous name borrowed for a new venture - it is the same family, on its original land. A visit here is a true Bertani family experience. The estate is today considered by wine lovers, trade and press one of the most important names in Italy's enological history, and its villa one of the most beautiful in the region.
Our wines are crafted with purity of origin and modern technology in the cellar, distributed worldwide and appreciated for their style and quality.
We're sorry the English-language tour didn't fully meet your expectations, and we take your note to heart: welcoming international guests in clear English matters greatly to us, and the tasting should always be paced so everyone can follow along.
We'd also gently note that our cellar is fully restored and very much alive: barrels over two hundred years old alongside the newer casks in use today - a working cellar, not a disused space.
We would be sincerely glad to welcome you back one day
Best Regards,
Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani
Beverly_W, Sep 2019
This was a great trip! it is the most beautiful setting, the tour was interesting and it was lovely to meet the others from Germany, Sweden and New Zealand. We thoroughly enjoyed the wine tasting and chatting to our new friends! We bought a bottle of their delicious Amerone which we haven't enjoyed yet but it made it back to the uk in one piece tucked away in the suitcase!!!
Iris S, Nov 2017
One of my favorite wine tours I've taken. A very easy taxi ride from Verona and the Villa will call you a taxi to come pick you up once it is done. I especially liked this tour because it wasn't about the making of wines but rather the history of the villa and the winemakers. It is family full of drama, love, lust, and everything else you feel would go into the passion of making wines. What a great experience and very happy we signed up for this opportunity. Also, the wine was delicious!
charliebyne, Jul 2017
Very friendly and informative guide. Lovely estate dog.
Wines were lovely and the young guide new a lot about them. The house and gardens are beautiful. We had the 4pm booking and no one else was on the tour.
Elizabeth D, Oct 2016
The tour was fantastic!!! All the family enjoyed so very much. The people very professional and with a great knowledge of the wines and history of the Bertani family. Also we had the pleasure to meet Mr. Bertani himself. Congratulations! Great job!
Fortunato D, Jun 2016
Complete waste of time. Very little of what was promised in your publicity material was actually delivered by the owners who seemed to have little notion of what we had signed up to and treated us as an inconvenient nuisance and distraction to the main activity of organising functions
Mlissa_L, Jul 2024
La villa et ses alentours sont très beaux.
L'accueil est charmant.
La dégustation est top
Très bon moment
Henrik_L, Aug 2023
Dejlig hotel og virkelig fine værgelse
søde værter
Rigtig dejlig morgenmad
Ligger godt i forhold til byen
Antonio_I, Jul 2022
Ottimi vini con descrizione dettagliata e supportata da immagini su schermo. Bellissima location con visita della villa antica, delle cantine e parco.
Guide molto preparate e con ottimo inglese (qualcuno anche di madrelingua).
Marco_S, Apr 2022
La villa e i giardini molto belli da visitare, interessanti da vedere gli strumenti e le botti che venivano usati anticamente per fare il vino, assaggi di vino con spiegazione fatta in maniera chiara e professionale
Claudia_S, Jul 2019
Die Führung durch die Villa Mosconi war sehr interessant und aufschlussreich. Auch die anschließende Weinverkostung hat uns gut gefallen. Allerdings hatten wir extra eine deutsche Führung gebucht, die jedoch auf englisch stattfand.
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