Cantina Valpolicella Negrar

Cantina Sociale Valpolicella was founded at Villa Mosconi, Arbizzano di Negrar, on 23 August 1933. Its founding members were Gaetano Dall’Ora, Carlo Vecchi, Giovanni Battista Rizzardi, Marco Marchi, Pier Alvise Serego Alighieri and Silvio Graziani.

Cantina Sociale Valpolicella was awarded a Certificate of Special Mention at the Brussels International Exposition in 1935.

1936 Gaetano Dall’Ora, the winery’s president, tasted some over-ferm...

The Valpolicella Classica region is the home of our cooperative winery, cradle of the local grape-producing tradition and birthplace of the great wines with which it is synonymous.

The hills of Valpolicella Classica are a swath of lush woodland, marble quarries and marogne, the dry-stone walls used to terrace the region’s pergola vineyards.
Parish churches, country houses and old palazzos pepper the sleepy local villages and are characteri...

In winter, when the vines are dormant, producers decide how they will grow by modelling their shape, thus ensuring that grapes can be harvested later that year. In March producers finish binding the vines and check the health of the young buds in what is an important and delicate moment.

In April the vineyard awakens after its winter slumber amidst the white flowers of cherry trees. The vines bleed gently and their lymph begins to flow...

Since 1933, Cantina Valpolicella Negrar has told the story of men and women devoted to the crafting of quality wines: the finest, sincerest expression of a region home to more than 700 hectares of vineyards.

Our grape-producers work with a smile, keen eye and dedication in a region that lingers in the heart. Cantina Valpolicella Negrar is historic cooperative winery with 230 members: families who work under the guidance of a highly qualifie...