{"id":89,"date":"2012-07-17T21:24:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T21:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2023-08-24T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:32:04","slug":"wine-tasting-tours-at-bertani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wineries\/valpolicella-wineries\/a-chateau-in-valpolicella","title":{"rendered":"Villa Mosconi Bertani Wine Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 18th century fa\u00e7ade of Villa Mosconi Bertani.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Villa Mosconi-Bertani is one of the most renowned and historical villas<\/strong><\/em> in Valpolicella, architecturally and historically the closest to the idea of a French chateau.<\/span> The very history of Valpolicella and the Amarone is deeply rooted in this place with its magic atmosphere.
\nVilla Mosconi-Bertani was built by Giovanni Fattori, a rich silk merchant, in XVIII century<\/strong> in a quite sober Baroque style<\/strong> typical of northern Italy. It is located in the center of the beautiful and peaceful Novare valley, surrounded by 200 acres of vineyards<\/strong> in the territory of Negrar<\/strong>, one of the five villages inside Valpolicella Classica<\/strong><\/a>, the original Valpolicella<\/a><\/strong> and Amarone<\/a><\/strong> wine producing are. <\/span>
\nGiovanni Fattori bunkrupted and sold the unfinished villa to noble Mosconi family<\/strong> that completed it and had the beautiful central hall decorated with gorgeous frescoes representing ancient Greek myths, allegories of nature, agriculture and arts making the villa a quite lively cultural center.<\/p>\n

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The painted ceiling of villa Mosconi-Bertani. The fresco represents Flora, goddess of Nature and agriculture, surrounded by personifications of the four season, Zephyrus, the god of winds and Apollo on his chariot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The birth of the Amarone<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unlike many other wineries in Valpolicella, where in the past wine was only part of a wider agricultural production that included grains, olive oil, fruits and was mainly made for local consumption in small cellars, here at Villa Mosconi-Bertani a big, functional and well equipped cellar<\/strong> was built from the beginning and used to produce big amounts of wine, also exported outside local markets.
\nValpolicella Cooperative Winery of Valpolicella<\/strong> bought the villa in the 30s of 20th century and made it its main cellar.
\nAccording to the legend it is here that Amarone<\/strong> was made for the first time. In 1936, Adelino Lucchese, cellar master of the Cooperative Winery of Valpolicella, forgot a barrel of sweet Recioto<\/strong><\/a> that aged too long. Afraid of having spoiled the wine inside he tasted it and was so surprised by the very pleasant dry, bitter palate that screamed: \u00abquesto vino non \u00e8 amaro, \u00e8 un Amarone<\/em>\u00bb. \u00abThis is not a bitter wine, this is a great bitter\u00bb. The wine was bottled here and released on the market for the first time in 1939 with the name Recioto Amaro<\/em><\/strong>: Bitter Recioto.<\/p>\n

Bertani<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the early 50s Villa Mosconi-Bertani in Novare was bought by Bertani<\/strong><\/a>, already one of the most modern and important wineries in Verona province. Their headquarter was in Valpantena<\/strong>, on the eastern side of Verona, outside Valpolicella Classica. They wanted to produce wine in the hitstorical area of Valpolicella too so they bought the cellar and started a modern production of Amarone which has continued until today. They still have on sale 1958 vintages of Amarone<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Tenuta Santa Maria<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 2011 Bertani winery and brand were bought by the Angelini Group. The label of Amarone Classico Bertani still reproduces a drawing of the facade of Villa Mosconi-Bertani.
\nHowever, the Bertani family retained ownership of the villa, which became the centerpiece of their new winery, Tenuta Santa Maria.<\/p>\n

Wine Tours<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The tour of Mosconi-Bertani estate<\/strong> is a quite unique experience. Before the tasting there is a guided tour of the villa<\/strong> with its frescoed salon<\/strong>, the English style park<\/strong> with pond, romantic garden and vineyards<\/strong>. The tour continues with a visit of the hisorical drying lofts<\/strong> for the grapes of Amarone and the cellar<\/strong> with huge oak casks, some of which from the 1800s (these not in use any more).<\/p>\n

The tasting<\/strong> takes place in one of the beautiful rooms of the villa and can be accompanied by a tasty snack of bread, cheese and salami. Wines on tasting are those made in Bertani family’s winery: Tenuta Santa Maria<\/strong>. Tasting usually includes Soave<\/strong>, Valpolicella Ripasso<\/strong> and of course Amarone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The tour of Tenuta Santa Maria estate offers the chance to taste excellent wines deepening the knowledge of Valpolicella and Amarone together with a visit to a gorgeous Italian baroque style country villa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suitable both for individual wine tourists<\/strong> and groups<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Villa Mosconi Bertani can also be rented and become a luxury location for wedding ceremonies<\/strong>, parties<\/strong>, events<\/strong>, meetings<\/strong>, cooking classes<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For further information or to book an Amarone tour that includes Tenuta Santa Maria winery at Villa Mosconi please contact us at: info@amaronetours.it<\/a><\/strong> or call +39 389 983 5269.
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  Villa Mosconi-Bertani is one of the most renowned and historical villas in Valpolicella, architecturally and historically the closest to the idea of a French chateau. The very history of Valpolicella and the Amarone is deeply rooted in this place with its magic atmosphere. Villa Mosconi-Bertani was built by Giovanni Fattori, a rich silk merchant, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":79,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2954,"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/2954"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}