Romano Dal Forno winery
This name actually always comes up among wine lovers when it comes to Italy's absolute top wines. Romano dal Fornos Amarone costs almost as much as a Grand Cru of the top ch teaux from Bordeaux. His Amarone Monte Lodoletta matures at least seven years before it comes onto the market. He copied this from his role model Giuseppe 'Bepi' Quintarelli. Romano was just 22 years old. Some locals often lovingly called him 'Bepis Lehrbub'. In 1983, Romano dal Forno filled his first Amarone. At the same time, the young perfectionist realized that his idea of quality could only be achieved in a clean new cellar. He, therefore, sat down and planned a for this at that time quite poor rural area an almost crazy huge, castle-like complex. For the area where the grapes are dried, Romano dal Forno has invented a unique technical solution that allows huge fans to be moved over the grapes to control uniform temperature, ventilation, and humidity. And so, he recently bought nearly eight and a half hectares of vineyards in pergola education, planted in the early 1970s, from which perhaps now Recioto Della Valpolicella will be produced again. Even though he hasn't made one for more than 15 years, he loves this 'Padrino' of Amarone, as he tenderly calls him.