Tenuta Santa Maria

Tenuta Santa Maria is a historic wine estate in the hills of Valpolicella, near Verona in northern Italy. Associated with the Bertani family, whose winemaking roots in the region reach back generations, it combines a respect for local tradition with a thoughtful approach to modern production.

The estate is based at Villa Mosconi Bertani, an elegant eighteenth-century villa surrounded by vineyards, gardens and parkland. Its historic cellars have long been connected with the development of Amarone della Valpolicella, the rich, distinctive wine for which the area is celebrated.

Local grape varieties are central to the estate’s identity. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella are used to make wines that reflect the character of Valpolicella, from approachable Valpolicella Classico to concentrated Amarone. For Amarone, selected grapes are dried after harvest in a process known as appassimento. This reduces their water content and intensifies their flavours before fermentation and ageing.

The range also reaches beyond the region’s best-known styles. Tenuta Santa Maria produces wines from international varieties, including Merlot, offering a different perspective on the vineyards and the family’s winemaking experience.

Visitors can discover the estate through guided tours and tastings, exploring the villa’s history as well as the cellars where its wines mature. The setting is part of the appeal: formal architecture gives way to green slopes, old trees and views across the surrounding countryside.

For wine lovers, its a place where the story behind the bottle feels especially tangible. A visit offers the chance to understand how landscape, grape selection and patient cellar work come together in wines that are expressive yet rooted in their place of origin.

Whether enjoyed at the estate or at home, Tenuta Santa Maria’s wines invite a slower appreciation of Valpolicella’s heritage. They are well suited to food, conversation and the pleasure of discovering the details in each glass.

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