Tenute Ugolini
(Winery in Valpolicella)

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About Winery and Wines

The grounds and vineyards have been part of the Ugolini family since the days of my grandfather. (This is a story known by many of the local people here in Valpolicella. The story tells of a man whose first action every morning was to look out of the window, to check the weather and the countryside.) Our family is made up of three brothers: (myself) Giambattista, Davide and Tiziano. When my father died, about 20 years ago, being the eldest, I decided to take the vineyards into my own hands. It was love at first sight for me, and all of us have always believed in grape cultivation at a high standard, so we invested in the purchase of south-facing vineyards. To make the dream come true, of producing wine from our own grapes, I worked for an important Italian company, far away from home, knowing that one day I would return and work with our vineyards in Fumane. About 10 years ago, I realised that it wasn’t the right time to limit ourselves and sell all the grapes that were grown in our vineyards, but to start winemaking, bottling it and putting our family name to it. This conversion is still taking place today by improving our winemaking assets. For many years, our main focus was an agricultural point of view - the grapevines in the hills, most of the vines were replanted. We also consider the beauty of the landscape, there are 14 kms of small walls that are continually maintained and taken care of which is very laborious. This sacrifice however, helps to preserve this particular characteristic of Valpolicella. We have successfully just finished another project: The purchase of Corte Quaranta – an antique house with a panoramic courtyard of the rural area below the hills of San Michele, near our winery. Now it is ‘Ugolini’ house, the house of our wine. A stunning place where the door is always open to welcome visitors...... We are waiting for you, come and visit us!

Currently, there are 22 hectares growing corvina gentile, corvinone and rondinella grapes. Close by there are approx 7000 square meters of Olive tree cultivation in the’ high valleys’ of Fumane, from these Olive trees , the local extra virgin olive oil is made. The farming methods used in this area are half from the hills of the oldest vineyards in Verona and half from the hills that have been the home to vineyards for the last ten years or more. Every bottle of wine for us is important, so for this reason we dedicate the maximum care and attention whether it be Valpolicella Classico or Amarone. Every grape is given a vine especially for its production, for example; the grapes from Il Pozzetto (Fumane) are used for Valpolicella Classico, the grapes from Colle San Michele (Bure alto) are used for Valpolicella Classico Superiore, the grap Among all agricultural activities, viticulture is, perhaps, the one that best expresses a strong bond with the territory of origin. Oenology non-invasive and respectful of the raw-material leads to wines that, year after year, are the result of the interaction between the genetic traits of their grapes' variety and the pedoclimatic environment. The Ugolini family, who are a strong supporter of the need to defend this value, decided to reserve to each type of wine produced in its estates, grapes that ripen in single vineyards, so that every wine, beyond the natural variability linked to the vintage, reflects and expresses a specific cru.

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