Verona wine bars showing wines for sale on the counter

Verona Wine Bars: 5 Best Places to Try Amarone

While I am all about an Aperol spritz in the sun of an Italian piazza, you simply cannot visit Verona without trying a glass of Amarone. Thankfully, there are some really great Verona wine bars where you can buy a glass of this deep, velvety wine - and usually for...
The Speri winery building in Valpolicella

The Speri Winery: 7 Generations Strong in Valpolicella

It's a chilly day in March and I'm standing in front of an enormous 150-year-old wine barrel. Around me, newer barrels line the walkways, aging the wine that will end up on dinner tables around the world. In Canada, a wine shop owner will tell their clients about the red...
Wine tasting at Farina winery in Valpolicella, with chocolate to accompany the wine bottles - one to factor into your Valpolicella budget

Valpolicella Budget Breakdown: 3 Ways to Sip Italy’s Finest Wine

If you're planning your trip to the heartland of Amarone, you might be wondering how much it's going to cost you. To answer that, I'll use the most commonly used phrase in my software engineering day job: "it depends". Your Valpolicella budget is naturally going to vary, depending on how...