{"title":"Bertani | The Veneto, Italy","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Corvina grapes drying in Bertani Cellar\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/Collection_Banner_82d8c286-8d9b-4426-82c4-7244dd74ce78.jpg?v=1532124967\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c1\"\u003eBertani was first established in 1857, and is today still owned by the same family and can boast more than a century and a half of unbroken tradition in the wines of Valpolicella. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003eBertani are based in a majestic renaissance villa and nurture one of the largest libraries of amazing old vintages in the region; there is even a cache of 1928 “Acinatico” which had been hidden behind a brick wall from the German occupiers and not rediscovered until 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003eHowever, Bertani is not just history and rows of large, old Slavonian oak vats. The company has continuously been at the forefront of innovation. With Secco-Bertani, it was the first to produce a halfway house between Valpolicella and dried-grape wine, and in 1959 it was the first to bottle and market dry Amarone rather than sweet Recioto. The most recent wave of modernization has seen a fundamental transformation in the cellars, with the creation of a fruit-forward style and the adoption of smaller oak barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003eThe company vineyard holdings now comprise 200 hectares in the classic areas of Valpolicella, Valpantena, Soave and Lake Garda. Amarone Classico is the icon wine of Bertani; however, with the Villa Novare Valpolicella Ognisanti, Bertani posses the first straight Valpolicella to be awarded the Gambero Rosso’s Three Glasses award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"c2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"c2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBERTANI\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bertani.net\/en\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The official website of Bertani\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/desktop_icon_cd1f9a91-a06b-4665-880d-cc47c0dde6d7_480x480.jpg?v=1588261941\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cantine.bertani\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Follow Bertani on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/facebook_icon_d3f13554-5a1f-49e3-a487-0da023dfd02d_480x480.jpg?v=1588261424\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cantine_bertani\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Follow Bertani on Instagram\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/instagram_icon_07bcf872-b0f0-428b-b788-b56bac71ff21_480x480.jpg?v=1588261424\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/collections\/Collection_Image_39f9f2c7-85d8-43e6-8b89-7eed18f9e328.jpg?v=1537261342","url":"https:\/\/hic.wine\/collections\/bertani-veneto.oembed","provider":"Hic!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}