Amarone Wine Tasting Tour from Verona with Transport
Two Valpolicella wineries in one day, Amarone and Ripasso tastings, transport with hotel pickup from Verona, a small group, and free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
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Amarone country starts just beyond Verona's northern edge. The Valpolicella hills hold the Classico communes of Negrar, Marano, Fumane, Sant'Ambrogio and San Pietro in Cariano, where Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes are air-dried for the region's strong reds. Soave and its Garganega vineyards sit east of the city, while Bardolino, Custoza and Lugana country runs along the Lake Garda shore to the west. Most estates receive visitors by reservation only, and the tours compared here handle that booking for you.
Fourteen bookable tours sit below, each with its listing rating, a from-price, what the day includes and where it starts.
The formats are simple to tell apart. Half days from the city cover Valpolicella and Amarone. Full days add lunch and, on some itineraries, Soave. Lake Garda tours pair Bardolino country with the water. Two listings are winery-direct: an e-bike ride and a hillside tasting. Three are private, including departures from Venice. Every listing shows its from-price, rating and inclusions so you can compare like with like.
| Format | Tours listed | From-price range | Transport | Lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarone and Valpolicella half day | 3 | $42 to $145 | Hotel pickup on 2, pickup option on 1 | No; tastings with cheese and salami |
| Full day, Valpolicella and Soave | 3 | $34 to $246 (checked September 2026) | Included on 2, meet at winery on 1 | Light lunch on the 5-hour grand tour |
| Lake Garda, Bardolino and Sirmione | 3 | $52 to $116 | Lake-town pickup on 1, boat on 1, meet at winery on 1 | Agriturismo lunch on the Valpolicella trip |
| E-bike and winery-direct | 2 | $53 to $110 (checked September 2026) | E-bike or meet at winery | No; appetizer or platter |
| Private and from Venice | 3 | $280 to $632 | Private vehicle; hotel pickup in Venice, Padua or Verona on 1 | Lunch on all 3 |
Amarone and Valpolicella Half-Day Verona Wine Tours
For travelers who want Amarone without renting a car
Full-Day Verona Wine Tours: Valpolicella and Soave with Lunch
For travellers who want a fuller day: two wineries, lunch, and two wine zones
Lake Garda, Bardolino and Sirmione: Tastings by the Water
For travelers staying on the Lake Garda shore
E-Bike and Winery-Direct Tastings Around Verona
For independent riders and anyone short on time
Private Verona Wine Tours and Day Trips from Venice
For couples, small groups and anyone basing a wine day in Venice
Wine touring and driving do not mix well in Italy. The legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers is low, stricter still for newer licence holders and professionals, and penalties for driving over it run from heavy fines to licence suspension and, at the top end, criminal charges. A cellar tasting usually means several pours, and the tours listed here often include four or more. With a guided tour the driving is someone else's job, and the vineyard roads between Negrar, Fumane and Marano are narrow and unfamiliar even to confident drivers.
Verona's historic centre is a limited-traffic zone controlled by cameras, and hotel guests must have their plates registered to drive in. Out in the Valpolicella, most wineries take visitors by reservation, many keep weekday hours, and a cellar tour with tasting carries a per-person fee that the best estates set at a premium. A guided tour bundles the driver, the reservations and the tastings into one price. The other honest route is a winery-direct visit with a non-driving companion or an e-bike, and two such listings appear below.
Three listings cover the half-day format. Two collect you in Verona and drive into the Valpolicella hills for winery visits and tastings built around Amarone and its stablemates. The third is a guided tour of a historic family estate, run by the winery itself, with transport offered as an option. All three allow free cancellation.
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A half-day run out of Verona into the Valpolicella hills, with transport in the price so there is no need to hire a car. Ways Tours operates it, and the tasting is built around Amarone, the region's flagship red. Free cancellation applies. The listing shows a rating of 4.9 across 762 reviews, with prices from $145 per person.
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A guided visit to a Valpolicella wine estate run by Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani, with a walk through the property and a seated tasting of its Amarone and other Valpolicella wines. The tour is rated 4.6 across 205 reviews and starts from $42 per person. Cancellation is free.
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Pagus Wine Tours runs this half-day escape out of Verona and into the Valpolicella hills, with pickup at your city hotel. At least four wines are poured: Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto, each paired with bread, cheese and salami. The listing rates it 4.8 from 146 reviews, from $105 per person.
The grand tour runs about five hours, visits two Valpolicella wineries and sits down to lunch, with an Amarone vertical among the tastings. A shorter day pairs a Soave winery with a Valpolicella stop and includes hotel pickup. The third listing is a vineyard walk and cellar tasting in Soave itself, run by a local operator.
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A full-day-style loop through the Valpolicella hills north of Verona, built entirely around Amarone. Your Local Guide takes you to two wineries, with a focus on how the appassimento method shapes the wine, and lunch is part of the day rather than an afterthought. The tour runs about 5 hours and is rated 4.9 across 170 reviews on the listing.
A winery visit inside Soave's historic centre: a guided walk among the vines, a look at the cellar where the wines rest, then a tasting of four organic wines poured alongside a platter of local cured meats and cheeses plus baked appetizers. You meet at the winery, as no transport is provided. Rated 4.9 across 17 reviews on the listing.
A half-day out of Verona that pairs Veneto's best-known white and red in one run. First stop is Soave, Garganega country east of the city, for a tasting of the local DOC whites. Then the van turns toward the Valpolicella hills, where a second winery pours Ripasso and Amarone. Pagus Wine Tours runs it in about 4.5 hours, from $170 per person.
Bardolino, Custoza and Lugana are the lake's own designations, reds and whites shaped by the Garda climate. The three listings here take different angles. One is a tasting at a winery in the Garda hills and carries the lowest from-price on the site. Another is a half-day cruise past the lakeside castles with a tasting on board. The third picks up at the lake towns and drives into the Valpolicella for winery visits and an agriturismo lunch.
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A half-day boat trip on Lake Garda run by Garda Tours, sailing from Sirmione with the lake's castles in view and a wine tasting with snacks served during the crossing. Sailings go ahead only when enough participants are booked. The listing shows a rating of 4.6 across 297 reviews.
CittàdiLazise hosts this tasting at their own estate in the hills behind Lake Garda. The visit takes in the vineyard and the cellar, then finishes at a table set with four wines and a platter of cold cuts, cheese and bruschetta. Since you make your own way to the winery, the from-price holds at $52 per person, and the listing shows a 4.8 rating across 155 reviews.
A half-day guided trip that trades the Lake Garda shore for the Valpolicella hills, operated by Likegarda. You get picked up at your hotel around the lake, ride into wine country, tour a cellar with tastings of the local reds, then sit down to lunch at an agriturismo. The listing shows 4.6 from 50 reviews, from $103 per person.
Two listings skip the minibus. One is a self-guided half-day e-bike ride out of Verona into the Valpolicella vineyards, with tastings and a cheese and salami stop. The other is a short tasting of five wines at a family winery in the hills above the city. Neither includes vehicle transport; both are booked directly with the operator.
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Roughly 1.5 hours at Cantina Giovanni Ederle, a family winery in the hills above Verona. A guide walks you through the vines and cellar, then pours five wines, from a white up through Valpolicella, Ripasso and Amarone, alongside local cheeses and cured meats. Groups stop at 20 and you meet at the winery itself. It rates 4.9 across 279 reviews on the live booking page.
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Pedal out of Verona on an e-bike and into the Valpolicella hills on this half-day self-guided ride from Itinera Bike & Travel. Wine tastings at a local winery are built into the route, and you set your own pace before rolling back to the city. The listing shows a 4.8 rating from 82 reviews.
Three private options close the list. One is a full day from Verona built around Ripasso and Amarone with a full lunch. Another runs about eight hours from Venice or Treviso, visiting a Soave winery and a Valpolicella winery. The third picks up in Venice, Padua or Verona for an eight-hour day with two cantinas and a trattoria lunch. Travellers based in Venice can also reach Verona by train and join a city departure.
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A private day of about 8 hours covering both halves of Veneto wine country: the Garganega slopes of Soave and the Amarone hills of the Valpolicella. Guided tastings at a winery in each zone, with time in Verona worked into the route. Run by Italy Tours and More, rated 5.0 across 42 reviews on the listing.
A private 8-hour day trip from Venice, Padua or Verona into the Valpolicella hills, run by Venice Day Trips. Pickup comes at your accommodation, and the day is built around Amarone and the other wines of the zone. Rated 5 across 37 reviews, from $632 per person, with free cancellation.
This is a full-day private tour out of Verona, centred on Amarone and the Valpolicella hills. A driver-guide takes your party into the cellars for tastings of Ripasso and Amarone, with a long lunch matched to the wines. Starts and ends in Verona, at the meeting point on the listing.
Inclusions differ from listing to listing, so the table is the place to check. Five of the fourteen build in a meal: the grand tour serves a light lunch, the Lake Garda trip ends at an agriturismo, and the three private days each include lunch, from trattoria plates to a full spread. The remaining tours pair their tastings with bread, cheese, salami or a platter rather than a meal. Transport is included on both Verona pickup half days, the grand tour, the Soave and Amarone day, the Lake Garda trip and the private days; it is offered as an option on the estate tour in the Valpolicella; the winery-direct, cruise and e-bike formats expect you to arrive under your own steam. Every listing on the site offers free cancellation.
| Tour | Tastings | Food | Transport |
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| Amarone Wine Tasting Tour from Verona with Transport | 2 wineries, Amarone and Ripasso | Not stated as a meal | Included, hotel pickup |
| Amarone Half-Day Wine Tasting Tour from Verona | At least 4 wines | Bread, cheese, salami | Included, hotel pickup |
| Amarone Chateau Guided Tour and Tasting | 4 or 6 wines | Cheese and charcuterie optional | Pickup option |
| Grand Tour of Valpolicella: Two Wineries and Lunch | 2 wineries, Amarone vintages | Snacks and light lunch | Included from Piazza Bra |
| Soave and Amarone Half-Day Tour from Verona | 2 wineries, Soave and Valpolicella | Not stated as a meal | Included, hotel pickup |
| Soave Wine Tasting and Vineyard Tour | 4 organic wines | Cured meats, cheese, baked appetizers | Meet at winery |
| Garda Hills Wine Tour and Tasting | 4 wines | Cold cuts, cheese, bruschetta | Meet at winery |
| Lake Garda Historic Castle Cruise with Wine Tasting | Wine tasting on the cruise | Snacks | Boat from Sirmione |
| Valpolicella Wine and Lunch Trip from Lake Garda | Cellar visit, red wines | Agriturismo lunch | Included, lake-town pickup |
| Valpolicella Self-Guided E-Bike Tour with Tastings | 4 glasses including Amarone | Cheese and salami appetizer | E-bike, self-guided |
| Wine Tasting with a Panoramic View of Verona | 5 wines | Cold cuts and cheese platter | Meet at winery |
| Private Valpolicella and Amarone Full-Day Tour | At least 2 Ripasso and 2 Amarone | Full lunch with wine | Private |
| Private Amarone and Soave Wine Tour from Venice | 2 family wineries | Light lunch | Private, from Venice or Treviso |
| Amarone Wine Tour and Tasting from Venice, Padua or Verona | 2 cantinas, 5 wines | Trattoria lunch | Included, hotel pickup |
The harvest shapes the calendar. Valpolicella's red grapes are picked in early autumn, and the fruit destined for Amarone then spends months drying on racks before pressing, so the drying rooms are at their most interesting on a late-autumn visit. Spring brings Vinitaly, the international wine fair held at Veronafiere, when the city fills with trade visitors. Summer means the Arena opera season and hot afternoons best spent on a morning tour or beside Lake Garda. Winter is quiet, and the cellars are warm places to taste.
| Window | What happens | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Late January to early February | Amarone Opera Prima presents the new vintage in Verona (2026 edition: 31 January to 1 February, 2021 vintage) | 2027 date not yet published |
| 9 to 14 April 2027 | Vinitaly and the City (public, 9 to 11 April) and Vinitaly (trade, 11 to 14 April) at Veronafiere | City hotels and restaurants book out |
| Early June | Palio del Chiaretto in Bardolino and Lazise (2026: 5 to 7 June) | 2027 date not yet published |
| 11 June to 11 September 2027 | Arena di Verona opera festival, 104th season | Evening performances; day tours unaffected |
| July and August | Mean maximum 30.4 C and 30.2 C at Verona Villafranca | E-bike and vineyard walks are hottest |
| Mid-September to early October | Harvest of Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella; Garganega in Soave | Wineries are working; reservations tighter |
| October to 1 December | Appassimento: Amarone and Recioto grapes drying; pressing not before 1 December | Drying lofts are visible on cellar tours |
| November | Wettest month, 85 mm on 8.4 rain days; January mean minimum minus 0.5 C | Cellar-focused visits |
Amarone, Ripasso and Recioto all come from the Valpolicella hills north-west of the city, built on Corvina and Corvinone with Rondinella in support. The Classico communes are Negrar, Marano, Fumane, Sant'Ambrogio and San Pietro in Cariano. East of Verona lies Soave, Garganega country around a walled medieval town. West along the lake shore the appellations change again: Bardolino and Custoza for light reds and fresh whites, Lugana for its structured whites from clay soils. Five categories of tours on this site cover all of them.
| Wine | Grapes | Minimum aging and alcohol | From Verona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valpolicella DOC | Corvina/Corvinone 45-95%, Rondinella 5-30% | 11% (Superiore 12%, aged 1 year from 1 January after harvest) | Negrar 14 km, 20 min; Fumane 23 km, 26 min |
| Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG | Same rule; up to 65% of the crop set aside to dry | 2 years from 1 January after harvest (Riserva 4 years); 14% minimum; pressing not before 1 December | Same communes |
| Valpolicella Ripasso DOC | Same rule; re-fermented once on Amarone or Recioto marc | 12.5% (Superiore 13%) | Same communes |
| Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG | Same rule; dried grapes | 12% effective plus 2.8% potential (sweet) | Same communes |
| Soave DOC and Soave Superiore DOCG | Garganega min 70%; Trebbiano di Soave and/or Chardonnay max 30% | DOC 10.5%; Superiore DOCG 12%, Riserva 12.5% | Soave 31 km, 28 min |
| Bardolino DOC | Corvina 35-95%, Rondinella 5-40% | 10.5% (Chiaretto Spumante 11.5%) | Lazise 26 km, 30 min; Bardolino 38 km, 38 min |
| Custoza DOC | Min 70% from three of Garganega, Trebbianello, Trebbiano, Bianca Fernanda | 9 communes, about 1,400 ha | South of Lake Garda |
| Lugana DOC | Turbiana (Trebbiano di Soave) min 90% | Superiore 12 months from 1 October; Riserva 24 months | Peschiera del Garda about 13 min by train |
The Classico communes sit in the hills just north-west of Verona, close enough that a half-day tour with transport runs comfortably within an afternoon. Soave lies east of the city, and the Bardolino and Lugana vineyards follow the Lake Garda shore to the west. Driving times shift with traffic, and summer weekends on the lake roads can slow a journey considerably. Every tour on this site states its departure point and meeting arrangements, so the logistics are settled before you book.
You can, provided your driver is not tasting. Italy's general blood-alcohol limit is 0.5 g/l, and it drops to zero for drivers under 21, anyone in the first three years of a category B licence, and professional drivers. The 0.5 to 0.8 g/l band carries a fine of 543 to 2,170 euros and a licence suspension of three to six months. Verona's historic centre is a camera-controlled ZTL, and most Valpolicella estates receive visitors by reservation. A guided tour bundles the driver, the bookings and the tasting fees into one price.
Every one of the fourteen tours here publishes a from-price in US dollars, and they run from $34 to $632. The Soave vineyard walk in the historic centre is the entry point at $34, (checked September 2026) the Garda hills tasting starts at $52, and the Amarone half days from Verona begin between $105 and $145. The grand Valpolicella tour with two wineries and lunch is $246, while the private days, including the Venice departures, run from $280 to $632 (checked September 2026). All fourteen carry free cancellation.
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG starts with Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella laid out to dry after harvest, using at most 65 percent of the permitted crop. Pressing cannot happen before 1 December, the wine ages at least two years from the January after harvest, and minimum alcohol is 14 percent. Ripasso is Valpolicella refermented on the marc of Amarone or Recioto for extra body. Recioto is the sweet wine from the same dried grapes, and it is the older style of the two.
Harvest usually runs from mid-September to early October, and the drying lofts fill from then until pressing begins on or after 1 December. Spring brings Vinitaly, the large April wine fair held in town. The Arena opera season carries the summer, and the city fills accordingly. July and August heat makes morning departures the comfortable choice. All fourteen listed tours run year-round with free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.
Three listed tours suit travelers based beyond Verona. One is a private eight-hour day from Venice or Treviso, another is an eight-hour day with pickup in Venice, Padua or Verona, and a third departs from Venice, Padua or Verona as well. High-speed trains reach Verona Porta Nuova from both Venice and Milan in roughly an hour and a quarter, so a Verona departure works as a day trip from either city. No tour on this site departs from Milan itself.
Tasting fees are included on every tour listed here. Lunch appears on five of them: the grand Valpolicella tour with two wineries, the Lake Garda trip with lunch at an agriturismo, the private full day from Verona, and the two Venice-side private days. The rest pair the wines with bread, cheese, salami or bruschetta. Each tour page spells out the full inclusions taken from the live listing.
Guided visits at Valpolicella estates generally go by reservation, most cellars open Monday to Saturday, and Sundays are quiet. Estate-direct tasting prices run from about 25 euros for a short visit to 120 or more for vertical and lunch formats. Three winery-direct options on this site, the Soave vineyard walk, the Garda hills tasting and the panoramic tasting above Verona, are booked with a fixed meeting point at the winery.
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Half day · Top rated · Ways Tours
A half-day run out of Verona into the Valpolicella hills, with transport in the price so there is no need to hire a car. Ways Tours operates it, and the tasting is built around Amarone, the region's flagship red. Free cancellation applies. The listing shows a rating of 4.9 across 762 reviews, with prices from $145 per person.
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About 5 hours · Best with lunch · Your Local Guide
A full-day-style loop through the Valpolicella hills north of Verona, built entirely around Amarone. Your Local Guide takes you to two wineries, with a focus on how the appassimento method shapes the wine, and lunch is part of the day rather than an afterthought. The tour runs about 5 hours and is rated 4.9 across 170 reviews on the listing.
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· Meet at the winery · CittàdiLazise
CittàdiLazise hosts this tasting at their own estate in the hills behind Lake Garda. The visit takes in the vineyard and the cellar, then finishes at a table set with four wines and a platter of cold cuts, cheese and bruschetta. Since you make your own way to the winery, the from-price holds at $52 per person, and the listing shows a 4.8 rating across 155 reviews.
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