Story: Tenuta Sant' Antonio | Veneto

Northeast of the city of Verona, in the Val d'Illasi, the two most famous Veronese wine-growing areas overlap: the DOC regions of Valpolicella and Soave. There lies the Sant'Antonio winery of the Castagnedi brothers. The cultivated area covers about 48 hectares on the hills between the valleys of Illasi and Mezzane. The altitude above sea level varies from 120 to 320 meters. The soil is highly calcareous and very lean. The main grape varieties are Corvinone, Corvina, Rondinella and Cabernet for the reds, Garganega and Chardonnay for the whites. Towards the end of the 80's the original vineyard area was doubled through additional purchases. Old vineyards were replanted, with higher vine density and lower yield. The method of cultivation of the vine was also changed, from 'pergola veronese' to spur cordon and Guyot. This radical change was the beginning of a project that then culminated five years later in the decision to no longer sell the grapes, but to vinify them themselves and come to market with high quality wines. - Gerardo [TS08/22]