It’s not time - yet - to show off the new vintage of Amarone della Valpolicella ready to be sold. Thus Anteprima Amarone (Amarone Preview), the traditional wine event reserved for the iconic red wine from dried grapes, has been postponed to June.

The 2019 harvest is ready to start in Valpolicella and new rules of production are setted to be used.

Recently, the members’ assembly of Consorzio Valpolicella (the wine board of Valpolicella producers) approved a modification in the production rules of the appellation,  and according to the Consorzio president Andrea Sartori, “this is just the beginning”. Is new dawn approaching this important wine region? We’ll see. 
The newly approved rules are the following…