Spigamonti: there is a new grape in Valpolicella!
/Valpolicella has many original grapes: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara, Oseleta, are the most widespread and renowned. Nevertheless, in the oldest vineyards there are still many grapes without a name or a story. Lately, one of them has found its name: Spigamonti.
It's a totally new variety of grape, in Veneto but also in Italy as well, never discovered before: its name is the same of the place (Spigamonti) where it was found, a location near Montecchio di Negrar, Verona, at 450 meters of altitude, in a vineyard belonging to a grape grower who is associated to the cooperative Cantina Valpolicella Negrar...
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