Vineyards of the Valpolicella

There’s a valley that lies to the north of the city of Verona, separated from the shores of Lake Garda by a mountain. Called the Valpolicella, the name of this area is thought to derive from a Latin and Greek mixture of “valley of the cellars.” Wine cellars, that is.

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