Corrado Benedetti

Valpolicella Classica does not only offer great wines from prestigious winemakers. In its highest part, the vineyards merge with the first pastures of dairy cows. We are in Lessinia, l&' Veronese plateau that is close to 1000 meters and that extends from west to east until it laps the Vicentine lands. A &' area where the production of milk and cheese dates back centuries ago and was brought by ancient Cimbrian peoples from Saxony and who fled the fury of Charlemagne. In these lands, the farms of the Brogna sheep, owned by the great Della Scala family, were entrusted to these men, wood carvers and stone sanders. On their part, the dairy tradition and the first productions of double-whipped cheeses, which were then the forerunners of &' current PDO Monte Veronese

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The Benedetti family comes right from the first slopes of &' the Lessinia plateau, near Giare. At a famous crossroads from where the small road that leads to one of the places, geologically and anthropologically, most suggestive of the entire &' area: the Ponte di Veja. A very tall stone arch that merges with the mountain, in the vicinity of which there are still caves once inhabited by prehistoric men and then became home to ancient shepherds and their animals

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Corrado Benedetti: the story

Corrado Benedetti started from a simple homemade cheese and cold cuts shop. Today it has become one of the most beautiful producers of typical Veronese cheeses and fine cold cuts in the area. A beautiful location to visit with a showroom nestled in the rock. a place for families with a beautiful outdoor park is also the headquarters and laboratory for the production of jams and other pottery products such as sauces and ready-made sauces, always with a view to enhancing the Verona tradition and, in particular, of the Classic Valpolicella. #39 The only producer of aged cheeses according to &' Amarone certified by

the Valpolicella Consortium.