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Champagne producers make first organized visit to Valpolicella
Eleven Champagne producers visited Valpolicella in the Verona area of northern Italy, where Amarone wine is made.
The visit was the first organized trip by Champagne producers to the area.
The guests belong to Trésors de Champagne, while their hosts, Famiglie Storiche, bring together 13 Valpolicella wineries.
The groups discussed how family businesses and close ties to vineyards shape their wines, though Amarone and Champagne are made in different ways.
Both groups say protecting wine quality and local identity matters, and want to pass winemaking knowledge to younger generations.
Their representatives said the exchange should continue in the places where the wines are made, but no further visit was announced.
The Club Trésors de Champagne made its first organized visit by Champagne producers to Valpolicella.
Eleven members of the French group visited as guests of the Famiglie Storiche, an association of 13 Valpolicella wineries.
The program included vineyard and winery visits and tastings, as well as a dinner in Verona.
The two associations discussed shared concerns including authenticity, local identity and resisting standardization.
- Who
- Eleven members of Club Trésors de Champagne and representatives of the Famiglie Storiche.
- What
- The Champagne producers made their first organized visit to Valpolicella, including winery visits, tastings and a dinner.
- When
- The article was published on November 8, 2026; the visit date is not stated.
- Where
- Valpolicella and Verona, Italy.
- Why
- The groups met to exchange knowledge and discuss wine quality, authenticity and the identities of their territories.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The exchange began at Masi Monteleone21, and the program included visits to Allegrini, Brigaldara, Musella and Bertani.
The groups met for dinner at the Antica Bottega del Vino in Verona.
- Champagne delegation
- 11 members
- Champagne association
- Club Trésors de Champagne, founded in Épernay in 1971
- Association membership
- 25 members in Trésors de Champagne
- Valpolicella association
- Famiglie Storiche represents 13 wineries and was founded in 2009
- Publication date
- November 8, 2026
What people are saying
Both associations assert the value of authenticity as a distinctive and essential element
Thank you to the Famiglie for the opportunity to exchange views; this is a unique occasion to learn at close hand about practices and stories that a tasting alone cannot tell
The exchange must continue in the places where the wines are born