The Valpolicella wine-growing area covers the entire foothills of the province of Verona, from Lake Garda in the west to the Lessini Mountains in the east and north. The landscape is purely hilly with soils of different origins, including clay-limestone and alluvial soils. The climate is generally continental or sub-continental, but influenced by various geographical factors that give rise to different microclimates. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella are the black grapes used to make Valpolicella DOC, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG.

In Valpolicella, everything speaks of wine: culture, landscape, history and even etymology. In fact, it seems that the name Valpolicella derives from the Latin 'vallis polis cellae' which, literally translated, means 'valley of the many cellars'.