Veneto
Est. 1925 
46 wines 
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Booking required 
Wine area
Valpolicella
Corvina country, four wines from the same hill.
Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine
Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine has made wine in Verona since 1925. That year four brothers from Trani, in Puglia, turned a former convent into a winery. A century later the third generation runs one of the Veneto's most visible houses. It pairs Amarone della Valpolicella with projects built to break the rules, such as Hey French and 11 Minutes. The San Felice Extra headquarters hosts contemporary art installations and two tastings you can book.
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About Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine
The Pasqua story starts with a soldier's hunch. Posted to Verona for military service, the first Riccardo Pasqua saw a market for the wines of his native Trani. He sold them through a string of Veronese taverns, then called his three brothers north. In 1925 the family bought a deconsecrated convent in the city and founded Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine.
Vineyard purchases followed in the 1940s. The second generation of Carlo, Giorgio and Umberto took over from 1960, and the single-estate Cecilia Beretta label arrived in 1980. The company moved into its current San Felice Extra headquarters in 2007 and opened Pasqua USA in New York in 2009. Day-to-day leadership passed to the third generation in 2014. Umberto Pasqua remains president, with his sons Riccardo as chief executive and Alessandro leading the American business. The house marked its centenary in 2025.
Amarone della Valpolicella is the backbone. The line-up spans the Famiglia Pasqua and Black Label bottlings, the certified organic Cascina San Vincenzo line, and Mai Dire Mai. That last wine grows in the Montevegro vineyard: 23 hectares, around 32 football pitches, on a 350 metre hill exposed on all sides. The same hill also yields a Valpolicella Superiore and the Fear No Dark Cabernet Sauvignon. The white-wine ambitions centre on Monte Calvarina, a volcanic site at around 500 metres in the eastern Soave hills. Its Garganega goes into Hey French, a multivintage blend now in its fifth edition. On Campiano, at 600 metres above San Giovanni Ilarione, Pinot Noir is farmed for Pasqua + Smith, a Veneto IGT made with the Washington State winemaker Charles Smith.
The wider range runs from the widely exported PassioneSentimento appassimento wines to icons built on single ideas. 11 Minutes, a Trevenezie IGT rose, is named for the exact length of its gentle press. It has an organic sibling, Y by 11 Minutes. Lui is a Cabernet Sauvignon made with part-dried grapes and finished in casks that previously held Cognac. A Puglia IGT range of Primitivo and Fiano closes the circle back to the family's southern roots. Pasqua styles itself the house of the unconventional. It commissions site-specific art from the NONE collective and fuse*, and it published the centenary book Ode al futuro with Rizzoli. Its Sips of Art events have run across Verona, from the Giardino Giusti to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Achille Forti. The company holds the Equalitas sustainability certification, alongside the ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 14001 (environment) standards.
Visits run from the Verona headquarters on Via Belvedere, where the working cellar shares space with the art collection. Two formats are on offer. The Icons Experience is a 90 minute guided tasting of the flagship wines at 25 euro per person. The Blend Your Wine Experience is a 90 minute session at 50 euro per person, in which guests assemble their own blend. Both are booked online through the winery's booking page. A Matterport virtual tour covers the estate for anyone who cannot make it to Verona.
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Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine
Verona · Valpolicella
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Visit & Experiences
2 bookable experiences at Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine
2 tastings, checked by our editors. From €25.
Tasting & Tour
Icons Experience
1 hour 30 minutes
€25 per person
A 90 minute guided visit and tasting built around Pasqua's flagship wines at the Verona headquarters, where the working cellar doubles as a contemporary art space.
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Blend Your Wine Experience
1 hour 30 minutes
€50 per person
A 90 minute hands-on session in which guests taste base wines and assemble their own blend, guided by the Pasqua team.
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What Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine makes
Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine's current bottle selection is led by Valpolicella DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Corvina and Corvinone.
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Yes. You can book two visits at the Via Belvedere headquarters in Verona. The Icons Experience is a 90 minute tasting of the flagship wines at 25 euro per person. The Blend Your Wine Experience costs 50 euro, and you assemble your own blend. Both are booked online through pasqua.it, and the estate also offers a free Matterport virtual tour.
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