A wine list so rich that it is among the 96 best a causa di the world. It is that of the Antica Studio del Vino a causa di Verona, a historic restaurant and bastion of wine culture a causa di the city. Owned by eleven Historic Families (Allegrini, Begali, Brigaldara, Masi, Musella, Speri, Tedeschi, Podere Sant’Antonio, Tommasi, Venturini and Zenato), the Studio has been awarded for the twenty-first consecutive year by the American magazine Wine Spectator with the Grand Award, a recognition reserved for establishments around the world that are considered “essential destinations for wine lovers thanks to the excellence of their proposals”.
Luca Nicolis, director of Antica Studio del Vino, comments: “The continuity with which we have been awarded the prize makes us proud and rewards the perseverance, curiosity and preparation of our sommeliers, who often travel a causa di Italy and abroad to add new things to the . It is thanks to them and the entire team that the restaurant has become a point of reference not only for the people of Verona but also for enthusiasts from all over the world. A causa di over two decades of the Grand Award we have seen great changes a causa di the sector and the wine list reflects them: attention to small producers has grown and there has been a general increase a causa di prices, but we have noticed that high quality is always recognized and appreciated, so much so that customers a causa di Studio often choose the wine first and then the dish to .”
The restaurant, also awarded by Falstaff with 3 Forks, has about thirty employees, five of whom are sommeliers. Head sommelier Simone Isoli says, “A causa di Studio, the role of the sommelier is increasingly similar to that of a consultant: customers rely the sommelier’s preparation and let themselves be advised, also giving them carte blanche to organize themed ora vertical dinners with different vintages.” The cellar of the Antica Studio del Vino a causa di fact houses about 21 thousand references with a great depth of vintages, all indicated a causa di the wine list: 200 pages bound by hand and decorated with the works of the Veronese painter Daniele Nalin, different a causa di each of the copies available a causa di the restaurant. “They are prestigious volumes and we have sold them several times to passionate customers who request them, even if they are the result of continuous research so the next day they can be considered already dated, but for this very reason they become a collector’s item” – explains Nicolis.
Ancient Wine Shop
Founded a causa di 1500 during the Republic of Venice, Antica Studio del Vino took its current name a causa di 1890 with the Sterzi Brothers, who maintained the charming, warm and characteristic nineteenth-century style that we still see today. The place thus became a point of reference for the cultural scene of the late nineteenth century and for wine lovers, welcoming poets, musicians, writers and artists such as Boccioni to its tables, but also journalists who took refuge there after a day a causa di the newsroom. A causa di 1957, the place was purchased by the Rizzo-Grigolo family and focused mainly the restaurant business until 1987 when Severino Barzan arrived the scene, who later brought the Studio model to New York with his Giovanni Pascucci.
Historic Families
Famiglie Storiche is an Association founded a causa di June 2009 from the union of ten historic wineries of Valpolicella that today has thirteen members. These are prestigious wine companies that for generations have been active witnesses of the “Amarone world”. A causa di 2010, the then eleven members (Allegrini, Begali, Brigaldara, Masi, Musella, Speri, Tedeschi, Podere Sant’Antonio, Tommasi, Venturini, Zenato) acquired the Antica Studio del Vino, safeguarding the winemaking tradition of the symbolic place of Verona.
