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enuta Musella is one of the most beautiful estates of the Veneto region situated on the hills of San Martino Buon Albergo, close to Verona.  The seventeenth century villa of Tenuta Musella, stands at the center of the estate. Rich in forests, rivers, ancient courts and chapels, farming estates and houses.

The vineyards cover three different hillside locations on south and west facing slopes which offer a remarkable differentiation of soil types; the Monte del Drago, Perlar and Palazzina hills.

The vineyards are planted with a mixture of indigenous and international varieties including Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Barbera, Croatina, Cabernet Sauvignon and Garganega.

Wines were first made at Tenuta Musella by Cesare Trezza di Musella in the nineteenth century and the family continues to produce wines using traditional methods with a focus on expressing pure, natural fruit combined with the complexity from great terroir. In line with this philosophy, the estate is currently converting to biodynamic viticulture.
The wines are very elegant and full of character. Due to an exceptional quality stand out in comparison with other Valpolicella.
The estate produces white and rosé wines as well as a range of classic reds including Ripasso and Amarone della Valpolicella.
The Musella family is a member of “Le Famiglie dell’Amarone d’Arte” or The Amarone Families. A very prestigious group composed of twelve historical producers who promote and protect the tradition, quality and integrity of Amarone.

For more information visit: www.musella.it

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine, "I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine".

G.K. Chesterton(1874–1936)
Wine and Water
The smell of wine, oh how much more delicate, cheerful, gratifying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil.

Rabelias
Gargantua
Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good.  It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.

Samuel Johnson
Boswell's Life of Johnson

Wine is the drink of the gods, milk the drink of babies, tea the drink of women, and water the drink of beasts.

John Stuart Blackie