Crushing the Recioto della Valpolicella Le Novaje

February the 22th, 2016 with full moon in fruit day we pressed recioto della Valpolicella “Le Novaje”

The gap to fight esca disease

Esca disease (mal dell’esca) is doing a lot of damage in the vineyard. In hot summers the damage is even visible with vineyards who die suddenly (stroke). To resolve the problem this summer I tried with the method used by old wine growers of the area: the gap.  …

New barrels

Came the new barrels. Marsalbotti of 1000 liters and  Garbellotto of 1500 liters. So alongside the traditional French barriques we introduce the innovative Italian barrel.    

Our first Organic Valpolicella

In 2014 our production was finally officially certified as organic, so here it comes the launch of our Valpolicella Classico. As before? Better than before? I don’t know, that will be our customers’ verdict. What I’m really interested about is the amazing path I walked which led me to…

Green manure 2015

This year we planted herbs useful for improving soil fertility. A green manure specially designed for the characteristics of our land. Since this week (6 May 2015) will begin mowing.     

crushing of recioto 2014

The crushing of recioto della Valpolicella 2014 Monday, February 23rd day of fruits with the crescent moon from our first organic vintage.

Novaia at Vinitaly 2015: hall 4 stand c3

We will be at Vinitaly 2015 from 22th to 25th March at Verona Fair. As usual we will be at Hall 4 stand c3 at Valpolicella Cru space. There will be the chance to taste the new vintage of our organic Valpolicella 2014 and the new Amarone vintage 2011…

Three of our wines over 90 points by Robert Parker

It is a great pleasure the announcement that three of our wines were evaluated over 90 points by Robert Parker’s tasting review. They are: -Amarone della Valpolicella DOC Classico Riserva Le balze 2009 94 pts -Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Corte Vaona 2010 92 pts -Valpolicella DOC Classico Superiore…

Anteprima Amarone, Novaia presents 2011 vintage

From 31 January to 1 February 2015 in the ancient Palazzo della Gran Guardia in Verona, the annual appointment with “Anteprima Amarone” returns. The event is organized by Consorzio di Tutela Vini Valpolicella and has reached its 12th edition with the aim of promoting the new vintage to the…

Novaia’s new website

We are delighted to present our new website www.novaia.it The new Novaia website will allow all our customers to be kept up to date about our company news, guided tours and to have details regarding our wines. The new website is totally  “responsive”, meaning that it will be easily possible to…