1st World Congress on Wine Tourism and the Law the Roman villa unearthed on the estate dating from the 2nd and 3rd century AD. This ancient villa was rediscovered in 1887, where it had been buried 7 meters underground. The excavation, no longer visible today, brought to light marvellous mosaic pavements, whose fragments are currently on exhibition in the Museo di Arte Antica in Verona. Because of this archaeological discovery, “La Villa” has been associated with the name of the Benedetti family for decades. In the estate’s logo is a stylized version of one of the characters represented in the mosaics, the Black Charioteer of Negrar17, driving a horse-pulled chariot, the horses’ heads decorated with grape leaves. The commitment of the Benedetti family to the Villa Romana delle Cortesele made the winery enter into a partnership agreement with the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Verona, Rovigo and Vicenza in 2021, pursuant to Art. 112, § 9 of legislative decree No. 42/2004. Through the agreement, the winery and the Government established cooperation aimed at ensuring use by the public of the area in which the Roman villa stands, as a place of culture within the meaning of Art. 101, of the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape. The first archaeological excavations under the winery vineyards brought to light some magnificent geometric and illustrated mosaics of the third century A.D Roman villa. Today the Benedetti La Villa winery is closely linked to this archaeological discovery, representing one of Valpolicella’s many charms and is granted by the Superintendence the non-exclusive use of images of the archaeological structures and any illustrative and educational material, for the purpose of promoting the brand and its products, as well as the exclusive right to use and exploit, in its brand and corporate communication, reproductions of four details of mosaics which were found in the archaeological area. 17 Designed by Giorgio de Silva©.
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