What is "amarone"

n. A rich Italian dry red wine made from the partially dried grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara varieties.

Amarone della Valpolicella, usually known as Amarone, is a typically rich Italian dry red wine made from the partially dried grapes of the Corvina (45–95%, of which up to 50% could be substituted with Corvinone), Rondinella (5–30%) and other approved red grape varieties (up to 25%). The wine was assigned Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) status in December 1990. On 4 December 2009, Amarone and Recioto della Valpolicella were promoted to the status of Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG). Total production for sale (including Recioto) in 2008 was 8.57 million bottles. The name Amarone, in Italian, literally means "the Great Bitter"; this was originally to distinguish it from the Recioto produced in the same region, which is sweeter in taste.

__NOTOC__ Amarone is a restaurant in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that is awarded one Michelin star in the period 2008–present.

GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 16 out of 20 points.

Head chef of Amarone is Gert Blom. Chef Blom and maître Harry Baas were co-owners of the restaurant from 2006 until Baas left in 2015.

In 2007, the restaurant was the highest new entry in the "Lekker Top-100 2008", at spot 54; at this point, Amarone had only been in business for fifteen months. The Michelin star, awarded just 2 weeks later, took them completely by surprise.