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Wine Artisans: Antonio Cascarano
Antonio Cascarano belongs to the southern region known as Vulture since a few generations, but only in recent years he has returned to the activity of vinegrowing that belonged to his ancestors. His winery Camerlengo now produces two different labels of “Aglianico del Vulture” and a very pleasant white wine. All his wines fully reflect […]
Wine Artisans: Silvio Messana
With a past as a musician, now Silvio Messana is busy getting the most out of his winery in Chianti Classico named Montesecondo. He does so by applying the biodynamic agriculture criteria and producing only red wines using the typical grapes of his terroir to enhance the organoleptic properties given by his two vineyards set […]
Wine Artisans: Lorella Reale and Piero Riccardi
Lorella e Piero are farming in biodynamics the vineyards of their winery Cantine Riccardi-Reale on the Mounti Prestini, on south-east side of Rome. Their wines are made from the local red variety Cesanese and prefer to be paired with he best local cooking. Coming soon their new white wines. Photo © Francesco Orini
Wine artisans: Boleslav Mervič
Boleslav Mervič, together with his daughter Cristina, runs JNK winery in Slovenia on the Vipava Valley. They produce about 11000 bottles each year, mainly from white grapes which are turned into a beautiful amber colured wine created by the skin contact during the process of wine making. The pleasant archaic taste that distinguishes them and […]
Wine artisans: Elisabetta Foradori
Elisabetta Foradori, famous for acquainting the world with the Teroldego grape variety, has been active for a long time to enhance biodiversity and vitality in soils. She is a leading example of continuous experimentation in the search for the right balance in natural vineyard care. Photo © Francesco Orini
Wine Artisans: Enrico Togni
Enrico Togni, is a small huge winegrower. His family winery Togni Rebaioli on the Alps in Valcamonica has hardly 3.5 hectares of vineyard, nevertheless he stands out in the world of wine for having preserved a native vine from extinction. “Erbanno” is a variety particularly resistant to vine deseases, which adapts well to the difficulties […]
Wine Artisans: Giacomo Baruffaldi
Giacomo Baruffaldi, together with his brother Antonio, is in charge of the family estate Castello di Stefanago in the Oltrepò Pavese. To fully represent this wonderful territory they use a couple of rules: respect the soil and work with natural methods in order to get genuine wines with great character. Photo © Francesco Orini
Wine Artisans: Enzo Pasquale
Enzo Pasquale founded Praesidium in 1988 and since then he’s been running the winery with the help of his family and in particular, nowdays, his son Ottaviano. Only two labels produced, maximum quality and tons of Abruzzo “terroir” well represented by the Montepulciano Riserva: a masterpiece capable of long aging. Photo © Francesco Orini
Wine Artisans: Andrea Bargiacchi and Maddalena Pasquetti
Andrea e Maddalena are behind the wines produced by I Mandorli towards the sea side of Tuscany, in the so called Maremma, and they’re making some great stuff. Nobody should miss the experience of tasting their beautifully intense wines, lovely portraits of their sunny and windy landscapes. Photo © Francesco Orini
Wine Artisans: Ezio Cerruti
We like to consider Ezio Cerruti the king of “Moscato passito”, a sweet white wine from sun dried aromatic grapes that he grows in Piedmont. Since a few years he is also working on dry white wines from Moscato grapes and the results are amazing. Foto © Francesco Orini
