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Azienda Agricola Ottaviano Lambruschi was founded in the middle of the 70s, when Ottaviano Lambruschi decided to leave his job in the mines of Carrara, and to purchase 2 hectares of wood in Costa Marina locality, in the municipality of Castelnuovo Magra.
With the help of his Brother Alessandro, and with a lot of determination, they created a Vineyard and a Wine.
In the 80s his son Fabio, graduated as agrotechnician, joined passion and new production techniques to create a modern and rational winery, without neglecting the tradition.
Over time, the company acquired new vineyards in valuable areas of viticulture in Liguria including Sarticola: a historic farm already famous in Roman times.
The ongoing research, combined with great love for growing and wine–making, characterize a product of the highest quality, which well represents the aspirations of the company.
The company owns 5 hectares of vineyards and buys grapes from local farmers of his confidence. The vineyards, situated on the hills surrounding the area, due to the characteristic shape of terraces, do not allow the use of mechanical means, then Mario and farmers work their land manually. Vineyards are at the sea and harvest is handmade.
Despite being a small company, the winery is equipped with all the most modern facilities, a pneumatic press for the pressing of white grapes, barrels–fridge for wine fermentation at a controlled temperature, and barrels for the aging of red wine.
Mario and Santina bring passion and care in all stages of production, from cultivation, to vinification and bottling, to constantly improve their product and to make it known even outside the production area.
Since when, in 1995, was attributed to the wines of the territory the "Colline di Levanto" DOC, the company’s wines have been awarded in the Mountain Wines International Competition sponsored by Cervim and several times at the Douja d’Or National Competition sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Asti.
The Baia Del Sole winery, located near the archaeological ruins of the ancient Luni di Ortonovo, derives its prestige from the lands where the native Vermentino has its most probable origin.
Since ancient times, even under the control of the Ligurians, the port of Luni was used as a mooring for merchant ships both by the Etruscans and by the Greeks.
To the latter, the first consecration of the port to the goddess Selene is ascribed. Luni, which gave its name to Lunigiana, was an ancient Roman city that is currently located on the border between Liguria and Tuscany, in the town of Ortonovo. Today only ruins remain of what was once a powerful maritime city.
Founded by the Romans in 177 BC, to establish an outpost against the Apuan Ligurians in their war of conquest of the Italian peninsula, Luni became famous for its harbor, from which shiploads full of marble of the Apuan Alps, Apennine forests’ timber, cheese and local wines, praised by Martial and Pliny, left.
In the Augustan age, Luni knew a further period of splendor, and subsequently in the Julius–Claudian period, thanks to the nearby marble, turned into monumental city. In the fifth century it was chosen as the seat of a bishop, a sign of the importance of the city, which in 272 gave even a Pope: Eutychian.
Soldano is a municipality in the Ponente Ligure area on the shores of the stream Verbone, which gives the name to this small valley. The area of Galeae, where the Ka’ Manciné company produces one of its most important wines, was considered one of the prisons of that time, where detainees were deported and left to themselves, hence the name. It is located about 400 meters above sea level in a natural amphitheater with south east position. In front, on top of a hill, the vineyard Beragna stands, the most historic vineyard of the company, dating back to 1876, with its ancient stocks of Rossese di Dolceacqua, supported even today by its old "scarasse": support poles normally used in the vineyard. It is here where the Anfosso dei Mancinei family fulfilled his most beautiful dream, to give life back to what, in past times, the founder of Mancinei had created through hardships that are unimaginable today. The Manciné name derives from Anfosso Pietro who, being left–handed in fact, was distinguished from the various Pietro in town. To the name, the word KA’ was added, meaning "house", with the use of "K" that commemorates the history of the Saracen and the modern age in which we live. In this land, where for centuries vines have been cultivated, Rossese stems, called in 1972 Rossese di Dolceacqua owing its name to the most representative, but not the most important, village. One of the strongest villages from the qualitative and quantitative point of view was Soldano.
The history of this cozy farm begins in the mid 80s, a period in which Pier Luigi Neri, electrical engineer, inherited a nineteenth–century house and a plot of land in the hills north of Sarzana. A lover of nature, he started as a hobby to devote himself to viticulture, helped and supported by his wife Maria Antonietta Bacciarelli and their children, at the time still students. Today are the children, Alessandro and Davide, to lead with great effort the family winery and manage a diverse range of products, varied and reliable. Justified absent, this year, will be Passito dei Neri: the 2000 vintage will rest for some time more in the cellar.
The career of Ivan Giuliani started in Terenzuola, the family farm where he took his first steps into the world of wine, already since the first half of the 90s with the recovery of old vines that his grandfather Luigi, returning from New York because of the crisis of 1929, had purchased in the Municipality of Fosdinovo. The collaboration, started some years ago with his friend Marco Nicolini, famous local farmer entrepreneur, gave further impetus to a project that involves him also in Cinque Terre, in the small company initiated by the cardiologist Evasio Pasini.
The company was founded in 1993 thanks to its founder Roberto Petacchi, who made of the passion for the land of his grandfather, Pietro Giacomelli, his job.
The Giacomelli farm is located in Castelnuovo Magra, in the heart of Colli di Luni, where the land, thanks to its precious minerals, the mild temperature due to the proximity of the sea, is capable of producing wines of excellent quality. In this wonderful plot of land all the wines of Azienda Agricola Giacomelli are produced: Colli di Luni DOC Vermentino, Colli di Luni DOC Vermentino "Boboli", Colli di Luni DOC Vermentino "Le Pianacce", Colli di Luni DOC Red, IGT Golfo Dei Poeti White, IGT Golfo dei Poeti Red e IGT Golfo dei Poeti Raisin "Persichino".
A production of wines characterized by different terroirs, diverse grape varieties, but all grown with the same passion for the land and the territory.
The path of this talented winemaker arises in the Cinque Terre, where now a large part of his production is located, to arrive in 2003 to a project called Prima Terra. The harmony of his wines comes from many small elements, apparently disintegrated, that only he manages skillfully to mold as a good orchestra conductor. Even the name imposed to wines follows the originality of Walter.
Cooperativa Agricoltori in the valley of Levanto, which currently has 130 members, obtained in August 1995 the recognition of the DOC for its Colline di Levanto wine. The white wine, called Lievantu, has a delicate, persistent scent, with a slightly bitter aftertaste typical of the wines of eastern Liguria, while the red wine, called Canuet, is characterized by a dry, delicate and harmonious flavor.
The productions of Cooperativa Agricoltori in the valley of Levanto, although limited in quantity, are the result of wise cultivation techniques and of a modern winemaking that includes the Colline di Levanto DOC among the fine wines from an area with ancient winemaking tradition, like the province of La Spezia.
Cascina Prai produces the most famous white wines of Liguria, Pigato and Vermentino, but also reuses of some ancient local varieties, that are not very known, such as Lumassina and Barbarossa (natural pink).
The red wines are based on Granaccia and Rossese, but in the area of Cervo other red grape varieties, well adapted to the Mediterranean climate, are in production.
Of the 12 hectares owned, 8 are employed as vineyard by the youngest of Cervo, recently entered in production, and by the eldest Colla Micheri dating back to the 70s/80s.
Despite not being a certified organic farm, its cultivation and winemaking protocols refer to the very restrictive parameters of natural production, and some of its wines are produced through natural fermentation with native yeasts, while for the others selected basic and strictly non–GMO yeasts are used.
The Capellini have been vinegrowers in Volastra, in the heart of the Cinque Terre, for at least seven generations. The Company currently is run by Luciano in collaboration with his wife Pina and his son Mirco, without forgetting the valuable contribution of his mother Giulia Mergotti, who has been recently awarded a prestigious recognition for the commitment of a lifetime dedicated to the preservation of the territory. The orientation of production presents, for the time being, a small range consisting of three reputable wines.
Azienda Agricola SCORZA CESARE was founded thanks to the enthusiasm of the young owner, whose family has always worked in the field of viticulture.
In the highly suited areas of its vineyards, it produces only for its winery, both for the protection of the genuineness of the product and to protect the environment.
The grapes are vinified, in the traditional way, in the modern winery located in Manarola in the Cinque Terre area, under the watchful direction of the oenologist Giorgio Baccigalupi, whose ability are known and appreciated by all operators in the sector.
In the heart of the Cinque Terre, set in a beautiful natural amphitheater protected from the winds, the Buranco estate shows all its simple, but precious, charm to those who reach it by climbing from Monterosso.
Here, Rio Buranco, which gives its name to the property, before flowing into in the intense blue of the sea, goes through a valley that looks really as an anthology of what most characteristic this part of Liguria can offer.
An exceptionally unique environment, three and a half hectares of land cultivated with vineyards, olive groves and lemon trees by the Grillo family, with love and devotion; a choice of excellence in the Cinque Terre, declared by UNESCO "World Heritage Site".
Wine, brandy, oil, lemons and honey are the productions of Buranco. Small volumes for a high quality. All created in the same way. And by the same philosophy: finding a lost time and trying to make it ours again.
And, to fully understand the exceptionality of the place and its products it is really important to know the environmental treasure to which the Buranco gem belongs: the Cinque Terre; a myth that has always been associated with another myth: Sciacchetrà. A wine that comes from a unique viticultural landscape; in "villages" overlooking the sea, on tiny "bands" taken from the mountain with persistent fatigue; where, to speak like the great Veronelli, "crazy angels winemakers" move like acrobats.
In recent years, Francesca with her husband Roberto and Annamaria have chosen to continue the beautiful work of father Riccardo, affectionately called "u Baccan" ("the leader", in the local dialect). A life choice dictated by strong deep attachment to our territory as a unique environment to preserve and enhance, a silent creator, together with our dedicated and passionate work with the wines of Azienda Agricola Bruna. The philosophy that we apply in the cellar is very simple: in winemaking we pander with pragmatism and sensitivity to the expression of each cultivar and the land it comes from. We prefer natural methods, wines of strong typicality and elegance, without forcing. Maceration on the skins, fermentation with indigenous yeasts, long periods of permanence of wines on the noble lees, have always been our modus operandi on Pigato. At the historic wine cellar dating back to the first twentieth century, in the design stage a wider structure was conceived, in harmony with the environment that will allow us to develop in the future our idea of tradition.
The Bisson wines were created in the early days of 1978 when Pierluigi Lugano, master of art and expert sommelier, aware of the opportunities that he sensed to be hidden in the rugged wines of the Ligurian peasants, decided to enhance the grapes of the Riviera del Levante area.
He started to buy small lots of grapes by farmers throughout the area and to make wine in their wine cellar carrying on, with modern techniques of winemaking, a number of experiments to understand how to deal with local grapes.
The excellent results obtained made it possible to revive native Ligurian wines that had now practically disappeared, such as the Bianchetta Genovese and Ciliegiolo and to create new ideas such as Musaico, a red wine with a strong personality.
After a few years spent vinifying the grapes purchased, conscious of the fact that wine is made in the vineyard, he decided to plant vineyards on his own, in order to achieve full control of the process of quality in his wines.
The cultivation in strict limitation of pesticides is the latest challenge that is being carried out, with great conviction, in vineyards to guarantee quality and genuineness.
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Via Olmarello, 28 19033
Castelnuovo Magra (La Spezia)
Azienda Agricola Ottaviano Lambruschi was founded in the middle of the 70s, when Ottaviano Lambruschi decided to leave his job in the mines of Carrara, and to purchase 2 hectares of wood in Costa...
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via Zoppi, 11 19015
Levanto (La Spezia)
The company owns 5 hectares of vineyards and buys grapes from local farmers of his confidence. The vineyards, situated on the hills surrounding the area, due to the characteristic shape of...
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via Forlino, 3 19034
Ortonovo (La Spezia)
The Baia Del Sole winery, located near the archaeological ruins of the ancient Luni di Ortonovo, derives its prestige from the lands where the native Vermentino has its most probable origin....
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Piazza 8 Luoghi, 36 18036
Soldano (Imperia)
Soldano is a municipality in the Ponente Ligure area on the shores of the stream Verbone, which gives the name to this small valley. The area of Galeae, where the Ka’ Manciné company produces...
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via Groppolo, 7 19038
Sarzana (La Spezia)
The history of this cozy farm begins in the mid 80s, a period in which Pier Luigi Neri, electrical engineer, inherited a nineteenth–century house and a plot of land in the hills north of...
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via Salita Castello, 137 19017
Riomaggiore (La Spezia)
The career of Ivan Giuliani started in Terenzuola, the family farm where he took his first steps into the world of wine, already since the first half of the 90s with the recovery of old vines that...
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Via Palvotrisia, 134 19033
Castelnuovo Magra (La Spezia)
The company was founded in 1993 thanks to its founder Roberto Petacchi, who made of the passion for the land of his grandfather, Pietro Giacomelli, his job. The Giacomelli farm is located in...
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Via Trarcantu, 25 19017
Riomaggiore (La Spezia)
The path of this talented winemaker arises in the Cinque Terre, where now a large part of his production is located, to arrive in 2003 to a project called Prima Terra. The harmony of his wines...
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Loc. Le Ghiare, 20 19015
Levanto (La Spezia)
Cooperativa Agricoltori in the valley of Levanto, which currently has 130 members, obtained in August 1995 the recognition of the DOC for its Colline di Levanto wine. The white wine, called...
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Loc.Colla Micheri 17051
Andora (Savona)
Cascina Prai produces the most famous white wines of Liguria, Pigato and Vermentino, but also reuses of some ancient local varieties, that are not very known, such as Lumassina and Barbarossa...
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Via Montello, 240/b
Riomaggiore (La Spezia)
The Capellini have been vinegrowers in Volastra, in the heart of the Cinque Terre, for at least seven generations. The Company currently is run by Luciano in collaboration with his wife Pina and...
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Via R. Birolli, 61 19010
Riomaggiore (La Spezia)
Azienda Agricola SCORZA CESARE was founded thanks to the enthusiasm of the young owner, whose family has always worked in the field of viticulture.In the highly suited areas of its vineyards, it...
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Via Buranco, 72 19016
Monterosso al Mare (La Spezia)
In the heart of the Cinque Terre, set in a beautiful natural amphitheater protected from the winds, the Buranco estate shows all its simple, but precious, charm to those who reach it by climbing...
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Via Umberto I, 21 18020
Ranzo (Imperia)
In recent years, Francesca with her husband Roberto and Annamaria have chosen to continue the beautiful work of father Riccardo, affectionately called "u Baccan" ("the leader", in the local...
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C.so Gianelli, 28 16043
Chiavari (Genova)
The Bisson wines were created in the early days of 1978 when Pierluigi Lugano, master of art and expert sommelier, aware of the opportunities that he sensed to be hidden in the rugged wines of the...
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