The best Italian wineries.
The Maiolini brothers, assisted by the expert Jean Pierre Valade, focus their skills on a high level production, blending and enhancing with mastery the grapes they have available. The most interesting wine of this year is Franciacorta Ante Omnia 2004, with an intense aromatic palette of remarkable depth and taste.
The Tiberio family has been devoted for tradition and passion to the wine world for several years, and overlooked the market directly in 2005. Each of its members, after direct experiences of a different kind, over the years developed the interest in creating their own business.
Therefore, after years of research, in 2000 succeeded in finding a farm that for its specific morphological exposure and altitude corresponded to the coveted requirements.
In the same year, the family acquired the aforesaid company of 31 hectares and initiated a collaborative project with one of the most prestigious Italian nurseries in order to trace, through chemical analysis, a detailed and broad picture of the composition of the soil, so as to manage in the best way its potentialities.
The cooperation with them not only included a careful selection and choice of grape varieties, clones and rootstocks, but it also initiated a collaboration work with the Institute of Agriculture and Viticulture and Oenology of the University of Bologna, to select and restore ancient vineyards of the area. After much research, in 2001, vineyards were planted. For each type of grape variety, the most suitable land lot were chosen, with the proper protocol management.
Azienda Agricola Illuminati is a family-owned winery that has been producing high-quality wines for generations. They are dedicated to sustainable agriculture and use traditional winemaking techniques to create unique and complex wines. Their vineyards are situated in an ideal terroir, allowing for the cultivation of both indigenous and international grape varieties. The winery is known for its commitment to quality and their passion for producing exceptional wines.
Medoro is a small village near Atri, in the beautiful hills of Teramo, traditionally suited to viticulture, which overlook the green Adriatic Sea. Here our family has been producing wine since the early seventies, but only in 1997 Villa Medoro was founded, thanks to the impetus and dynamism of Federica, who decided to bet on quality thus opening new horizons for household production. The love of an extraordinary land, the exploitation of native vines and the respect for tradition are the ingredients with which our wines are produced, genuine and authentic expression of our way of being ... people of Abruzzo.
The first news about the origins of the ancient farm date back to 1793. The beautiful hunting lodge was brought as a dowry by the noble Adelina Ruggeri De’ Capobianchi to her illustrious husband Raffaele Castorani. The fame of the celebrated surgeon, for many years a professor at Sorbonne in Paris and the inventor of the first technique of cataract surgery, invested in the estate in itself, which, since then, has been named Villa Castorani.
Subsequently, the property of the farmhouse passed to another distinguished professor, Antonio Casulli. Of Sardinian origin, Casulli was Professor of International Law at the University of Naples and later at that of Tokyo, where he conquered the personal estimate of the Emperor Hiroito. This was the most successful period for the farm arisen around the villa, with an expansion of over two hundred hectares of cultivated farmland. After the death of Casulli, in the 60s, the property was divided and a decline began: the villa was abandoned and the old traditions of vinegrowing and winemaking traditions of the past seemed to be lost.
So it was, until a few years ago, when the plots of ancient history were tied again thanks to the tenacious will of a group of friends, the current members of the Castorani company. Each member is responsible in first person for the different phases of winemaking: from loving cultivation of grapes to careful harvesting, from wine production to promotion and marketing. Combining passion for good wine with the desire to create a marketing campaign dedicated to a production of quality, the company operates in full compliance with the ancient farmers’ values that for centuries have animated these country lands, in the wake of an ancient history of devotion to the generous Abruzzo territory.
After years of passionate work, now the selection of wines by Castorani is the clear expression of an area devoted to the production of grapes of superb quality, with great passion transformed into wine through traditional techniques. Our bottles tell the hills at 350 meters above sea level in the municipality of Alanno, in the Province of Pescara, where the vineyards, nestled between the Majella National Park and the nearby Adriatic coast, enjoy excellent exposure to the sun and to the night winds, and temperature fluctuations between day and night that give grapes unique and precious features.
Today as in the past, everything revolves around the magnificent mansion that dominates the company, extending for about thirty hectares and nestled in a lush and unspoiled countryside. The vines cultivated are mainly Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, while the white grapes are Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, Malvasia, Cococciola, Pecorino and Passerina varieties, and a small area is left to the cultivation of experimental varieties.
The average age of the vines is over thirty years and all the farm land is cultivated with organic farming methods, without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. In particular, vineyards are protected with biological pest control methods and are fed with natural fertilizers.
Thanks to a highly suited micro–area and to the opportunity to work with an highly specialized oenologist like the transalpine Jean Piere Valade, the Biatta family concentrates its energis almost exclusively on the production of Franciacorta DOCG. A step over the others, the two Franciacorta Secolo Novo: elegant and kaleidoscopic wines, able to further increase their organoleptic heritage if “forgotten” for some time in the wine cellar.
Fattoria La Valentina was founded in 1990, in the municipality of Spoltore, on the hills
near Pescara. Since 1994, after a number of changes among partners, here we came: Sabatino, Roberto and Andrea Di Properzio, to purchase the whole company. Between vineyards and winery, then our work in close contact with nature began. And so its results.
After the first years of study on the vineyards of Santa Teresa, the passion for the pursuit of quality and the desire to enhance the DOC Abruzzo took over becoming the main focus of the company.
We began to better understand our land respecting it and caring about it.
The result? Wines more healthy and true from the point of view of quality. Animated by the certainty that the real quality improvement should be done in strict compliance with the biological equilibrium, season after season, we strictly applied a philosophy
that leaves aside the rampant use of chemistry and technology.
In short, we are committed to intervene as little as possible in the processes of nature, sharing the idea that the prerequisite of the Doc is the signature of the vine on grapes. Ours is a work that allows the vine to express itself, guarantees the fertility of the earth, helps to make plants healthy so they can individually resist diseases and pests.
The wines of Fattoria La Valentina are produced by nature through the uniqueness of our terroir, which we try to respect even in the bottle. This is the secret of their originality. The microclimate, the soil tied to well–adjusted vines, return wines with strong and unique character. Wines that speak of place and crops, which grow
in the combination of many small details and thanks to the passion that we get every day. Authentic wines.
The Barba family is considered to have Neapolitan origins.
The abbot Francesco Barba, Neapolitan canonical, under the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471–1484) had the task of collecting papal tithes.
A prominent figure in the early eighteent century was Carlo Barba. In 1750 he appeared in the ounce registry owner of a large volume of goods in S. Margherita di Atri, in the plains of Casoli and Fontanelle.
The generations that have come and gone in the years to follow have all contributed with tenacity and dedication to the development of land property.
At the end of the 50s, the Cavaliere del Lavoro Luigi Barba terminated the old sharecropping relations and began the direct management of the company first, equipped it with infrastructure and facilities in anticipation of the modern farming and paved the way to the most recent generation.
Today the Fratelli Barba farm, along with the SIAI, which has been successfully operating for 60 years in the field of production of bricks, is still the core business of the Barba family.
The Pizzolo family, from Verona, for generations have been engaged in agribusiness, where they have learned, among the first in Italy, to carry out successfully the idea of supply chain. Starting from the end of the 90s, they decided to extend the vineyards they owned and gave life to Valle Reale farming company, located in the town of Popoli and included in the National Parks of Gran Sasso and Maiella. It has all the elements that announce great qualitative potential: plenty of water, extreme temperature ranges, solid wealth of structure.
The “small” company run by Fabio and Patrizia Lantieri de Paratico presents constantly a series of extravagant labels, interpreted with professionalism and measure. Of the production, which embraces practically every type of Franciacorta, Arcadia 2005 stands out, with elegant scents and a lively and refreshing taste, a product that combines structure and semplicity of approach.
Azienda Agricola Musto Carmelitano is a family-owned winery that focuses on the production of natural and organic wines. They use traditional wine-making techniques and locally sourced grapes to create high-quality wines with unique flavors and aromas. The winery is committed to sustainability and preserving the environment, and they offer guided tours and tastings of their wines.
Guardian of a centuries–old tradition of the village and of my family, I, Luigi Viola, a retired elementary school teacher, always passionate about nature and agriculture, having taught for over 35 years, I decided to devote my energies full–time to recovering, enhancing and spreading a nectar, which was in danger of extinction: Moscato di Saracena.
I involved my whole family: my wife Margherita and my three children Roberto, Alessandro and Claudio, to whom I have been able to convey my passion and love for our land. I increased the production of this wine for meditation, which, when brought to the public and experts in the field, immediately had an exceptional response. What had been created almost for a bet, has become for us all a nice job and full of stimuli, which allowed us to come into contact with people, environments and situations that are extremely fascinating.
The Librandi company is located in Cirò Marina, a small town in the Ionian coast of Calabria, placed near Punta Alice, a promontory south of the Gulf of Taranto. This area is naturally suited for the cultivation of vines, for the natural inclination of the land and its geographical position, a short distance from the sea and with the Sila mountains behind, a situation that guarantees ideal temperature ranges between day and night. The Librandi family has been growing vines for four generations, and from the 50s it began the activity of bottling. The management of the company has always been firmly in the hands of the family, with the technical collaboration of Donato Lanati, professor of enology at the University of Turin and Florence, and of its studio Enosis Meraviglia.
Moncaro company has always been characterized by its strong bond to the territory of the Marche region and its environment. Maybe also for this reason, Moncaro considers itself expression of the culture of the Marche region: it is its heart and represents its heart.
As in other realities of this Land, there is strong desire and the will to finally reveal the beauty and the goodness of its products. Moncaro believes in it: there must be a way to become known, speaking to the world without “screaming”: offering quality and service, but with personality and style. Speaking, in short, the language of the global world, being strongly tied to our land and our culture.
Always, in effect, engaged in the work of selection and improvement of the vineyards, with particular attention to the cultivation techniques to better the environmental conditions in the country as well as the quality of products, Moncaro over the years has specialized its production focusing on the Marche region.
Today, the company, as symbolized by the three swallow–tailed merlons placed in its trademark, it has three wineries and vineyards in the three most important wine–producing areas of the region. The Winery of Montecarotto, in the heart of the classic “Castelli di Jesi” area; the Winery of Conero, in Camerano, on the slopes of Monte Conero, and the latest in order of acquisition, the Winery of Acquaviva, in southern Marche in high Piceno area.
A company which has experienced an exponential growth in almost twenty years. La Montina has created a selection capable of conveying an absolute respect for the varietal characteristics of the grape varieties and the designations of local origin: wines are well–balanced, complex by nature, without exaggerations in the management of woods for winemaking, nor excesses of those fragrant notes that often veil the authenticity of sparkling wines.
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Via Manzoni, 3 25050
Ome (Brescia)
The Maiolini brothers, assisted by the expert Jean Pierre Valade, focus their skills on a high level production, blending and enhancing with mastery the grapes they have available. The most...
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C. da La Volta, 3 65020
Cugnoli (Pescara)
The Tiberio family has been devoted for tradition and passion to the wine world for several years, and overlooked the market directly in 2005. Each of its members, after direct experiences of a...
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Contrada S. Biagio, 18 64010
Controguerra (Teramo)
Azienda Agricola Illuminati is a family-owned winery that has been producing high-quality wines for generations. They are dedicated to sustainable agriculture and use traditional winemaking...
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C.da Medoro, 1 64032
Atri (Teramo)
Medoro is a small village near Atri, in the beautiful hills of Teramo, traditionally suited to viticulture, which overlook the green Adriatic Sea. Here our family has been producing wine since the...
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Via Castorani, 5 65020
Alanno (Pescara)
The first news about the origins of the ancient farm date back to 1793. The beautiful hunting lodge was brought as a dowry by the noble Adelina Ruggeri De’ Capobianchi to her illustrious husband...
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Via Vallosa, 31 25050
Passirano (Brescia)
Thanks to a highly suited micro–area and to the opportunity to work with an highly specialized oenologist like the transalpine Jean Piere Valade, the Biatta family concentrates its energis...
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Via della Torretta, 52 65010
Spoltore (Pescara)
Fattoria La Valentina was founded in 1990, in the municipality of Spoltore, on the hillsnear Pescara. Since 1994, after a number of changes among partners, here we came: Sabatino, Roberto and...
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Strada Rotabile per Casoli Sp27 64020
Pineto (Teramo)
The Barba family is considered to have Neapolitan origins.The abbot Francesco Barba, Neapolitan canonical, under the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471–1484) had the task of collecting papal...
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Località San Calisto 65026
Popoli (Pescara)
The Pizzolo family, from Verona, for generations have been engaged in agribusiness, where they have learned, among the first in Italy, to carry out successfully the idea of supply chain....
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Strada Provinciale 179, 98055
Lipari (Messina)
The “small” company run by Fabio and Patrizia Lantieri de Paratico presents constantly a series of extravagant labels, interpreted with professionalism and measure. Of the production, which...
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Via Pietro Nenni, 23 85020
Maschito (Potenza)
Azienda Agricola Musto Carmelitano is a family-owned winery that focuses on the production of natural and organic wines. They use traditional wine-making techniques and locally sourced grapes to...
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Via Roma, 18 87010
Saracena (Cosenza)
Guardian of a centuries–old tradition of the village and of my family, I, Luigi Viola, a retired elementary school teacher, always passionate about nature and agriculture, having taught for over...
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C.da San Gennaro 88811
Cirò Marina (Crotone)
The Librandi company is located in Cirò Marina, a small town in the Ionian coast of Calabria, placed near Punta Alice, a promontory south of the Gulf of Taranto. This area is naturally suited for...
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Via Piandole, 7/a 60036
Montecarotto (Ancona)
Vino e Passione nelle Marche
Moncaro company has always been characterized by its strong bond to the territory of the Marche region and its environment. Maybe also for this reason, Moncaro considers itself expression of the...
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Via Baiana, 17 25040
Monticelli Brusati (Brescia)
A company which has experienced an exponential growth in almost twenty years. La Montina has created a selection capable of conveying an absolute respect for the varietal characteristics of the...
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