Wineries

Azienda Agricola Poggi Dell'Elmo

Azienda Agricola Giovanni Poggi dell’Elmo by Giovanni Guglielmi produces Rossese di Dolceacqua and Vermentino, local wines of the Ligurian hinterland.

The winery and vineyards are located in the extreme west of the Riviera Ligure di Ponente fifteen kilometers from the border with France, surrounded by a reality typical of the Ligurian hinterland.

The vineyards are located in the town of Soldano, in the Val Verbone, an area known for the cultivation of the vine.

The exposure of the vineyards is South and South–East; the plant has an average age of forty years, but some vines date back to the thirties.

Other systems are set to younger terraces supported by stone walls where the vertiginous slopes prevent the use of mechanical means.

The company produces five types of wine: Rossese di Dolceacqua D.O.C. Classico, of ruby red color with violet reflections; Rossese di Dolceacqua D.O.C. Superiore, more intense than the classic one, with notes of ripe cherry, spicy and balsamic; Rossese di Dolceacqua D.O.C. Superiore Elmo Primo with a good structure and an important spicy flavor thanks to the passage in barriques, the rosé wine produced by Rossese grapes vinified in white, delicate and with aromas of rose; and Vermentino, straw yellow with greenish hues, fresh and easy to drink.

They organize tours in the vineyard and wine tastings.

Azienda Agricola Guglielmi Enzo

Guglielmi

Ka Mancine'

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.