Chiaretto, Groppello and Lugana are the three great wines that tell Garda and the passion of the Pasini family, who cultivates its vineyards in Valtnesi and Lugana.
In the San Giovanni farm, on the Brescia’s Riviera of Lake Garda, the Pasini vinify their own grapes, with particular attention to local varieties, to make wines of pure territorial expression.
Now firmly adopted by Andrea Pasini since 1958, the care of a unique land, which can produce such authentic wines, made of cobblestone and permeable hills in Valtnesi and of solid clay in Lugana, today has became a strong determination to safeguard environmental resources.
The modern winery has been housing since 2009 a photovoltaic plant useful to supply the company and the whole production chain, the Pasini reveal more and more a
responsible use of raw materials, showing a design of full sustainability, which the family has undertaken with determination.
Very recent is the indication on the label of the carbon imprint, ie the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere to produce each bottle. A key parameter for evaluating the overall environmental impact of the company.
The winery of the San Giovanni farm is associated with the Consortia for the protection of the two DOC of the territory in which it cultivates the vineyards owned, Valtnesi/Garda Classico and Lugana, and is in the forefront in the promotion of the new Valtnesi DOC, the designation that finally defines Valtnesi as an ancient Italian territory of great rosé wines and elegant red wines.
Next to the cellar, in ancient farmhouse, Osteria della Cantina – Villa Pasini has been founded, an informal meeting place, that combines local cuisine with the wines of San Giovanni and of the great Italian oenology.
The winery of the San Giovanni company is located in Raffa di Puegnago del Garda.
The company has about 40 hectares of vineyard: 30 in Valtenesi, divided into Raffa di Puegnago and Picedo di Polpenazze and a little less than 10 in Lugana, in San Benedetto di Lugana.
