RAINA: Francesco is a chef, a wine maker and a DJ. In 2002 he bought Raina estate and that became home to his family and the place to be himself at most. That led him to approach biodynamic in both farming and vinification. Sometimes he still wears the chef hat to entertain customers who want to get the full experience and see his extended disk collection. His orange approach to white grape varietals and the short maceration on the reds to bring out the fruitiness, many times has encountered the disapproval of the “Official Tasting Commission. But this never stopped him from continuing on his personal journey. Learn more…

Domingo Molina: Palo bought some vines and the cellar from an Italian immigrant in 1959. In early 2000 he discovered a land, that he named the Rupestre Valley, in a very isolated and unique area north of Cafayate. While developing vineyards in the Rupestre Valley, the Domingo family also helped the indigenous community living in that area, providing jobs and building schools for the children.
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Bordocheo: The Chelini  great-grandfather worked at Colle di Bordocheo many years before the grandfather was able to purchase the XIX century farmhouse, with vines and olive trees. Today Barbara and Pietro are the fourth and fifth generation who work side by side with the help of Filippo, an oenologist who arrived in 2010 after working in Montalcino and in the Chianti region, and who has become part of the family. Barbara and Filippo arrived in Bordocheo almost at the same time and began the journey into organic farming together. Learn more…

Les Vignerons: In 1952 Rochefort-du-Gard was a small town, great potential since located in the South Rhone, benefiting the close Provence clime, but not enough business to sustain the cost of a cellar. Four Winemakers decided to share their grapes, hard work, and one cellar in order to be able to deliver great wines. With the years more families joined, now most of the members own an average of 20 hectares of vines, all farmed with the same quality purpose. Learn more…

Binzamanna: Walter and Sara had a dream: to bring back vines in Martis that used to be a great place for vine growing, but after the70’s, when the Italian government paid the farmers to explain the vines, no wineries were left. In 1998 they started working on their dream, in a small family vineyard, attaching different color strings to the old vines in order to select the old clones and nurse new old cloned vines. Today they have four hectares and they keep slowly enlarging their winery. Learn more…

Ca’ Brusà: The Marengo family have been making wines in Langhe since 1890, when Domenico Marengo moved to Monforte d’Alba. Today, while Diego and his son Luca are taking care of the vines and the cellar, the mother Rita with the son-chef Dario run the old family house that is a B&B with 6 bedrooms and a “trattoria” with the best local food. All the activities are at one place: Cà Brusà is a family matter. Learn more…

La Meridiana: On the winery’s walls there are proofs that the Leali family have always been farmers on the west side of Lake Garda since the early 1900’. Today Roberto, Fabio and his wife Katia represent the family tradition in making excellent wines and amazing Evo Oils, even if there are 3 generations actively participating in the winery’s life and living above the cellar. That is why visiting La Meridiana feels like visiting your grandparents’ home. Learn more…

I Carpini: Paolo developed a great passion for wines by visiting small producers, and in 1998 he decided to change his life, leaving the frenetic Milan lifestyle to find a place where he could create and live a holistic environment, grow vines and produce unique wines. He chose an underestimated area like Colli Tortonesi, where the soil was chemicals-free and the growing potential was great. Few years ago, Riccardo joined his father, bringing an even more revolutionary mindset. Learn more…

Francesco Averoldi: The Averoldi cellar goes back to the 14th century, nobody remembers which ancestor started to produce wines, but definitely the tradition goes back many centuries. Today Francesco is proudly a one man show, overlooking all the farming and personally taking care of all the vinification, bottling and even delivering. Giuseppina, her mother, at the age of 89, straight as a general, takes care of the wine shop and her beautiful roses that are in the garden and in front of all the rows. Learn more…

San Biagio Vecchio: Andrea’s happy memories of the family harvest, from his childhood, brought him to look for his own winery. San Biagio Vecchio used to be a Church property, and the local priest Don Antonio used to farm and make wine. And there he met Lucia, who became his wife and partner in the winery adventure. Together, always smiling and with a positive attitude, they started their journey between the respect of the Romagna tradition and the will to bottle the best they can obtain out of their special sandy soil and clime. Learn more…