Sometimes dreams...

Our company was born from a deep and true passion for the earth and for an area which had been neglected and mistreated by situations, by history and by man.

After several discussions and after having thought about this company for a very long time, in 1996 my father Giorgio, my brother Alberto and I decided to dedicate our efforts to a project which would enhance historical varieties of vines, the traditions of vines in our area, but without neglecting technological innovation, international vines, territorial protection with biological, the real biological land that used to exist.

We decided to begin an adventure which many people considered a dream rather than a risk.... no land of our own, no means, no structures, no canteen.

We rented 7 hectares of vineyards, some old plots of land which used to belong to my mothers family and which had been sold or left to their own destiny throughout the years with intensive cultivation of very poor quality.

In two years we drastically changed working processes with very short pruning, 8/10 gems per plant, intensive planting, vine stock processes, the total absence of chemical manure, manure only from animals, copper-based and sulphur powder treatments only and we managed to increase the vineyards to an unexpected level, reducing performance per hectare by 50% but with results ranging from 14.3° of sugar (babo) to 18° on average, on all grapes, even the poorest.

On the basis of these results and with extreme enthusiasm due to the results achieved, due to the huge demand for grapes by the most qualified producers, not only in the area, the right opportunity arose with the acquisition of 17 hectares in the City of Montalto Pavese, the Ca della Gatta area.

All of the land, abandoned or uncultivated, were all cleaned and replanted...

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