Wines of Piemonte
Ada Nada
At the winery, we’ve always been committed to lovingly crafting the harvest from our vineyards into the finished product. After the premature passing of Gian Carlo, Elvio has taken charge of the winery with the support of oenologists Gianfranco Cordero and Ivon Picollo. Their objective is to make each vintage better than the last, by combining traditional methods passed down the generations with the latest expert knowledge. Learn more.
Braida di Giacomo Bologna
Braida is Raffaella’s contagious laughter and Giuseppe’s absorbed expression. A brother and sister whose genes and gestures reveal the heritage of an exceptional Italian wine family. A heritage that they consolidate and expand every day, working hard and sharing its fine fruits with their wonderful team, their home-town, Rocchetta Tanaro, and all those who love their wines.
Braida is the dream of Giacomo Bologna (Build a large, spacious, well-ventilated cellar / and brighten it up with lots of beautiful bottles, / some standing, some lying down, / to be considered with a friendly eye in the evenings of / Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, / sneering at the thought / of that man without songs and sounds, / without women and without wine, / who should live about ten years longer than you) that Raffaella and Giuseppe, with hard work and dedication, have made into a solid, happy and beloved reality. Learn more.
Bruno Rocca Azienda Agricola Rabaja
Our wines tell the story of artisan, familial work. Every experience and every effort is shared and analyzed. We learn by working together, and only by working together can we improve our understanding of the vineyards and its fruit that will be made into wine. Our wines tell the story of the passion that motivates us to wake up at dawn and head for the hills. Overwhelming passion that dirty our hands so much we can’t wash all the dirt away. It’s a passion that takes up a large part of our time, our thoughts, and our lives. When we tell the story of our wines we know that each bottle contains our beliefs. A part of the territory where we work and have the privilege to grow, and even more importantly, everything that we deeply love. Learn more.
Cascina Morassino
The winery Cascina Morassino was founded in 1984 by Mauro Bianco, but the three previous generations already produced wine with grapes from the Ovello crù: it is therefore an example of family continuity in the management of the company. Cascina Morassino, now run by Mauro’s son, Roberto Bianco, has only four and a half hectares of life, three and a half of which are located in the Ovello subzone and one hectare in the municipality of Neive, subzone Cottà.
Total annual production: 20,000 btl
Barbaresco annual production: 10,000 btl
Barbaresco
Barbaresco “Ovello”
Cavalier Bartolomeo
Our company was founded in 1924 by grandfather Cavalier Bartolomeo, who learned to vintage the grapes of his own vineyards thanks to his father. Three generations later, most of the vines are now renewed except for those belonging to the Nebbiolo da Barolo, which remained intact and untouched; the cellar was modernized and improved with the introduction of a selected use of the barriques as well as new and more supervised means of fermentation. As of today the winery produces a total of 15,000 bottles per year.
The company is situated in the heart of the Barolo area in the small hamlet of Garbelletto, beneath the town of Castiglione Falletto. We can be reached along the highway that goes from Alba to Barolo, by taking the left turn 300 meters before the crossing ‘Barolo - La Morra’. Learn more.
Deltetto
We are a family of vine growers since late ‘800s, when our great-great grandfather produced the first bottles of Nebbiolo and Barbera in his farmstead located in the fraction I Lioni in Canale. Today we continue this great family tradition, looking at the future and being respectful of nature. Learn more.
E. Molino
The Molino family vineyards, bottled under the Ernesto Molino label, as homage to Sergio’s father, lies within the Barolo commune of La Morra, at the base of the hill that leads up to town, just across the border from Castiglione Falletto. Locations such as these, low down on a slope, were considered less desirable but with global warming, the cool air that settles here at night now helps to moderate the heat and add freshness to the wines. Being lower down on a slope also helps alleviate hydric stress (when plants release more water than they absorb) - part of the double whammy climate change is inflicting on Piedmont. Sergio has a delicate touch in the cellar, preferring to allow the vineyards to speak for themselves. With only a single Barolo vineyard, and a total of just 2.5 hectares under vine, his is a true micro-winery. His wines are distinct, traditional expressions of Piedmont’s grapes, produced with a technical precision honed over decades of consulting work.
Germano Ettore
Living in a family where work becomes a reason for living can lead to hating it or loving it in a very passionate way. For me it was the later, since the days of my childhood when, while not appreciating the aromas of wine, I enjoyed being in the countryside in the vineyards with my father and my family.
The desire to grow and contribute to the development of our family winery motivated me both in my schooling to work as a winegrower first, then as a winemaker. Learn more.
Ghiomo
We passed down for generations, the passion for this great and difficult task, founded on honesty and respect for nature, we do not like to be defined biodynamic, organic or conventional, but only peasants. As such we live for the welfare of our country and of the products of our farming. The method of processing of the vineyards we use is strictly traditional, the result of experience, professionalism and flexibility, every year is a different story, and we have to appreciate and enhance this with all our might. The goal is to produce great wines, different every year, expressing strongly the character of our land. We want them to be ambassadors of this extraordinary country. We would like to convey to all the people who love the wines the pride and excitement that we experience in producing it. Learn more.
La Torretta
The agricultural company, “La Torretta” of Lorenzo Ferro, located in Ghemme, is a family-run business. The vineyards stretch for about 5 acres, 3 of which were formed by the grubbing of old vineyards and reshaping of the land for better sun exposure. They produce prestigious wines from red and white grapes: Ghemme DOCG, Riserva, Colline Novaresi DOC, including Vespolina. Learn more.
The Massimo Rattalino winery is located on one of the most prestigious hills of the Barbaresco area.
The choice to dedicate almost the entire production to this noble and versatile grape was a precise choice to better enhance the main Piedmontese grape varietal. A clear choice: to enhance this noble and austere grape varietal that has so much to tell, and that only through great care, can express itself with elegance and longevity.
Careful management of the vineyards is essential to bring high quality grapes to the cellar. The classic Guyot vine training system is utilized and the harvest is manual. The care of the vineyard is precise, marked only by the variability of nature that makes every harvest unique.
Montalbera
The Morando Family has been passionately making wine from their grapes and vineyards in the Monferrato and Langhe for three generations. And their story is just beginning. Learn more.
Salvano
The origins of the Salvano cellars date back to shortly after the mid-20th century. At that time viticulture was not the only activity of the farm and in fact they cultivated wheat, potatoes and hazelnuts. However, it is possible to establish in the 1960s the beginning of the transformation of grapes into wine suitable for sale and trade. Angelo Salvano begins the production of wines in the "Grillo" farmhouse among the vineyards of Diano d'Alba, in the heart of the Langhe.
Its products, the result of hard work in the vineyards and dedication to a hard and rich land at the same time, begin to be known by many. Immediately after the war, the iron will of his son Saverio allowed him to expand the cellar and move to Valle Talloria. From here begins the bottling of the wine, previously only sold and distributed in small barrels and demijohns. The name Salvano becomes synonymous with quality wines, finding success throughout the North of Italy. Learn more.
Silvano Bolmida
Bussia in Monforte d’Alba is not only a little village, a place set in the wonderful panorama of the Langhe, it is one of the first outstanding sub-zones, famous for generating wines with complex and constant organoleptic originality. Fond appraisers worldwide have acknowledged these characteristics. It is in these hills that rises the Farm Silvano Bolmida, where 5 hectares of vineyards are cultivated by the Bolmida family with a special attention to the low amounts of grapes for every singles vine. A frequent tillage ensures not only a natural weedkiller but also a right oxygenation and an organic change in the deepest layers. During the harvest the grapes are handpicked, the development of the analytic and polyphenolic values of every single portion of vineyard is taken into account in order to produce wines whose flavour richness and elegance are characteristics already present in each bunch. The long fermentation on the skins gives the wine its organoleptic completeness. The immediate placing in barrique and tonneaux (only few are new) with lees helps the polymerization and the stabilization of the polyphenolic constituents. The bottling without filtering guarantees the total respect of its characteristics. A long fining in bottle – 14 months and longer as for Barolo – succeeds in getting my wine ready to drink when released and it will be up to the consumer whether to appreciate their harmonious youth or waiting for the complexity in the evolution. In both cases the wine represents the identity of the vine, of the area, of the producer and of his family. Learn more.
Azienda Agricola Sordo Giovanni
We work our vineyards with this principle in mind following the precepts of modern agriculture
Grass of varying types grows along with other species of plants between our rows of vines. In addition to consolidating the soil and preventing erosion, they provide humus when dug in, thus completely eliminating the need for chemical fertilizer and herbicides. Our vines are mostly treated with sulfur or copper compounds, such as Bordeaux mixture. However, these are only used when strictly necessary. We rigorously follow the recommendations and dosages provided by qualified agronomists. We have resolved the difficult problem of wastewater by installing a state-of-the-art phytopurification system, returning pollutant-free water to the soil. By following these principles that are continually evolving with scientific progress, we are committed to the defence and protection of our Mother Earth.
The first generation | Giuseppe
The Sordo winemaking estate was established in the early years of the twentieth century. It was in 1912 that when Giuseppe Sordo began to cultivate vineyards and make wine in the small village of Garbelletto in the township of Castiglione Falletto.
The second generation | Giovanni
The turning point came with the arrival of Giovanni Sordo, Giuseppe’s son, who demonstrated both intuition and ability in acquiring vineyards. From the 1950s on, he chose ideal vineyards, called ‘sorì’ in Piedmontese dialect, suitable for making wines o great quality and prestige. Along with his wife Maria, historical memory of the estate, Giovanni enlarged the cellar and built the current fermentation room during the 1960s. He also purpose-built a space exclusively for the elevage of the prestigious Barolo, in which he placed large, 120 hl oak casks.
The third generation | Giorgio
In 2001, following the untimely death of Giovanni, his son Giorgio took up the reins of the estate. Thanks to both his father’s teaching and his instilling of the same passion, Giorgio carried on the family tradition. An enthusiast of the added geographical references of Barolo, he reached a great milestone in 2013 producing eight Barolo MGAs for the first time. He dedicated this milestone to his excellent teacher, the oenologist Armando Cordero, a great proponent of Barolo aged in large casks. Giorgio enlarged the original cellar and added a subterranean cellar by excavating under the hillside at a depth of more than 12 meters. Here the temperature and humidity are constant and at ideal levels for the elevage of Barolo in casks. In this part of the cellar, there are also two “infernot”–a Piedmontese word that refers to a small, subterranean cellar–in which the family ages magnums and double magnums of historic Barolo vintages.
The Fourth generation | Paola
The Sordo family women have also have important roles right from since the founding of the estate. At Giuseppe’s side there was Signora Lina, the pioneer, followed by Signora Maria, who for the love of her husband Giovanni, supported as well as documented each important decision. Today, the fourth generation is represented by Paola Sordo, Giorgio’s only daughter.
Cascina Delle Monache
Cascina delle Monache is historically present on the cartograph sheet of the Gavi municipality of the early 1900s and is one of the first farmhouses that has been built. In the 11th century, several Genovese monastic groups were established places of assistance like the «EREMITI» and the «BENEDICTA» to help clerics and merchants that travelled the old trade roads “le vie Marenche”.
These roads that lead to the sea, built in Roman times to connect the western Po Valley to the Ligurian coast, connected the surrounding villages to Genoa. Thus, our farmhouse was a stop where people could rest and recharge the energies.Cascina delle Monache’s story is as young as deeply rooted and characteristic in the Gavi wine land.
Rosangela and Carlo, known as Gilli and Carlin by friends and family, were born before World War II and began the story of our family’s dedication to the land. They were traditional peasants with sacrifices instead of indulgences and whose hard work and determination helped them create a beautiful, rural lifestyle.
A lifestyle with a clear goal: make and maintain the estate that we now all know. In the beginning, their business involved an array of different farm processes. They were tenant farmers, cereal growers, gardeners, grape-growers and livestock farmers. Nowadays, we’d call them “exceptional multitaskers”.
And then if that wasn’t enough, in 1978 Carlin bought land and established the first family-owned vineyard…