Francesco Fabbretti

STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI

Vermentino

Bianco Testalonga 2020, Testalonga

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Dolceacqua is a small enclave, just over 80 hectares, in the far west of the Riviera Ligure di Ponente, a few kilometers from France, which boasts a tiny production of wines based on Vermentino and Rossese. The beauty of the place, with its ethereal and timeless landscapes, also led the leader of impressionism, Claude Monet, to fix some traits in his famous “Le Château de Dolceacqua” which include the houses of the old village and the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge). [Read more…] about Bianco Testalonga 2020, Testalonga

Ariento 2018, Massa Vecchia

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We are in Massa Marittima, in the province of Grosseto, about twenty kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the upper Maremma Toscana, in an area characterized by metalliferous hills; here, in 1985, Fabrizio Niccolaini and his wife Patrizia Bartolini founded the farm Massa Vecchia. While remaining in the family, the management of the company passed, from 2009 to 2018, into the hands of Patrizia’s daughter, Francesca Sfrondini, who manages it in partnership with Daniel and Ines Wattenhofer, Thomas Frischknecht and Rocco Delli Colli. [Read more…] about Ariento 2018, Massa Vecchia

VT 2017, Capichera

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The history of the Capichera winery begins when the Ragnedda family inherited some lands in Tumbas de sos Mannos (Tomba dei Giganti = Giants Tombs), a prestigious archaeological site formed between 1800 and 1100 B.C. in Arzachena. We are in the 70s, in Gallura, about 20 kilometers from the sea of the northern coast of Sardinia, and those lands are destined to vineyards, and flanked by a cellar for wine production. [Read more…] about VT 2017, Capichera

Dettori Bianco 2019, Tenute Dettori

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Talking about Alessandro Dettori and his wines is a very difficult task, as his figure has been gradually outlined with the characteristics of the timeless romantic myth. Actually Alessandro is light years away from this mythology, a bit naive, which unfortunately ends up neglecting its true strengths, such as the determination, a bit stubborn (so viscerally “Sardinian”), the great technical-agronomical background, and an enviable pragmatism. [Read more…] about Dettori Bianco 2019, Tenute Dettori

Villa di Chiesa 2016, Cantina Santadi

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Santadi is a small town located in Sulcis, the extreme south-eastern part of Sardinia, about 15 kilometers from the sea, built in medieval times in a site rich in archaeological evidence dating back to the nuragic society. Here, on October 24, 1960, was officially founded the Cantina Santadi, a project born with the cooperative form, based on the vinification of the grapes of a small group of producers. [Read more…] about Villa di Chiesa 2016, Cantina Santadi

Entemari 2017, Pala

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Viticulture is an activity known to the Sardinian population since about 5000 years, and the special relationship created on this island, over time, between man and wine is so deep that it can be compared only with that in the Caucasus region. Even if we wanted to consider only modern times, those who had the opportunity to visit Sardinia in the early ‘900 would have been struck by the impressive quantity of wine producers, considering also those who did it only for family use. [Read more…] about Entemari 2017, Pala

Giunco 2020, Mesa

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Gavino Sanna’s biography is characterized by a long series of experiences in the world of advertising that have made him the most famous Italian representative of this category, as well as one of the most famous worldwide. From Sassari to New York, where he also collaborated with the Andy Warhol’s Factory, and then again in Italy, Gavino has collected success and recognition seamlessly. [Read more…] about Giunco 2020, Mesa

Alvas s.a., Panevino

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The official history of Panevino cellar begins in the early 2000s under the impulse of Gianfranco Manca and his wife Elena, and the support of his three children. [Read more…] about Alvas s.a., Panevino

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