Cantina Tollo a sixty-year journey through the world of wine

Cantina Tollo celebrates sixty years of activity and to celebrate the important milestone reached has launched a contest dedicated to young artists and designers with the aim of choosing the image for the new advertising campaign , created specifically for the anniversary of the Theatine reality. To win the competition, which saw the participation of over 180 artists, Flavia Cuddemi's illustrations: the watercolor images tell not only the story of Tollo, but also and above all a journey to discover the world of wine, the theme of the contest . Cuddemi's works have been selected by a jury made up of Andrea di Fabio, sales and marketing director of Cantina Tollo, the artist Stefania de Rubeis and the professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna Gianluca Bernardini. “This for us - explains Tonino Verna , President of Cantina Tollo - is an important milestone: for sixty years we have been ambassadors of Abruzzo wines and traditions in Italy and abroad. We could only celebrate the anniversary of the foundation with a competition dedicated to the journey into the wine world, a journey of discovery of cultures and flavors that we have already undertaken since 1960, when Tollo opened his cellar ". “Sip a glass of wine - continues Flavia Cuddemi - is equivalent to embarking on a sensorial journey made of colors, smells, flavors that stimulate the mind and activate the imagination. A path that leads those who drink it to discover a territory and its history. The images proposed, for this purpose, depict the action of taking a path, real but also imagined, fantastic ". The two illustrations, in addition to being the protagonists of the advertising campaign, will also be used as a label for a limited edition bottle created specifically to celebrate the company's sixty years.

Who we are | Cantina Tollo Cantina Tollo is today among the most important and consolidated companies in the Italian wine sector. It markets 13 million bottles a year, boasts about 700 members and 2,700 hectares cultivated in an area that has always been suited to wine production. The vineyards of Cantina Tollo extend from the hills of the coast to the slopes of the Maiella, in a typically Mediterranean climate, characterized by remarkable temperature excursions. The production is concentrated on the typical and indigenous vines of the area (Montepulciano, Trebbiano, Pecorino, Passerina and Cococciola), traditionally cultivated with a pergola, with a marked vocation for experimentation in the field and in the cellar. Cantina Tollo bottles are distributed in all Italian regions, in almost all the countries of the European Union, in particular Germany, the Netherlands, France, Denmark and the United Kingdom and, overseas, in Japan, the United States, Canada. Cantina Tollo also looks to new emerging markets such as Russia, India and China.