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Roncal is a small estate, only 20 hectares of absolute quality. It is located in the heart of the eastern hills of Friuli, just 3 km from the Longobardic town of Cividale del Friuli, UNESCO world heritage.
It was founded from a project by Roberto Zorzettig, knowledgeable vinegrower and oenologist, who in 1986 decided to start a model company combining respect for the land, the preservation of tradition and the renewal of winemaking techniques.
Today, his wife Martina carries out his company with great dedication and enthusiasm, who has made of quality and excellence her motto.
The company’s name, Il Roncal, in Friulian language means "farmstead", located in the hills cultivated with terraces and, in effect, the "ronchi" dominate this picturesque landscape.
The "ronchi" of the vineyards surrounding the Montebello hill are favored by an excellent exposure and a soil of sandstone and marl, ideal for the cultivation of the vine.
At Roncal they harvest late, to catch the grapes in their most generous maturity. Wine is made according to traditional methods, at a controlled temperature in the cellars of the company.
A basement is dedicated to aging and fining of wine in wood barrels: barriques, tonneaux and barrels of 25 hl, with control of temperature and humidity and a ventilated place for the drying of grapes. Along with the shiny and cold steel tanks, scented oak barrels find a place, where wine matures and the flavors complement each other.
In contrast to this, so strong and at the same time pleasant, the whole philosophy that guides the estate is enclosed, where we experience innovations to improve what already exists.
The winery has been recently renovated and expanded, and is home to a new space devoted to the sale of the company’s wines. One of the two towers of the building is dedicated to moments of tasting with a striking view of the surrounding vineyards and on the ancient mansion, carefully restored, now used as a farmhouse inn.
Located 450 meters above sea level the vineyards of the company of Francesco Lambertini, who took the baton passed to him by his father Angelo, are bred both with Guyot and spurred cordon methods, have south–west exposure and a variable age of about 30 years. Style, quality and balance are factors that distinguish the Bonzarone and Rocca di Bonacciara, an excellent expression of their terroir of origin.
The Spinetta farm covers an area of 23 hectares of vineyards, in Romagna, in the hills of Faenza.
Luciano Monti, owner of the company, has been following with care and passion the whole process of production, joined by a talented group of experts, including the oenologist Sergio Ragazzini, author of several successes achieved also with the Spinetta wines.
In addition to the typical and best known DOC/DOP and DOCG/DOP wines of Romagna (Sangiovese, Albana, Trebbiano, Cagnina, Colli di Faenza, etc.), Spinetta also cultivates the ancient native vines of the area (Centesimino and Uva Longanesi), obtaining the Centesimino and Burson wines.
The products of Spinetta can also be ordered in the company, where courtesy and professionalism are of the house and are in perfect harmony with the generous land of Romagna. The sale is also carried out at retail.
Santa Giustina farm is located in the hills over Pianello Val Tidone, on the Piacenza hills, at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level.
It consists of a small village, whose oldest part dates back to the year one thousand, and the cellar of a modern building, completed in 2003. Santa Giustina is located in an area, all organically grown, with a climate characterized by extreme temperature rnges and by adequate ventilation.
The company is spread over about 100 hectares, including lands in annual crops, forests and vineyards; the property has also a private hunting reserve. An area formerly known for the vocation of the land to the production of Gutturnio.
Azienda Agricola San Valentino is situated just a few km from the sea on the Rimini hills that overlook Mount Titano. In 1990 Giovanni Mascarin bought the farm, but in 1997, with the management of his sons Roberto and Maria Cristina and the collaboration with the oenologist Fabrizio Moltard, the renewal of the vineyards and the wine cellar took place. Both in numbers and quality the production got off the ground, with a project aimed at enhancing the local wines and especially Sangiovese di Romagna.
Today the wines of Azienda Agricola San Valentino are unanimously recognized as the reference point wines of the Emilia Romagna region.
Scabi, appreciated for its excellent value for money, like Terra di Covignano, is considered one of the best Sangiovese in Italy.
Luna Nuova is a great terroir wine made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, produced with very low yields of the best plots. It has nothing to envy to very famous Crus such as Sassicaia. Regularly, it comes first in blind tastings.
Our farm was established in the late sixties by father Rinaldo Rinaldini, who at the time ran with the family a popular restaurant, where wine and sausages were made by hand and where the most authentic dishes of the Emilian cuisine were served.
The company section is located halfway between Reggio Emilia and Parma, at the foot of the Matildiche hills. The love for the land, the admiration and knowledge of the champenois rites grew with time, and this brought our family to be be winemakers.
Due to technique and curiosity, we decided to save ancient vines, otherwise condemned to disappear. In a few years it was proved also how, from lands and vines battered by producers and forgotten by the masters of wine culture, true miracles can come out.
Even today the activity has retained its family character. In effect, to manage the entire processing cycle, from the grapes to the bottle, there is Paola Rinaldini Melegari with her husband Marco and her son Luca. This latter, in addition, is responsible for the care of the vineyards. The cellar was derived from an ancient farmhouse of 1884 that stands at the center of the vineyards.
Forty hectares of vineyards, which have their roots in the rolling hills of Faenza around the Tower of Oriolo, represent the heart of the Morini Farm, the heart of Romagna wine.
We are a young company, passionate about our land, that has chosen to make wine to celebrate in the best way its value, tradition and culture: we enhance the Romagna we love, these are in effect the words with which to describe the motivation of our project, of entrepreneurial but also intensely personal character.
We started making wine in 1998 and the first wine was made with the grape variety symbol of our land of Romagna: Sangiovese. The first bottle produced was a Sangiovese Superiore Reserve that we called Nonno Rico and was dedicated to the paternal grandfather of Alessandro.
This wine has given, over the years, a lot of satisfaction and recognition, representing also the means by which you made known, in both Italian and foreign markets, our brand: Poderi Morini. So, the initial idea of Natale Morini, an important poultry and farming entrepreneur, has become a reality thanks to the enthusiasm, the seriousness and the constancy of his son Alessandro and his wife Daniela, who put heart and soul into the project for the production of quality wines: research and enhancement of local varieties with the intent to realize the dream to make known and promote Romagna.
Poderi dal Nespoli: a historical reality in Romagna, where family tradition is combined with a new business project. Poderi dei Nespoli has the goal of creating a reality that, in some respects, can not currently be found in the area.
In an era of outsourcing, of deconstruction trends and "depersonalisation" of productive activities, we want to go against the tide: we want to create a new corporate culture in the places where we grew up, we want to increase a know–how that will bring knowledge in the lands we live.
A new model of work, solidly based on local traditions, but looking ahead, with an international flair, with the desire and the will to become an Italian excellence in the world.
Riosto is a piece of history on the outskirts of Bologna, wooded hills where oaks and cypress trees surround the vineyards and the ruins of Riosto and tell stories of centuries.
Starting in 2008 with the oenologist Mariano Pancot, we have developed a new winery in the Torre locality, with technological systems that allow the realization of transformation processes of white and red grapes in wines of high quality.
Our attention, in particular, is focused on still, bubbly and sparkling white wines, where you can obtain the maximum expression of the varietal characteristics of Pignoletto, Chardonnay and Sauvignon.
For red wines, which find particular expression in the territory of Riosto, they carried out also an experiment on the native red clone that has taken the name of the Vite (centuries–old) del Fantini, that we think has a future of great interest as a still wine, as well as a sparkling and a rosé wine.
The New Winery, built in 2008/2009, is situated in the Torre locality, in a vast natural amphitheater cultivated with vines and olive trees. The structure consists of a cellar on the lower level and a spacious lounge on the top floor used for tasting.
In the basement of Villa Casalino is located, instead, an old winery that today, after a careful restoration, is used by the Galletti Franceschini family for the aging of red wines in barriques and oak barrels.
Intuition, vision and attention for the environment have allowed the Sguazzi family to immediately understand the great potential of the position and of the terroir of "I Perinelli". A testimonial of the high vocation for viticulture is the great winepress of the sixteenth century, perfectly preserved, unique for size and features, now a symbol of the company. The happy meeting with Paolo, Stefano and Massimo Perini, has combined insight with experience, technical expertise and capacity for innovation: from this combination, a collaboration that led to the creation of a vineyard of high density (8,000 plants per hectare) has been established, aimed to a production of quality, with a varietal choice dedicated to the tradition of Piacenza (Barbera and Bonarda for Gutturnio, Malvasia and Ortrugo) and the internationalization (Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Semillon, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir).
Our Company has ancient roots, as proven by a survey of the architect Valeria Poli who, going back in time through the existing manuscripts at the State Archives and of the Parish, has reconstructed its story until arriving to the Farnese Rural Appraisal of 1558 relating to the Town of Albareto. In that document we read that Jo. Francesco Mossi, born in 1516, was the head of the family, had a wife and six children, a house, livestock and "cultivated with vines lands", which are listed. Since then, fourteen generations have followed, always in Albareto, to produce grapes and wine. Located 270 meters above sea level, close to the 45th parallel, the same that passes through Bordeaux, the company produces different types of wines, sparkling wines and other products. The pride of the company, in addition to numerous major awards won, is having believed first in Ortrugo, an ancient native grape variety which was disappearing, to introduce it and launch it again successfully, so that today Ortrugo is considered, with the Gutturnio, the tip diamond in the Piacenza wine sector. We have gorgeous views from our hills, covered in vineyards, that in autumn offer an exceptional polychromy and bunches of ripe grapes ready for mashing, scents and flavors of the past, of healthy life; from these hills, now, sparkling wines depart for Italy, Europe and North America.
Crossed by the ancient Via Francigena, which in the Middle Ages brought pilgrims from Canterbury to Rome, and surrounded by two national parks, that of the River Taro and that of Carrega Woods, Monte delle Vigne is surrounded by the harmonious landscape of the rolling hills of Parma, about 250 meters above sea level. The ancient route taken by pilgrims is the boundary between the vineyards exposed to the east, Malvasia and Sauvignon, and the red ones of the west side, Barbera and Bonarde. On the plans, finally, you find Merlot, Chardonnay and characteristic Lambrusco and with them the new cellar, underground, with gravitational crushing, perfectly integrated in the surrounding environment and designed to achieve the highest quality result from what nature can offer.
Sixty hectares of vineyard in the heart of the DOC Colli di Parma, with exhibitions that allow the grapes on different sides of the privilege of a homogeneous and full ripening.
The company owes its name to a quote by Fr. Salimbene De Adam, a medieval chronicler, who in his chronicles indicates that this area just like “il Monti de le Vigne”. Rolling hills, smooth lines that descend from 300 meters to the right bank of the Taro. Deep soils, of marl, rich in calcium and clay, strongly mineral, which allow the vine to develop the structure, intensity and aromas. And finally, the climate, mild even in winter, while in summer the air that rises from the Taro creates sudden changes in temperature between day and night of 10 degrees, which is essential for producing wines of great finesse.
The company covers about 12 hectares that stretch on the slopes of the beautiful hill of Montemaggio, in Bertinoro, in the heart of Romagna.
Here, since 1992, after a careful clonal study, at an altitude between 200 and 350 meters above sea level we planted our vineyards, all with high–density planting, about 7,000 plants per hectare, a low yield per vine, with the ideal exposure to the south–west.
And here our vineyards have found a land and an enviable climate, punctuated as they are by olive trees and patches of forest, whose fragrances are blended with those that come from the sea.
The company is nowadays a knot between past and present, among wines that are part of the tradition and wine created from the choices made in the early 90s.
This, however, is still a long way to go. We seem to have lost those complexes of inferiority that hit you when you stand in front of the many titanic experiences in the world of wine. Today, it is with clear pride that we produce wines that come from vines that are only ours: Bonarda, Malvasia di Candia aromatica, Ortrugo are our luggage, which the consumer has the opportunity to further carry away in his personal bag of flavors.
Getting to the Lusenti winery is how to get home. The company is of medium size, but the welcoming is that of a family nest, a little busy around wine and the work of the vineyard that produces it. Here guests are always welcome and a person is always ready to welcome you.
The Lini winery has a century–old story: it was founded in 1910, in Correggio.
Its wine culture has gone through all the changes that the world of wine has experienced: both in production and in drinking.
Wine is a living product, that reflects the culture of the community. Each oenologist will speak like Lini 910: «I make wine according to my taste, not fads!». Yet, those who make wine live intensely their relationship with the people around them. They try to understand the secret thoughts and their explicit tastes.
And, inevitably, they interpret them in the bottle looking for quality in every choice they make, from the vineyard to the winery. Certainly in the last ten years, the Italian wine has experienced a true "Renaissance": presenting a product that is more immediate to understand and full of values. Reaching a new commercial success and creating a culture that has become almost a fashion.
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Via Fornalis, 148 - Loc. Colle Montebello 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
Roncal is a small estate, only 20 hectares of absolute quality. It is located in the heart of the eastern hills of Friuli, just 3 km from the Longobardic town of Cividale del Friuli, UNESCO world...
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via San Chierlo, 37A 40050
Monte San Pietro (Bologna)
Located 450 meters above sea level the vineyards of the company of Francesco Lambertini, who took the baton passed to him by his father Angelo, are bred both with Guyot and spurred cordon methods,...
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via Pozzo, 26 48018
Faenza (Ravenna)
The Spinetta farm covers an area of 23 hectares of vineyards, in Romagna, in the hills of Faenza. Luciano Monti, owner of the company, has been following with care and passion the whole process...
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Loc. Santa Giustina 29010
Pianello Val Tidone (Piacenza)
Santa Giustina farm is located in the hills over Pianello Val Tidone, on the Piacenza hills, at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level. It consists of a small village, whose oldest part dates...
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Via Tomasetta, 13 47900
Rimini (Rimini)
Azienda Agricola San Valentino is situated just a few km from the sea on the Rimini hills that overlook Mount Titano. In 1990 Giovanni Mascarin bought the farm, but in 1997, with the management of...
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Via Andrea Rivasi, 27 42040
Sant'Ilario d'Enza (Reggio emilia)
Our farm was established in the late sixties by father Rinaldo Rinaldini, who at the time ran with the family a popular restaurant, where wine and sausages were made by hand and where the most...
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Via Gesuita, 4b 48018
Faenza (Ravenna)
Forty hectares of vineyards, which have their roots in the rolling hills of Faenza around the Tower of Oriolo, represent the heart of the Morini Farm, the heart of Romagna wine. We are a young...
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Villa Rossi, 50 47012
Civitella di Romagna (Forlì e Cesena)
Poderi dal Nespoli: a historical reality in Romagna, where family tradition is combined with a new business project. Poderi dei Nespoli has the goal of creating a reality that, in some respects,...
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via di Riosto, 12 40065
Pianoro (Bologna)
Riosto is a piece of history on the outskirts of Bologna, wooded hills where oaks and cypress trees surround the vineyards and the ruins of Riosto and tell stories of centuries. Starting in 2008...
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Località I Perinelli 29028
Ponte Dell'Olio (Piacenza)
Intuition, vision and attention for the environment have allowed the Sguazzi family to immediately understand the great potential of the position and of the terroir of "I Perinelli". A testimonial...
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Frazione Albareto, 80 29010
Ziano Piacentino (Piacenza)
Our Company has ancient roots, as proven by a survey of the architect Valeria Poli who, going back in time through the existing manuscripts at the State Archives and of the Parish, has...
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Via Monticello, 13 43046
Collecchio (Parma)
Crossed by the ancient Via Francigena, which in the Middle Ages brought pilgrims from Canterbury to Rome, and surrounded by two national parks, that of the River Taro and that of Carrega Woods,...
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Via Dè Cappuccini, 130 47032
Bertinoro (Forlì e Cesena)
The company covers about 12 hectares that stretch on the slopes of the beautiful hill of Montemaggio, in Bertinoro, in the heart of Romagna. Here, since 1992, after a careful clonal study, at an...
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Loc. Casa Piccioni, 57 29010
Ziano Piacentino (Piacenza)
The company is nowadays a knot between past and present, among wines that are part of the tradition and wine created from the choices made in the early 90s. This, however, is still a long way to...
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Via Vecchia Canolo, 7 42015
Correggio (Reggio emilia)
The Lini winery has a century–old story: it was founded in 1910, in Correggio. Its wine culture has gone through all the changes that the world of wine has experienced: both in production and in...
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