Wineries

Consorzio Tutela Vini d'Asti e del Monferrato

In the Piedmont wine panorama, domestic and foreign, the importance of the Consortium for the Protection of Wines of Asti and Monferrato is proportional to that of the territory it represents, and of the DOC and DOCG wines produced there.



In effect, its activity concerns a productive area of secular tradition and renowned excellence, involving about 170 companies representing all components of the supply chain: farms, wineries, wine producers, cooperative wineries, bottlers.



The wines that are part of the Consortium are the DOCG Barbera d’Asti, Barbera del Monferrato Superiore, Ruche del Monferrato and the Albugnano DOCs, Barbera del Monferrato, Cortese dell’AAlto Monferrato, Dolcetto d’Asti, Freisa d’Asti, Loazzolo, Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco, and Piedmont.



Briefly, the purposes and tasks of the Consortium consist in:



activities for the protection, enhancement and promotion of the image and the knowledge of the wines that refer to the same entity in Italy and in the world;

the proposal for the revision and adaptation of the production rules to new production requirements;

the production management and the definition of the government policies of the offers, to safeguard the quality of the product and contribute to a better coordination of the introduction in the market;

activities of market supervision and control of the compliance of wines with the provisions of the different regulations of production, in collaboration with national and regional authorities responsible for verifying the compliance with the laws and disciplines;

supervisory activities on the using of the names of the protected DOP wines, licensure, and enter into a civil lawsuit in the event of improper use;

promotion and implementation of studies and initiatives in the field of viticulture and winemaking and marketing, aimed at improving the production and to encourage the marketing of wine;

information and assistance regarding the fulfillment of the rules and regulations in force;

promotion of agreements and cooperation with other economic operators, agencies, industry bodies and chain operators, institutions.

Cascina Valeggia

The story of Cascina Valeggia is not traceable from historical documents but only from the tales handed down from father to son.

Cascina Valeggia is located in Moncalvo, a village of Piedmont in the province of Asti with more or less 3,500 people, situated 305 meters above sea level. The wide municipality territory, 17.6 square kilometers, after having been a fief of various noble families, passed to the bishops of Asti who, in 1198, ceded it to the Marquis of Monferrato. On August 9th, 1774 Vittorio Emanuele declared it City of Italy.

The Bollito family, from Cisterna, a municipality in the Asti area, comes to Moncalvo at the beginning of the twentieth century and chooses to produce high quality wines, using methods that respect tradition and nature.

With perseverance and patience it develops and achieves the sizes of our days thanks to the experience gained and handed down over the years for three generations. The company, with its 25 hectares of vineyards in constant development with new vineyards and modern technology, always ensures the best quality of the product. It can face the most demanding international markets with great traditional wines of Piedmont: Barbera d’Asti Superiore, Barbera d’Asti, Piemonte Barbera, Grignolino D’Asti and Freisa d’Asti; two White wines: Manzoni Bianco and Piemonte Chardonnay; some international red wines: Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah, and finally a very limited production of an indigenous variety of Monferrato: Slarina.

The Whole production is vinified in owned wine cellars with new technologies developed respecting hygiene and the typicality of the product. In the old cellars in brickwork, the best wines of Cascina Valeggia are aged in oak barrels. In addition to wines, delicious raw milk goat cheese is made, ​​derived from milk produced in the company’s breeding farm, salami of own production, Piedmontese breed meat. All of our products can be tasted and bought in the new farm shop. The rooms of the farmhouse inn will be available soon.

Cantina Tre Secoli SCA

Tre Secoli winery was founded from the merger of two wine cooperatives of Piedmont: the Cooperative Winery of Mombaruzzo, founded in 1887 as the first membership reality of Piedmont, and the Cooperative Winery of Ricaldone, with 60 years of history behind it.



The numbers of this new reality are really important:

over 1,300 hectares of land planted with vines that make the Tre Secoli winery one of the first transformers of grapes owned in Piedmont

more than 180,000 hectoliters of capacity

more than 450 vinegrowers members



These numbers make Tre Secoli winery the largest producer of wine from Piedmont of Moscato d’Asti and Brachetto d’Acqui and among the first ones of Barbera d’Asti. Over 90% of the production is DOC and DOCG.

Tenuta La Fiammenga

Along the road that from Asti goes up to the lands of Casale, the Monferrato hills are more sweet than elsewhere and landscape a scenery that alternates vineyards, woods and orchards.

When we go down into the valley, vines and fruit trees give way to green meadows and fields, limited by neat rows of poplars and willows. In Cioccaro di Penango, a big farmhouse emerges among the trees on a hill surrounded by vineyards: La Fiammenga, the farm that the entrepreneur Vittorio Radicioni from Turin has acquired a few years ago to give a reason to his great passion.

An eighteenth–century building, resting on the hillside facing south: all around the vines form a spectacular amphitheater. Perhaps it is the same landscape that struck the mysterious Flemish man who gave the name to the estate. The ancient vaulted winery, with exposed natural bricks and old floors, is evidence of a winemaking vocation that comes from afar. To this vocation, in the careful renovation, the spaces of other rural activities, such as stables
and barns, were converted into spaces for vinification, bottling, packaging.

The most important works were carried out in the vineyards, where the choice of producing quality led to the rationalization of the oldest plants and to the pursuit of a selection of grape varieties in the new plants. At the same time, in the winery facilities were renovated in a program of systematic review of the entire production process.

Today La Fiammenga, practically reconstituted, ownes over 30 hectares of land, most of which are planted with vines. The classic grape varieties of Monferrato: Barbera, Grignolino and Freisa, have gradually been joined by other fine varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

The production started in the 2001 vintage, when Grignolino d’Asti and Barbera d’Asti were produced. Every year since then, production has been enriched with new proposals. All wines are made from vineyards grown on the estate, with manual harvesting with a careful selection of ripe grapes for a result of maximum quality.

All wines are made from grapes produced by the company.

Arbiola

Arbiola dominates the Nizza Valley from the summit of the hill from which it takes its name. It is San Marzano Oliveto, on the border between Monferrato and Langhe. In its ancient cellar, has made wine from the grapes of its vineyards. The guidelines are: a viticulture in harmony with nature, an accurate selection in the vineyards to abtain a ntural concentration, always updated technologies and procedures to respect and exalt the grapes, along with a careful choice of oak and careful selection of companions for the blends. Along with the local vines Barbera and Moscato, Arbiola has recently introduced Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc. Thanks to a young and dynamic staff's contribution, in the year 2000 Arbiola was certified according to the ISO 9001 quality standards.

Marengo Paolo

Antica Casa Vinicola Scarpa

Apart from Antica Casa Scarpa, few Piedmontese producers can boast fully to have contributed with a major role in writing the history of Piedmontese wine of quality for 150 years now.

The current seat in Via Montegrappa in Nizza Monferrato dates back to 1880, but the winery was founded years before by the oenologist of Venetian origin Antonio Scarpa and was located in the heart of the historic center of the town, known today as the time for the production of the most qualified Barbera wine.

Five families of Nizza Monferrato bond to the vineyards and the wine, either directly or indirectly related to each other, have occurred for this long period running a business that over time became more and more qualified and well–known in Italy, and more and more qualified and well–known in Italy and abroad, for its great and meticulous care in production.

Marchesi Alfieri

The Marchesi Alfieri company is a historic winery which is located in the Alfieri castle in San Martino Alfieri, on the top of the hills between Asti and Alba.



Emanuela, Antonella and Giovanna San Martino of San Germano lead the company assisted by the oenologist Mario Olivero.



Barbera d’Asti is the spearhead of production. This is of about 100,000 bottles of wine, produced from 25 hectares of vineyards located in the municipality of San Martino Alfieri and cultivated directly.



In the adjacent lot of the imposing complex small apartments to accommodate passionate wine tourists have been recently restored.

La Spinetta

Everyone who works at LA SPINETTA is a big lover of wine, people who have chosen the hard work in the vineyards more for passion than to earn a living. Rivetti or not Rivetti, all contribute to produce great wines, working with passion and in respect of the philosophy of LA SPINETTA.

– At LA SPINETTA 65 people work, 50 of whom are engaged in the work in the vineyards.

– The company is completely family–run, the owners are Bruno, Carlo and Giorgio Rivetti.

– The chief oenologist is Giorgio Rivetti.

– His assistants are Andrea Rivetti, Stefano Mazetta and Mirko Bessi.

– The oenologist Bruno Rivetti, assisted by Mirko Bessi, responsible for the entire process, from the tree to the bottle.

– Carlo, Marco and Giovanna Rivetti manage and control the work in the vineyards.

– Administrative office: Natalia Rocca for the Italian market, Daniela Arpellino for the accounting, Anja Cramer and Manuela Rivetti for the foreign market, PR and Marketing.

Forteto della Luja

In Loazzolo orchids are many and very beautiful, even vineyards are beautiful and heroic, in this plot of land of Piedmont between Langa of Asti and the rolling hills of Moscato. Many history has passed in these villages, Giancarlo Scaglione is a passionate lover of it, and with pride hands down the culture of territory and wine. Silvia and Gianni run the small company in the beautiful house that was of their grandmother, in the Candelette di Loazzolo area. In the shade of the pergola in front of the house, it seems that time has stopped, to make us appreciate more the value of nature.

Giulio Cocchi

Giulio Cocchi Spumanti was founded by the passion of a young confectioner, when in Asti in 1889 his winery opened to the activities of liqueur and sparkling wine making. Giulio Cocchi began to produce wines with special aromas, out of which especially two recipes, Barolo Chinato and Aperitivo Americano, became famous already at the beginning of the twentieth century. For over thirty years the property has been of the Bava family of Cocconato d’Asti, who has given a new drive to the production of the company.
The winery has developed keeping its artisan feature based on skilled production of vintage sparkling wines made with Metodo Classico, Charmat sparkling wine and, obviously, Asti DOCG.

Borgo Maragliano

Borgo Maragliano farm is located 450 meters above sea level on a natural terrace in the Langhe area, in the heart of Loazzolo, an area passed through Marin, a sea wind that favors, enhancing features and scents, the ripening of grapes.

In a succession of marl and sandstone, it has about 15 hectares of vineyards of its property, and produce is vinified, bottled and packaged with advanced method and equipment.

The wines of the company are the result of a careful and meticulous work, are obtained from Moscato, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes.

Undisputed symbol of the company is LOAZZOLO Vendemmia Tardiva, obtained from a selected vineyard with southern exposure and whose average yield is of 21 hl. per hectare. After a persevering work in the vineyard, followed by some years of aging in the wine cellar, it reaches the climax of its scents and expresses in its taste a sincere and open body, as the town where it is originated wants to be: Loazzolo.