Wineries

Tenuta Olim Bauda

When such a practical and poetic at the same time activity, like that of making wine, is handed down from father to son for four generations, not only the land and the structures are handed down, but most of all passion, care and experience are learned, those emotions that turn into great glasses.

Firstly, great–grandfather Giacinto, then grandfather Giovanni and father Agostino (Dino). Since 1998, the brothers Dino, Diana and Gianni Bertolino engage in the wine industry, offering superior wines of recognized and appreciated high quality.

The three brothers have observed and learned. Today each one has specific tasks in their family company: Dino is responsible for the management of the vineyards and for production, Diana for administration, and Gianni for the commercial activity and for customer relations.

The three brothers are supported by the collaboration of two technicians of exception: the agronomist Federico Curtaz and the oenologist Giuseppe Caviola.

Luigi Spertino

The Spertino family has been devoting itself for generations to the cultivation of vines and the vinification of grapes.

Even grandfather Luigi Spertino (who, like him, was called Luigi) grew vines and produced both Barbera and Grignolino.

Their winegrowers tradition continued for four generations.

The company’s commercial breakthrough took place in 1978, when Luigi Spertino decided to bottle all his wine, that coming from the grapes of his own vineyards, as well as that coming from purchased grapes.

Today, in the winery winemaking techniques that combine technological innovation, such as the cold pre–fermentative maceration, is combined with the tradition handed down from generation to generation.

Coppo

The family history is intertwined with that of the town of Canelli, already then the capital of Moscato, but also rich in Barbera, following its footsteps for over a century and consolidating itself. It was created in the name of Moscato, when Piero Coppo, the founder, began to produce, in the early twentieth century, sweet sparkling wines that were distinctive of Made in Italy, before the anglophile habit started calling it so.

From the sweet sparkling wines to brut based on Pinot it was an obvious step, as well as obvious was to deal with the great red wines of Monferrato and Langhe. The company became solid, as witnessed by the elegant family home in the town center, the long series of wineries that penetrate the hill, revealing, through subsequent geological layers, the different ages.

Braida

La Braida is a young company that experiences great synergy, comparisons and enthusiasm which involve family and the staff. It owns 56 hectares for the production of DOCG wines (Barbera, Moscato, Brachetto) and DOC wines (Grignolino, Monferrato Rosso, Langhe Bianco, Langhe Chardonnay).

Giorgio Carnevale

GIORGIO CARNEVALE Company was founded at the end of the last century in Fubine Monferrato by the grandfather of the current owner.

In 1926 his son Delfino left company of his father and moved to Cerro Tanaro.

With the cooperation of his family, in–laws, and his wife, took over the Winery of Baron Giuseppe Quaglia, located on the border between the two municipalities of Cerro Tanaro and Rocchetta Tanaro, at the foot of the pleasant Asti hills particularly suited to the cultivation of Barbera, Grignolino, Moscato, Brachetto, Freisa, and not far from the Langhe of Alba.

Soon he became one of the most skilled connoisseurs of the best locations, that he selects wisely, in relation to the characteristics that are transmitted from soils to the wines.

In October 1953, the current owner George succeeded, who graduated at the Oenology Institute in Alba, and renewed the business, extended and modernized the old cellars, devoting himself with competence and passion to the vinification of the grapes from this prestigious area.

Noteworthy is the “Vecchio Barbera della Rocchetta” 1961, with which the Carnevale Company is widely appreciated and is rewarded with international prizes.

Its wines, distributed through traditional sales channels (specialized restaurants and wine bars), are highly prized for their distinct characteristics of typicality and finesse.

In 1986, to continue the family tradition, the son of Giorgio joined the company: the Oenologist Alessandro. He follows in the footsteps of his father and grandfather Delfino, maintains and intensifies the now ten–year collaborations with senior farmers and tries to tighten new cooperations, in order to make more and more concrete his relationship with the land, and to improve the quality of his Wines.

Vinchio - Vaglio Serra

The Winery has been founded on February 26, 1959 by 19 vine-growers from Vinchio and Vaglio Serra.
It counts now 180 members, that are owners and tenants of about 320 hectares of vineyard.
These vineyards are concentrated for the most part in Vinchio and Vaglio Serra. Only a restricted part is situated in the neighbouring villages (Incisa Scapaccino, Cortiglione, Nizza Monferrato).
These lands, situated on the Alto Monferrato's hills, are not very fertile, being mostly calcareous and sandy. Most of the vineyards are located on very steep slopes, where plants are close each other.
They exploit the best sun exposure.
This viticulture needs the constant presence of man for most part of the work. For this reason, grapes give of their best: low yield (1,5/2 kilos of grapes for each vinestock), high sugar content.
Well... these grapes have all the characteristics to become a great wine.
For the cultivation of vineyards the members have a technical assistance service for the grape protection, in order to carry out a viticulture with low environmental impact, reducing the use of pesticides.

Vigne dei Mastri

Established with the aim of producing top quality Italian wine, the Vigne dei Mastri winery grew following the conviction that only by focusing on an extreme care and attention to the cultivation of the vineyard results of high quality during the vinification can be obtained.

Bertelli

Aldo Bertelli produces international wines in Piedmont, with a refined, smart, curious, different from the usual style.

Cascina Salerio

The company was founded from the union of the companies of Giuliana Bianco and Claudio Pia for a total of eight hectares of land with vines. Production is limited to just a few labels at low prices.

Fabio Fidanza

CASCINA CHRISTIANA

The “Cascina Christiana” farm is situated in the deepest heart of the high area of Monferrato, 250 meters above sea level, and it stretches on a 5 hectars vineyard area which is part of the prestigious low zone of Barbera Superiore “Nizza”.
The wine cultivation is mainly made up of Barbera d'Asti vineyards, whose growth is helped by the soil and the terroir; addingly, there are three little plantations of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.
The winery was recently built accordingly to all the recent oenological innovations for very high quality wines production.

Ca' dei Mandorli

The Ca' dei Mandorli, of Paul and Stefano Ricagno is a wine Company in Alto Monferrato has been producing wine for over two centuries. Father and son today work in synergy, in order to find modern and innovative solutions, typical of the new generations, while strongly maintaining the roots and the tradition that characterize this historical winery. Stefano, who represents the fifth generation, has a degree on “Viticoltura and Enologia”; he is wine passionate and controller of the quality of its products.
The philosophy of Paul and Stefano follows the love for the earth and its vineyards, for the human resources, the engagement in the hard but rewarding job of the earth. The passion of an activity that not only proposes the wine, but also a history, a territory, a landscape and the values that it carries.