via Del Baio, 2
65014 Loreto Aprutino (Pescara)
Italy
The Valentini family has been owing the Loreto Aprutino farm of the same name, in the province of Pescara, since the middle of the seventeenth century. At the time, this noble family of Spanish origin was led by Antonio Valentini who in 1625 was appointed by Count Francesco Ferdinando D’Afflitto Viscount of Loreto, Collecorvino, Picciano and Moscufo. In the following decades, the company, particularly extensive would always be managed by the descendants of the Valentini family that next to the management of the company would carry out professions and hold, at the local level, important public offices. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the agricultural vocation of the company was well defined. The production, as it is still today, was focused on wine (Trebbiano and Montepulciano in particular), cereals and oil and cattle breeding. In addition to wine, which was successful both on the domestic market, even the oil obtained from what was once the largest mill of Loreto Aprutino was sold both on site and outside Abruzzo. In 1868 Camillo Valentini was awarded at the Agricultural Exposition of the Abruzzo region for its vinegar, while in 1899 at Exposition – concours franco–italien of Nice, the company obtained a diploma of honor for its olive oil. Even in the early part of the twentieth century the company led by Edoardo Valentini would win many awards, such as the diploma (and 200,000 Lire) received in the national competition for the increase in productivity organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Currently, the company, which in 2011 was elected by the Vini D’Italia Guide "winery of the year", is managed by Francesco Paolo Valentini.
