Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →
Ivano Barbaglia and his wife Paola have 2.5 hectares of vines. They work at 400 meters in the tiny DOP of Boca in a combination of the traditional maggiorina and... read more →
The Conti sisters started to take over Castello Conti during their father’s 2001 illness and then ultimately after his death. This is a traditional house, in the best sense. This... read more →
From porphyritic soils, the wine ferments for two weeks in old cement and then heads into steel and large barrel for about another eight months. Gorgeously lush, full of tiny... read more →
This baby Bramaterra’s fruit is sourced from several young vineyards plus one, recently bought, with fifty-year-old vines. This charmer starts out life in concrete then heads to both stainless and... read more →
From Antoniotti’s porphyry soils, this is made from the oldest vines. The fruit gets three weeks ferment and three years aging in large botti of at least 1250 liters. The... read more →
Colombera & Garella is about twenty minutes south of Sostegno and a little further west of the Sesia River. The grapes get ten days maceration and six months of aging.... read more →
The 2016 is the first vintage Elena Conti fermented and aged the Boca in a conical wooden tank. Of course 2016 is a beautiful vintage but the change still seems... read more →
Grapes for this one are from a friend’s vineyard and farmed according to the Conti organic standards. The spanna is aged in a combination of small and large used wood... read more →