WINELIST – Slow Wine Tour Washington D.C. 2025

Nessun commento

Slow Wine World Tour 2025

WashingtonD.C.
District Winery
March 6th, 2025

The annual Slow Wine guide, published by Slow Food Editore, adopts a new approach to wine criticism: not only reviews and organoleptic descriptions but a real wine storytelling where the deep and direct knowledge of the wine companies is the one and only protagonist. We visit all cellars and take into consideration the wine quality, adherence to terroir, value for money and give greater weight and importance to the estates’ production methods. Through the guide and international tour we support and promote small-scale Italian winemakers who are using traditional techniques, working with respect for the environment, and safeguarding the incredible biodiversity of grape varieties that are part of Italy’s heritage.

1) PIEVALTA

Region: Marche
City: Maiolati Spontini (AN)

79 acres – 120,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.pievalta.it
pievalta@baronepizzini.it

Contact person: BRESCIANINI SILVANO
Imported by Winebow Imports

Pievalta was born in 2002 and its history is linked to that of BaronePizzini who chose the Castelli di Jesi , recognizing the great potential of Verdicchio as one of the most important autochthonous grape varieties in Italy. Alessandro Fenino, an oenologist with some harvests in Barone Pizzini behind him, was entrusted with the direction of the project who immediately managed the vineyards in an organic regime and in 2005 he naturally arrived at biodynamics . Pievalta thus became, in 2008 , the first certified biodynamic company in the Marche region.

  • Tre Ripe Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi 2023

2) BARONE PIZZINI

Region: Lombardy
City: Provaglio d’Iseo (BS)

124 acres – 370,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.baronepizzini.it
info@baronepizzini.it

Contact person: BRESCIANINI SILVANO
Imported by Winebow Imports

Barone Pizzini was the first winery, over 25 years ago, to produce Franciacorta organically. A real cultural choice according to which you cannot obtain a quality wine without respecting the land and the life it preserves. “Organic is the means, the end is quality” Silvano Brescianini, CEO of Barone Pizzini, usually repeats, underlining how the company’s objective is to produce high-profile wines capable of best expressing the territory. Attention to sustainability is reflected in every aspect of the work in the vineyard and cellar.

  • Franciacorta Animante
  • Franciacorta Rosè 2020

3) KELLEREI BOZEN

Region: Alto Adige/Sudtirol
City: Bolzano (BZ)

840 acres – 3,000,000 Bottles
other certification

www.kellereibozen.com/it
info@cantinabolzano.com

Contact person: PLATTNER PHILIPP
Imported by Matchvino Imports

In 1908, thirty wine growers in Gries decided to form a cooperative in the climatic spa of Gries. Another winemaking cooperative was founded in 1930 by 18 wine growers located around the hill of S. Maddalena. The objective in both cases was to promote local and autochthonous wines. Today the winegrowers’ cooperative has a membership of 224 families with a shared goal: diversity, passion, enjoyment.
In 2018 the cooperative moved to Via S. Maurizio 36: a gleaming cube that rises majestically from the hillside. It houses the offices, the Vinarius Wineshop and the production area, which is located mainly underground and is designed throughout to serve the quality of the wines. The new winery has been built to the low-energy standard in the interest of energy efficiency and sustainability – and the production of ClimateHouse wines.
The best sites of Cantina Bolzano are as varied as the land itself:
350 hectares of the best Bolzano vineyards at between 200 and 1000 meters above sea level.
  • Pinot Grigio 2024
  • Pinot nero 2023
  • Sauvignon MOCK 2023
  • Huck am Back 2023

4) IL POGGIARELLO

Region: Emilia- Romagna
City: Piacenza (PC)

49 acres – 200,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.ilpoggiarellovini.it
info@ilpoggiarellovini.it

Contact person: FERRARI DELFINO
Searching for importer

The company was founded by the Ferrari and Perini families in 1980, becoming a reference point in the Piacenza area over the years. Il Poggiarello is dedicated to enhancing the traditional Piacenza grape varieties and strives for the highest excellence. The care of the vineyards, from training systems to soil management, from vegetative control to cluster thinning, and the strictly manual harvesting, have allowed Il Poggiarello to establish a strong presence in both Italian and foreign markets in just a few years, further strengthened by prestigious recognitions and numerous international awards. Today, the company manages 20 hectares of eco-sustainable vineyards, which have been certified organic since 2018.
  • La Malvagia – Malvasia Emilia IGT 2023
  • Il Valandrea – Gutturnio Superiore DOC 2022
  • Ortrugo dei colli piacentini DOC frizzante “Gli Spaghi” 2024
  • Mami – Bianco Emilia IGT 2023

5) MARTA VALPIANI

Region: Emilia-Romagna
City: Castrocaro (FC)

30 acres – 40,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.martavalpiani.it
info@martavalpiani.it

Contact person: MAZZAVILLANI ELISA
Imported by WINE DROPS LLC DBA WINE DROPS IMPORTS AND DISTRIBUTION

Marta has chosen a small piece of land surrounded by ravines and woods, on the hill of Bagnolo, in Castrocaro Terme, at an altitude of 300 meters in the pre-Apennine range. Here, we find poor soil, made up of calcareous-clayey material, rich in tuff-sandstone rocks of Pliocene origin called Spungone, where 4 million years ago, there was the sea. This combination of elements, mixed with the salt from the thermal spring waters, makes this area unique. Our task is to protect and respect the nature that surrounds us.
  • Delyus 2023 
  • Crete Azzurre 2020
  • La Farfalla 2023
  • Madonna dei Fiori 2023

6) LE VIGNE DI ZAMÒ

Region: Friuli Venezia Giulia
City: Manzano (UD)

161 acres – 250,000 Bottles
in organic conversion

www.levignedizamo.wine/it/home/
info@levignedizamo.com

Contact person: ZAMÒ PIERLUIGI
Imported by Ethica Wines

The Zamò Vigne is located in the northeast of Italy in the province of Udine, Manzano, in the popular resort of Rosazzo. The great advantage of the estate lies in the possibility to draw on three different terroirs: Rosazzo, Buttrio and Rocca Bernarda. Here, among our hills, on a strip of green land that separates the world that races from that which takes life at a slower pace, the roots develop naturally thanks to man’s efforts; here, that spirituality trodden down constantly by modern civilisation still seems, despite everything, to be intact. In our family’s production philosophy, the phases of the grape harvest respect the law and timing of nature, and this simplicity is reflected in the balance of our wines. Embracing this production philosophy, the mission today is to be sustainable, for this we conduct our vineyards with natural methods, using only fertilizers such as manure and humus, by practicing mechanical weeding and celebrating the first certified organic harvest in 2021.
  • Zamò Bianco Friuli DOC 2023
  • Pino Grigio FCO DOC Ramato 2023
  • Merlot FCO DOC Vigne 50 Anni 2020
  • No Name Friulano DOC 2022

7) BORGOGNO

Region: Piedmont
City: Barolo (CN)

106 acres –  250,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.borgogno.com/
info@borgogno.com

Contact person: DEFILE GRAZIELLA
Imported by Ethica Wines                                                                               

When a great wine connoisseur hears the word Barolo, he will inevitably think about Borgogno. Founded in 1761, it is in fact the oldest winery of Piedmont. Furthermore, it can boast other achievements: in 1861 the elebratory lungh for the Unification of Italy was celebrated with a toast of Barolo Borgogno; in 1886 Nicola II Romanov, zar of Russia, opened a bottle of Barolo Borgogno during the dinner organized in his honor by the Savoy family. Cesare Borgogno was the genius who decided the fate of the cellar starting in 1920: he invented the first model of wine distribution in Italy, he was among the first to promote Barolo in the world, and he made the smart move of putting aside 20.000 bottles od each great vintage of Barolo as Riserva for at least 20 years, a move thath marked the future of Borgogno.

  • Barolo Liste 2020
  • Langhe Nebbiolo No Name 2020
  • Langhe Barbera Bompe’ 2022

8) CASA E. DI MIRAFIORE

Region: Piedmont
City: Serralunga (CN)

86 acres – 150,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.mirafiore.it/
badellino@fontanafredda.it

Contact person: FARINETTI NATALE
Imported by Ethica Wines

Casa E. Di Mirafiore, founded by Emanuele Alberto, with more than 140 years of history is a historic château with a vigneron’s vision. 35 organic hectares in the best M.G.A. of Barolo, always with an
absolutely visionary approach aimed at the recovery of traditions without conditioning where parallel to the oenological commitment many energies are focused for the community.
  • Barolo DOCG Lazzarito 2020
  • Barolo DOCG 2020
  • Barbera d’Alba Superiore DOC 2022

9) L’ARMANGIA

Region: Piedmont
City: Canelli (AT)

25 acres – 95,000 Bottles
other certifications

www.armangia.it
info@armangia.it

Contact person: GIOVINE IGNAZIO DOMENICO
Searching for importer

More than 11 hectares of vineyards in the municipalities of Canelli, Moasca, and San Marzano Oliveto, directly managed and planted since 1934 with Barbera, Moscato di Canelli, Chardonnay, Nebbiolo, Albarossa, Sauvignon Blanc, Cortese, Pinot noir and other red grape varieties.
A permanent presence in the vineyard and cellar of an oenologist: Ignazio Giovine, who is also the owner.
An oenological history that dates back to 1850. A family that has been producing grapes for over two centuries.
A focus on innovative techniques that enhance the quality of wine without altering its typicity, and a reinterpretation of the winemaking and viticultural traditions of Piedmont in search of the guiding thread that has contributed to its global success.
A fascinating territory, on the border between Langhe and Monferrato, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site, dominated by vineyards that, since the 5th century, have set the rhythm and determined the fortunes of the area.
  • Canelli DOCG Moscato Spaccavento 2024
  • Nizza DOCG Titon 2021
  • Spumante Brut Vizio di Famiglia 
  • Nizza DOCG Riserva Vignali 2020

10) LODALI

Region: Piedmont
City: Treiso (CN)

44 acres – 140,000 Bottles
certified organic

ww.lodali.it
lodali1939@legalmail.it

Contact person: WALTER LODALI
Imported by Empson

The life of the company began in 1939 in Langa, Giovanni Lodali, a farmer, son of farmers, who began making wine for the customers of his restaurant in Treiso. In 1955 his son Lorenzo took over and in 1958 Lorenzo, supported by his wife Rita, produced the first crus: Barbaresco and Barolo. In 1982 Lorenzo died. Rita with Walter just born, found the courage to continue, determined to carry on the project focusing on quality and typicality. Walter, who graduated in 1998 from the oenological school of Alba, heir still young but already into things of wine, brought new life: he took care of and exalted the terroir, renewed the cellar equipment, perfected the production and winemaking techniques. In 2005 the Lorens reserves, Lorenzo in Piedmontese, Barolo and Barbaresco produced with selected grapes of the best years from the Bricco Ambrogio and Rocche dei Sette Fratelli vineyards, came out of the cellar.
Giovanni, Lorenzo, Walter: three generations with their hearts and roots in Langa
  • Nebbiolo d’alba DOC 2023
  • Barbaresco DOCG Rocche dei 7 fratelli 2022  2022
  • Barolo DOCG Bricco Ambrogio 2021 
  • Barbaresco DOCG Giacone Lorens 2021

11) MONTALBERA

Region: Piedmont
City: Castagnola Monferrato (AT)

49 acres – 200,000 Bottles
certified organic

http://www.montalbera.it
montalbera@montalbera.it

Contact person: FRANCO MORANDO
Searching for importer

The Montalbera farm was established at the beginning of the 20th century in an area between the municipalities of Grana, Castagnole Monferrato and Montemagno. Towards the mid-1980s, the Morando family adopted an expansion policy that has not yet been completed, with the acquisition of neighbouring lands and the direct planting of new vineyards, mainly in Ruchè. Today, the estate is surrounded by its own vineyards arranged in a circular shape in an entirely hilly position, with different exposures and soils ranging from clayey to calcareous. One of the peculiarities that has always distinguished Montalbera in the Piedmontese panorama is that of being a reality straddling the two great wine-producing areas of Piedmont: the Monferrato and the Langhe. The vineyards cover six entire hills, while the valley floor is home to the cultivation of the typical Piedmontese hazelnut. The vineyards vary in age from 7 to 30 years, the training system is low guyot and every cultivation operation is carried out by hand. Approximately 60% of the Ruchè DOCG of the entire denomination is our property. The other varieties planted are: Barbera d’Asti, Grignolino d’Asti, Monferrato Nebbiolo and Viognier.
  • Colli Tortonesi DOC Timorasso Derthona  “CALYPSOS” 2023
  • Ruche’ di Castagnole M.To DOCG “LACCENTO” 2023
  • Barbera d’Asti Superiore DOCG “LEQUILIBRIO” 2022

12) MOSSIO FRATELLI

Region: Piedmont
City: Rodello (CN)

24 acres – 50,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.mossio.com
mossio@mossio.com

Contact person: MOSSIO VALERIO
Searching for Importer

The Mossio Estate is located in Rodello, in the heart of Langhe. A small natural terrace made up of ten hectares of vineyards with the farmhouse in the center, overlooking the city of Alba. The company, entirely family-run, has worked with respect for tradition and the environment for four generations, for the production of Dolcetto, Barbera and Nebbiolo, with Dolcetto as the central and most rapresentative grape variety.
  • Dolcetto d’Alba Superiore Gamvs 2021
  • Dolcetto d’Alba Bricco Caramelli 2022
  • LUEN Langhe Nebbiolo 2020 APE Malvasia Emilia IGT 2021
  • Dolcetto d’Alba Piano delli Perdoni 2022

13) RATTI

Region: Piedmont
City: La Morra (CN)

32 acres –  50,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.ratti.com
export@ratti.com

Contact person: RATTI PIETRO

Pietro Ratti continues to successfully carry on the winery founded by his father Renato, one of the great innovators of Piedmontese wine, who, free from the constraints of family traditions, managed to modernize Barolo. The winery, integrated into the hillside, which was almost futuristic at the time, also houses a museum dedicated to the viticulture of the Langhe.

  • Barolo Marcenasco 2020 
  • Nebbiolo Ochetti 2022
  • Barolo Serradenari DOCG 2020

14) REVERDITO

Region: Piedmont
City: La Morra (CN)

64 acres – 120,000 Bottles
other certification

www.reverdito.it
info@reverdito.it

Contact person: REVERDITO MICHELE
Searching for Importer

The Michele Reverdito wine cellar was esteblished in the year 2000 and coincides with the first year of vinification.
The oldest vineyards are Bricco Cogni, Formica,Butti and Delia.
In 1991 Michele, together with his father Silvano, began to transform the farm which was mainly zootecnical into a wine producing business.
Currently, the farm’s 20 Hectares, situated in the communes of La Morra, Verduno, Monforte D’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba are cultivated as follows:
20 Hectares of vineyards;
3 Hectares of orchards;
17 Hectares of cereals and fodder;
Michele Reverdito, personally deals with the cellar (his great passion) side by side with his sister Sabina, whilst most of the work in the vineyards is corried out by his parents Silvano and Maria, whos decaid of experience in this field proves to be very precious.
The cellar produces tradicional red “Langhe” wines:
BAROLO DOCG, BARBERA D’ALBA DOC, DOLCETTO D’ALBA DOC, LANGHE NEBBIOLO DOC, VERDUNO PELAVE
  • Langhe Nascetta 2023 
  • Langhe Nebbiolo DOC SIMANE 2022
  • Barolo DOCG Castagne rpinia Coda di Volpe 2023
  • Barolo DOCG RISERVA 2016

15) TENUTA BRICCO SAN GIORGIO

Region: Piedmont
City: Vinchio (AT)

20 acres – 60,000 Bottles
other certification

www.vinilaiolo.com
info@vinilaiolo.com

Contat person: LAIOLO DAVIDE
Searching for importer

Tenuta Bricco san Giorgio is a family business, currently the third generation. our winery is located in Monferrato, UNESCO heritage. Our soils, our exposures and steep hills favor mineral characteristics, complex and important bouquet in our wines.
With the 2023 vintage we are SQNPI certified, this means that we work the vineyard in a biological way, respecting the environment . We are an agricultural company, which means that the production chain is very short, we only use our vineyards to guarantee a higher quality.
  • Caranti, Nizza DOCG
  • Biancoluna, Piemonte DOC Viognier 2023
  • Rossomora, Barbera d’Asti DOCG superiore
  • Momparone, Monferrato DOC Nebbiolo 2023

16) TENUTA SANTA CATERINA

Region: Piemdont
City: Grazzano Badoglio (AT)

57 acres – 60,000 Bottles
in organic conversion

www.tenuta-santa-caterina.it
info@tenuta-santa-caterina.it

Contact person: ALLEVA GUIDO CARLO
Imported by UVA IMPORTS, LLC

The ancient door of Tenuta Santa Caterina, in Grazzano Badoglio in the heart of the Asti Monferrato, opens to show the beauty of the place. Beyond the main courtyard there is a panorama where one can admire the Italian style gardens and part of the vineyards that surround the ancient residence. Tenuta Santa Caterina follows eco-sustainable principles to grow vines that have always been present in Monferrato. The past of Tenuta Santa Caterina lives on through the spectacular Infernotto, excavated 17 metres below ground and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and through the historic cellar where the wines produced by the winery rest and age in barriques and tonneaux made of French oak and in barrels of Slavonian oak. In the restored stables we will guide you through the tasting of our wines to discover the secrets of the Monferrato terroir.
  • llegale 2020
  • Arlandino 2023 
  • Vignalina 2021 San Martino della Battaglia Campo del soglio 2023
  • Riviera del Garda Classico Chiaretto 2023

17) VIOTTI VINI

Region: Piedmont
City: Castel Rocchero (AT)

39 acres – 40,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.viottivini.com
info@viottivini.it

Contact person: VIOTTI BIANCA
Searching for Importer

Viotti’s Family for four generations carries on their vineyards and wine with passion. Viotti has a special interest native grapes from Piemonte, like Albarossa.. Viotti invests a lot in this grape. Viotti has also a special attention for environment and sustainable procedures, this is why we obtain the SQNPI certification (Integrated production), that predicts to avoid use of pesticides, sulphites and chemical fertilizers in the vineyards. In the cellar we use only native yeast, we do not press marcs to obtain more quality for our wines, our wines are neither filtered or clarified and we banish the use of chemical substances. Finally we use low percentage of sulphites.

 

  • Piemonte Doc Albarossa 2017
  • Nizza Riserva DOCG
  • Vino Spumante di Qualità Brut Rosé 2021

18) ORYZETUM VINI

Region: Veneto
City: Chiarano (TV)

111 acres –  10,000 Bottles
other certification

www.oryzetumvini.it
info@oryzetumvini.it

Contact person: CESCON GIUSEPPE
Searching for importer 

Family winery since three generations in the Province of Treviso. We produce quality wines from indigenous grape varieties (Glera, Raboso Piave and Verduzzo trevigiano) and international varieties (Pinot grigio, chardonnay, cabernet, merlot), giving geate attention to sustainable farming methods, through practices of conservative and rigenerative agriculture.
  • Raboso IGT Veneto 2020  
  • Aureum (Verduzzo IGT Trevenezie) 2021 
  • Nudo Vino Bianco Frizzante senza solfiti aggiunti 
  • Morer Prosecco DOC Treviso Spumante Extra Dry

19) ARILLO IN TERRABIANCA

Region: Lombardy
City: Pozzolengo (BS))

119 acres – 150,000 Bottles
certified organic

arillointerrabianca.com/
info@arillointerrabianca.com

Contact person: FUSI ALBERTO
Searching for importer 

It is right in the heart of the most authentic Tuscany, that in 2019 Adriana and Urs Burkard gave life to Arillo in Terrabianca, a single oenological reality with three different souls rooted in three estates: Terrabianca in Chianti Classico, il Tesoro in Maremma and Colle Brezza in Val d’Orcia. Their aim is simple though ambitious: to make unique and fascinating wines with a strong territorial connotation, following the principles of organic, and minimalist wine growing. Each wine claims its individuality and reflects the distinctive characteristics of the terroir from which it is born. Aromas and fragrances that embody the identity of our estates.

 

  • Collezione di Campaccio 2020 
  • Poggio Croce 2020 
  • sacello 2022 DOC Wighel 
  • Opera Mia Taurasi DOCG 2017

20) AVIGNONESI

Region: Tuscany
City: Montepulciano (SI)

420 acres – 600,000 Bottles
biodynamic certified

www.avignonesi.it
marketing@avignonesi.it

Contact person: GIUSTINIANI MATTEO
Imported by AVIGNONESI USA 

Working every day to become a good ancestor, nourishing the land and people, creating a better world for those to come, is the Avignonesi Group’s vision.
The company’s mission is to assume leadership in the context of the “good wine industry”. An ecosystem built on regenerative agriculture, sustainable distribution systems and consumer education. We work transparently and by innovating, driven by a very long-term vision.
The development of Avignonesi, founded on the production of wine, also extends to related services.
The Ancient Greeks would have defined a similar approach to the wine industry with the words kalòs kagathòs: literally, the beautiful and the good. The portrayal of an idea of indivisible beauty and good- ness. Virtues that speak of a profound coherence of soul, uniting qualities that if separated could not have existed. To be “beautiful” (kalòs) one had to “also behave well” (kagathòs).

 

  • PDS (Poggetto di Sopra) Nobile 2020 
  • 50&50 2020 
  • Desiderio 2020 Lucone 2019
  • Nobile 2020

21) BULICHELLA

Region: Abruzzo
City: Chieti (CH)

35 acres – 75,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.bulichella.it
info@bulichella.it

Contact person: MIYAKAWA HIDEYUKI
Searching for importer

Situated in the upper part of the Val di Cornia valley along the Tuscan Coast,Bulichella enjoys a unique geographical position that fosters an extraordinary terroir.
The sea’s proximity brings constant breezes that add salinity to the grapes, while the metalliferous hills contribute to the complexity and freshness to the wine. Staying true to the winemaking traditions of the area, the estate has dedicated 15 hectares to both indigenous and international grape varieties, producing Bordeaux blends, Sangiovese-based blends, and single-varietal labels.Through our wines, we aim to convey the values of the Bulichella style: a passion for viticulture, respect for nature, and attention to detail in every production phase.This approach, reminiscent of Japanese culture, pairs perfectly with the Italian drive for excellence. It represents our path to reach ambitious goals and captures all nuances of production from the vineyards to the cellar to elevate them into something unique and beautiful.

 

  • Montecristo 2018 
  • Rubino 2021 
  • Coldipietrerosse 2019
  • Hide 2019 

22) FATTORIA CORZANO E PATERNÒ

Region: Tuscany
City: Firenze (FI)

49 acres  – 90,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.corzanoepaterno.com
william.goldschmidt@gmail.com

Contact person: GOLDSCHMIDT ALJOSCHA
Searching for importer

In the 1970s, Wendelin Gelpke, an architect graduated from the Sorbonne, left Switzerland to move to Corzano, a farm in the semi-abandoned Chianti hills. After a few years, he purchased Paterno. The estate consists of two farms but can be considered a single entity, where the extended Gelpke-Goldschmidt family currently lives. There are 20 hectares in production, spread across clay-limestone soils and predominantly facing southwest. In the countryside, there is a strong natural spirit in the agronomic approach, followed in accordance with organic principles and with absolute respect for the treatment of vineyards and pastures.
  • I tre borri IGT 2022 
  • Il Corzano IGT 2022 
  • Terre di Corzano IGT 2024

23) IL COLOMBAIO DI SANTA CHIARA

Region: Abruzzo
City: Popoli (PE)

198 acres – 100,000 Bottles
organic certified

www.colombaiosantachiara.it
info@colombaiosantachiara.it

Contact person: LOGI ALESSIO
Imported by Artisanal cellars

Our story is like many others in the wine world, it is a family story. It keeps its roots in the beautiful ground of San Gimignano, just like our father, Mario, who still keeps his hands in this ground. And that makes this story special to us. It was the very beginning of the Fifties when Mario, not yet an adult, worked in the fields already. Time and determination helped him to give birth to our firm, first just a breeding farm and then a real wine estate.

  • Selvabianca DOCG 2024
  • L’Albareta Riserva DOCG 2021
  • Chianti Colli Senesi Campale DOCG 2021

24) MONTENIDOLI

Region: Tuscany
City: San Gimignano (FI)

67 acres – 120,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.montenidoli@valdelsa.net
montenidoli@valdelsa.net

Contact person: FAGIOLI MARIA ELISABETTA
Imported by LE STORIE WINES 

Montenidoli: “the mountain of small nests” is a hill in the heart of tuscany overlooking san gimignano and facing the Chianti Classico. it was an abandoned land when we arrived in 1965. first inhabitants were the etruscans, next came the romans and the templar knights during the middle ages. it is an unpolluted land that we farm in a strictly organic way. We grow auchthonous grapes: Vernaccia di san Gimignano, Trebbiano Gentile, Malvasia Bianca, Sangiovese, Canaiuolo, Colorino. the foundation sergio the patriarch was established in 2014. The aim is to receive old and young people from around the world and mix their different cultures.

 

  • il Garrulo – Chianti Colli Senesi DOCG 2022
  • Sono Montenidoli – Toscana IGT Rosso 2017
  • Carato – Vernaccia di san Gimignano DOCG
25) PANIZZI

Region: Tuscany
City: San Gimignano (SI)

136 acres – 200,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.panizzi.it
panizzi@panizzi.it

Contact person: SOVRAN WALTER
Imported by Panebianco Wines LLC

In 1979 Giovanni Panizzi purchased Podere Santa Margherita, located just outside the medieval walls of San Gimignano. Already from the first vintage, 1989, the Panizzi label was unmistakable: style and avant-garde, today as then. While remaining at the helm, in 2005, Giovanni sold the company to the Niccolai family with whom he shared the same philosophy: “we live off the land, which is alive and breathing and we are committed to managing our vineyards fully respecting the existing ecosystem, where even the smallest organism plays a role in the cycle of life and the vines”.
Olive groves, wheat fields and woods surround our 55 hectares of vineyards, creating a heterogeneous mosaic landscape that promotes biodiversity thanks to the benefits of different habitats. We aim to preserve the landscape and life at all our sites. In short: preserve and keep alive the sense of place, of an identity, of an ecosystem.
  • Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2023
  • Chianti Colli Senesi 2022
  • Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva 2021
  • Barolo Pressenda 2020

26) PIAN DELLE QUERCI

Region: Tuscany
City: Montalcino (SI)

30 acres – 60,000 Bottles

www.piandellequerci.it
info@piandellequerci.it

Contact person:  NDRECA ANGELINA
Searching for importer

Pian delle Querci is a family concern managed.
We do not use herbicidals because we take out weeds from the ground many times. We treat the Vineyard
with copper in chippings, diluted with water, lime and sulphur, according to ancient customs. We do not use
fertilizer but only organic manure.
We apply this philosophy of life also to what we eat at home, just wholesome products, as we believe to find
how our animals are fed on our plate and our work in the Vineyard and in the cellar in our glass.
No kind of leaven is used in the cellar, controlled fermentations are very long and made in stainless steel vats,
then wine is put in 50 hectolitre Slavonia oak casks.
Our wines are the outcome of what the earth, in this area, can give.
  • ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2022
  • I.G.T. ORANGE WINE 2022 
  • BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO 2020
  • BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO RISERVA 2019

27) PIANCORNELLO

Region: Tuscany
City: Montalcino (SI)

32 acres –  50,000 Bottles
organic certified

www.piancornello.it
info@piancornello.it

Contact person: SILVIA BATAZZI
Imported by Bravo wine Imports

Piancornello has belonged to our family since the 1950s,but it was only in the earoy 1990s that we started bottling our wines.Piancornello is biologic,is located in the south of Montalcino,about 250 mt. above sea level and has a very rich soil of sedimentary origin of stone and rock,bordered on the south by the river Orcia. Initially,only a small proportion was planted, while the rest arable land and olive groves where we make two kinds of Extravergin Olive Oil.To date,the area planted instead of Piancornello is 11 ha including Brunello,Rosso di Montalcino and S. Antimo DOC,in which we produce 3 different types of IGT Toscana:A single-varietal Ciliegiolo,a single-varietal Colorinino and a Sangiovese.Our vineyards are therefore an average life of 40 years, and over time we have tried to intensify the density.Our effort is to make wine in the cellar with techniques that comply with the grapes and the characteristics of the area, trying to get wines that can improve with time.
  • Brunello di Montalcino 2019 
  • Rosso di Montalcino 2022
  • IGT PerEmma 2021

28) PODERE IL CARNASCIALE

Region: Tuscany
City: Mercatale Valdarno (AR)

15 acres – 18,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.caberlot.eu
contact@caberlot.eu

Contact person: MORITZ ROGOSKY
Imported by Wide Roots LLC

Podere Il Carnasciale is situated high up in the Vald’Arno di Sopra in central Tuscany and is run by Moritz Rogosky together with his daughter Carla-Elle, his mother Bettina and the wine and technical director Marco Maffei. The Caberlot variety was identified in the late 1960´s in abandoned vineyards near Padua. While the grape has the characteristics of Cabernet Franc, its ampelographic profile is closer to that of Merlot. We assume that the Caberlot is a spontaneous crossing of the two varieties, cultivated exclusively at our winery. All sanitary treatments are organic and work in the cellar is minimally invasive. We produce 3.500 magnums of IL CABERLOT, hand-numbered by Bettina, and 8.000 bottles CARNASCIALE, with 1988 being the first vintage for IL CABERLOT. OTTANTADUE is produced from 100% Sangiovese grapes and represents our take on the iconic grape of Tuscany and is a DOC Vald’Arno di Sopra wine. IL CABERLOT and CARNASCIALE are allocated to 30+ countries around the globe.
  • IL CABERLOT IGT Toscana 2021 
  • CARNASCIALE BOTTE GRANDE IGT Toscana 2022
  • OTTANTADUE DOC Vald’Arno di Sopra 2022

29) POGGIO LA NOCE

Region: Tuscany
City: Fiesole (FI)

12 acres – 20,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.poggiolanoce.com
info@poggiolanoce.com

Contact person: BOLOGNA GIUSEPPE
Searching for importer

A small family run wine estate, with two vineyards on the property, a third one South of Florence (in the Chianti Classico area, Montefiridolfi), and a fourth one in Campania close to Naples.
The property has a new modern winery, fully integrated into the hillside, which makes it especially energy efficient. The farming has always been fully organic with many practices biodynamic too, but that philosophy of nurturing the nature around us transcends the caring for the plants and encompasses our entire little ecosystem on this hillside and valley, and reaches our relationships with those we work with.
Our mission to produce genuine beautiful wines on a human scale in the end has become an entire way of life. We hope that all those sipping on a glass of any of our wines may simply enjoy and share the love!
  • Gigino 2021
  • Gigio’ 2020 
  • Gigetto 2021 

30) TERENZUOLA

Region: Tuscany
City: Fosdinovo (MS)

61 acres – 200,000 Bottles
certified organic

http://www.terenzuola.it
info@terenzuola.it

Contact person: NICOLINI MARCO
Imported by LANTERNA DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

The Terenzuola estate was founded in the Municipality of Fosdinovo, in the heart of the Colli di Luni, in an impressive location 350 meters above sea level and five minutes from the coast.
It all began in the early 1930s when my grandfather, Luigi Giuliani, returned from New York after the 1929 Great Depression and bought this three-hectare property, in a hilly area that he thought was ideal to grow vines, olive trees, vegetables and to produce honey. In the beginning, the farm was used to feed the family and part of the produce was sold directly to a small local market. The next generation maintained the same concept as their business goal.
  • Fosso di Corsano 2023
  • Vermentino Nero 2023 
  • Vigne Basse 2023 

31) PESOLILLO TENUTA AGRICOLA

Region: Abruzzo
City: Chieti (CH)

30 acres – 60,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.pesolillo.it
info@pesolillo.it

Contact person: PESOLILLO GIUSEPPE
Searching for importer      

We are a family owned winery that produce autochthonous grapes from Abruzzo, east-coast of Italy. We are 100% organic certified and part of FIVI, indepentend growers, it means we guarantee every bottle in the production chain, from the vines to the bottle.
The location of the estate (200 m above sea level) and the territory on which the vineyards extend, guarantees the vines a microclimate made of strong thermal changes, sea breeze, and an optimal sun exposure that favors an excellent ripening of the grapes, a natural health of the bunches and the formation of aromas and scents that are an expression of environmental context, naturally suited to the cultivation of the vine.
  • Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2022
  • Riserva – Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2020
  • Pecorino Superiore 2023 
  • Filari in Costa – Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC 2020

32) TRAERTE VADIAPERTI

Region: Campania
City: Solofra (AV)

25 acres – 70,000 Bottles

www.traerte.it
info@traerte.it

Contact person: RAFFAELE SCHIAVONE
Williams Corner Wine   

Traerte: between mountain roads …
These are the ones you will travel to come to the company, here in the heart of Irpinia, a harsh and generous land. In 2011 Raffaele Troisi, son of this land and already established winemaker with Vadiaperti, the family business, has in mind a new project with a clear mission: to enhance the wines of Irpinia, one of the food and wine treasures of this area. With Giuseppe, Irene and Claudio, who share the same passion, he founded Traerte.
  • Fiano di Avellino DOCG 2023 
  • Greco di Tufo DOCG 2023 
  • Irpinia Coda di Volpe DOC 2023

33) I CUSTODI DELLE VIGNE DELL’ETNA

Region: Sicily
City: Castiglione (CT)

29 acres – 90,000 Bottles
in organic conversion

www.icusotdi.it
info@icustodi.it

Contact person: TESEI MANUELA MARIA
Imported by Williams Corner

Custodire means preserving the land, maintaining traditions, and respecting the culture of a place. These values guide the winery and form the foundation of its vision for winemaking. The vines are cultivated in the traditional ‘alberello’ system, exclusively using autochthonous varieties, while the cellar is entirely designed with a focus on environmental sustainability. The vineyards are located in the areas most suited for viticulture on Mount Etna, with the goal of conserving them for future generations in the same way they were passed down by those who previously cared for them. The winery owns vineyards on different slopes of the “Muntagna,” striving to enhance the unique qualities of the territory.
  • Aetneus 2019 
  • Pistus 2022 
  • Imbris 2020 
  • Ante 2021

34) CVA CANICATTÌ

Region: Sicily
City: Canicattì (CN)

1729 acres – 800,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.cvacanicatti.it
info@cvacanicatti.it

Contact person: GRECO GIOVANNI
Imported by STEFANO SELECTIONS – POTOMAC WINES

In the heart of the province of Agrigento there is a unique territory where growing vines dates back to long long time ago.
Over 1,000 hectares of cultivated vineyards and over 60 different growing areas, each with unique pedoclimatic conditions where the vineyards are still mixed with cereal fields.
The harvest takes places in August, when the sun, that made this piece of land so harsh yet generous, makes the manual harvest even more challenging.
  • Menamara Appassimento IGP Terre Siciliane 2020
  • Centuno Nero d’Avola Sicilia DOC 2021
  • 1934 Blanco Sicilia DOC 2021
  • Fileno Grillo Sicilia DOC 2023

35) TENUTA MASONE MANNU 

Region: Sardinia
City: Monti (SS)

99 acres – 120,000 Bottles
certified biodynamic

www.tenutamasonemannu.it
info@masonemannu.it

Contact person: PIRONI LEONARDO
Searching for importer 

The Masone Mannu estate is located in the Monti area, 13 kilometers from Olbia in the direction of Sassari, immer- sed in an extraordinary landscape of cork oaks, rivers, lakes and Mediterranean scrub woods.
The ancient Logudorese name “Masone Mannu” means “large property”, which in fact covers over 100 hectares, of which about 45 are planted with specialized vineyards.
Since 2018 the estate has been the subject of an impor- tant development project led by Giordano Emendatori, present owner of the Tenuta Biodynamic Mara in Rimini. In our vineyards we mainly cultivate the most important grape of Gallura: Vermentino. The Cannonau, Carignano vines, together with Bovale Sardo, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon enrich the cultivated varieties.
  • Petrizza 2023
  • Zojosu 2022 Puro- Bianco DOCG PetNat sulfite free 2024
  • Costarenas 2023 
  • Maramia 2019

36) TERRE MARGARITELLI- VINI BIOLOGICI

Region: Umbria
City: Miralduolo di Torgiano (PG)

128 acres – 120,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.terremargaritelli.com
federico.bibi@terremargaritelli.com

Contact person: MARGARITELLI DARIO
Imported by Enotria 

What to expect from our wines
Terre Margaritelli wine comes only from grapes grown at the estate and processed at the estate where the main attention is on the grape types.
Our wines are characterised by big structure, richness but well balanced. Alcohol, Acidity and tannins are always in balance and when necessary thanks to the wood we hide those elements to give drinkability.
  • Freccia degli Scacchi 2020
  • Greco di Renabianca  2023
  • Roccascossa 2021

37) VICARA

Region: Piedmont
City: Rosignano Monferrato (AL)

56 acres –  70,000 Bottles
certified organic

www.vicara.it
vicara@vicara.it

Contact person: GIUSEPPE VISCONTI
Searching for importer

Vicara is a historic organic and artisanal winery in Monferrato. It has always been focused on enhancing native grape varieties such as Grignolino and Barbera which are processed using traditional methods while striving for the highest expressive quality of the cultivated varieties.
  • Uccelletta | Monferace 2020 – Grignolino del M.To Casalese DOC 
  • .G 2023 – Grignolino del M.To Casalese DOC
  • Domino – Spumante Brut Rosè da uva Grignolino
  • Cantico della Corsia 2020 – Barbera del M.To Superiore DOCG

38) TENUTA DI CASTELLARO

Region: Sicily
City: Lipari (ME)

49 acres – 65,000 Bottles
organic certified

www.tenutadicastellaro.it
d.sassi@tenutadicastellaro.it

Contact person: LENTSCH MASSIMO
Imported by Le Storie 

Set amidst the breathtaking Aeolian Islands, particularly Lipari, Tenuta di Castellaro crafts unparalleled wines rooted in the ancient native varietals Corinto Nero and Malvasia delle Lipari. Organic cultivation on volcanic sandy soils rich in microelements, combined with Aeolian winds, altitude, and temperature variations, defines these unicorn wines. While they reflect Sicily’s Mediterranean fruitiness, their minerality and freshness resemble a continental climate. Tenuta di Castellaro wines showcase a distinctive Lipari identity, setting them apart from traditional Sicilian and southern Italian wines.
  • Nero Ossidiana 2021 
  • Bianco Pomice 2023
  • Eúxenos 2022
  • Ypsilon 2022 

39) BOSCO DE’  MEDICI

Region: Campania
City: Pompei (NA)

20 acres – 30,000 Bottles
in organic conversion

boscodemedici.com
info@boscodemedici.com

Contact person: ANTONIO MONACO
Searching for Importer 

Bosco De’ Medici is a winery in Pompeii dedicated to producing high-quality wines from native grapes like Piedirosso, Aglianico, Caprettone, and Falanghina. The 8 hectares of vineyards, located in Vesuvius National Park, benefit from volcanic soil rich in minerals such as iron, potassium, and phosphorus, giving the wines great structure and complexity. Organic farming is strictly followed, and many vines, some over 100 years old, grow ungrafted, ensuring longevity and resilience. Winemaking blends tradition and innovation: stainless steel for freshness, oak tonneau for depth, and uncoated terracotta amphoras for white wines, enhancing purity and texture. Since the first official vintage in 2014, production has expanded from 8,000 to 30,000 bottles, maintaining an artisanal approach. Bosco De’ Medici’s philosophy is to create wines that express the authenticity of the Vesuvian terroir, respecting history while embracing modern techniques.
.
  • Pompeii Rosso 2023
  • Pompeii Rosato 2023
  • Pompeii Bianco  2023
  • Dressel 19.2 2023

40) THACHER WINERY AND VINEYARD

Paso Robles, CA 

21 acres – 5,000 cases

tony@thacherwinery.com

Thacher Winery is a family owned, boutiu que winery founded by Sherman and Michelle Tha- cher. They specialize in Rhône and Zinfandel varietals, along with unique blends. Sherman makes the wine and manages the vineyards. Breanna Hill has been assistant winemaker for three vintages. For single varietal wines, Thacher puts as much technical information on the back of the label as possible for transparency. Their two Willow Creek District esta-s te vineyards are Homestead Hill (16 acres), planted in 2018, and Kentucky Ranch Vineyard (5 acres). At the former, he grows Cab, Cinsault, Mourvedre, Syrah and a red field blend of 11 California heirloom vari- eties. Kentucky Ranch Vineyard (5) grows Alicante, Counoise, Mencia, Petite Sirah, Tempranillo, Viognier and a white field blend with 11 Mediterranean white va- rieties. They dry farm five acres of Carignan, Grenache and Zin.

  • Own-Rooted Chenin Blanc 2023
  • Homestead Hill Grenache 2023
  • Homestead Hill Syrah 2021
  • Barolo Fossati 2009 

41) ETTORE

Mendocino, CA 

29 acres – 1,500 cases
organic certified

phillip.anderson@ettore.wine

In 2018, Italian Swiss vigneron Ettore Bi- raghi, a European winemaking maverick, invested in Mendocino where he found all natural winemaking tal- ent. Sofia Rivier, an Argentinian with a degree in agronomy, met Ettore in Switzerland where she attained a masters in viticulture and enology. She manages the vineyard and crafts the wine at both Ettore and Terra Savia. Ettore uses his Purovino, a trademarked scientific method, to eliminate sulfites. The vines, shared with the label Terra Savia, grow Cabernet, Chardonnay and Merlot in the Sanel Valley, where cool Pacific winds are kept at bay. Warm days and cool nights offer perfect ripening. The vines were planted in 1991, 1995 and 1998. Ettore credits the soil’s marine sediment and volcanic deposits for creating minerality as well as layers of flavors.

  • Ettore Signature Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 
  • Ettore Pure Chardonnay 2021 
  • Ettore Reserve Chardonnay 2019
  • Barolo Fossati 2009 

41) BUTTONWOOD GROVW WINERY & SIX EIGHTY CELLARS

New York, NY

47 acres – 15,000 cases

jennabuttonwoodgrove@gmail.com

David and Melissa Pittard are celebrating 10 years of operating this estate winery on Cayuga Lake. Dave leads the winegrowing team. Susan Passmore is the head winemaker. In 2024, they launched their new Farm Series line–novel blends of estate vinifera and hybrid grapes, representing the best that the farm can produce. They also have four comfortable lakeside cab- ins for visitors and host a summer music series on their property  Buttonwood has two vineyard locations. Their 24 acres estate grows classic Finger Lakes vinifera varietals (traditional wine grapes) as well as two disease resistant hybrids that were developed at Cornell. The soils are mostly deep loam and clay with deep seated shale. Two other blocks down the road contain 50 year old plantings of Chardonnay and original plantings of Cayuga White, a hybrid.

  • Buttonwood Grove Winery Unoaked Chardonnay 2024
  • Buttonwood Grove Winery Riesling Pet-Nat 2022
  • Six Eighty Cellars Pinot Noir Sandstone 2022 
  • Barolo Fossati 2009 

42) AVIVO WINES

Lodi, CA

angie@avivowines.com

  • Red Wine 2021 
  • White Wine 2021 
  • Rose Wine 2023
  • Barolo Fossati 2009 

43) SLOW WINE LATAM

 

Official Partner:

CONSORZIO ASOLO PROSECCO

BedinAsolo Prosecco Brut DOCG2024
Bele CaselAsolo Prosecco Extra Brut Vecchie Uve DOCG2019
BoganaAsolo Prosecco extra Dry DOCG
Bresolin-BIoAsolo Prosecco Extra Brut Benny DOCG
Case PaolinAsolo Prosecco Brut DOCG 2023
GhisolanaAsolo Prosecco extra Dry DOCG2023
Giusti WineAsolo Prosecco Extra Brut Oro DOCG
La TorderaAsolo Prosecco extra Brut A3 DOCG2024
LeterreAsolo Prosecco Dry DOCG2023
Martignago-VignaioliAsolo Prosecco Extra Brut2023
MontelviniAsolo Prosecco Brut Nature Sui Lieviti Il Brutto DOCG2021
Pat del ColmelAsolo Prosecco Brut Duse DOCG2023
Tenuta d’Asolo Progress Country & Wine HouseAscolo Prosecco Extra Brut Col d’Acelum DOCG2023
Rive della ChiesaAsolo Prosecco Brut Fractus DOCG2024
Tenuta AmadioAsolo Prosecco Extra Brut Era Grande DOCG2024
Tenuta BaronAsolo Prosecco Brut DOCG2023
Tenuta CastaldoAsolo Prosecco Brut DOCG2023
Tenuta BalzanAsolo Prosecco Extra Dry DOCG2024
Vigna RampanteAsolo Prosecco Extra Brut Zero DOCG2023
Villa SandiAsolo Prosecco Brut Biodiversity Friend DOCG

 

CONSORZIO ABRUZZO

CasachiaraMontepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC Casachiara2021
Fattoria SaviniMontepulciano DOC Bibio
illuminati Az. AgricolaMontepulciano Colline Teramane DOCG Zanna2018
Illuminati Az. AgricolaMontepulciano DOC Riparosso2022
Fattoria NicodemiMontepulciano Colline Teramane DOCG2021
Poderi Costantino AntonioMontepulciano Terre dei Vestini DOC Costantini2020
CapreraMontepulciano DOC Le Vasche2021