I spent entire summers of my childhood and teenage years working in my grandparents’ vineyard. I used to go early in the morning when the sun tinged the countryside with a faint yellow. The delightful scents of the vines in flowering time, the bunches that emerged and ripened day after day under the summer heat; these are vivid memories. Then there was harvest time, when alongside my grandfather I picked the fruits and put them in boxes. But the real celebration was the must being turned into wine! I contemplated the vats overflowing with colourful liquid for hours, and when my grandfather drew off a few drops to let me taste it, it gurgled and was topped with a frothy foam.

These memories resurfaced years later, as I listened to a producer talk about his work with a sincere, overwhelming passion. I think it was then that I decided to dedicate my life to wine!

After years of dedication and sacrifice I was one of the first in Italy who managed to introduce quality Italian wine into modern distribution channels. Today, we find important wine producers representing Italian excellence all over the world.