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Italian wines are a rich potential but lack some focus when it should really be diverse.

You will find Pinot Grigio everywhere and as Italy proves vines are so easy to grow that one even expects them to grow in areas like the pavement.

The number of interesting indigenous grape varieties is greater than can be found anywhere in the world. Vine varieties and the type of wines they make not only merge within provinces, but overlap their boundaries. This of course can be quite confusing. In spite of this Italy makes approx. 1/4 of the wine from around the world similar to France.

Wines are improving all the time and small wineries are producing excellent qualities.

Vineyards from Italy

Acuti	Daviddi	La Spinetta	Planeta Winery Sicily
Alois Lageder	Il Plalazzone	Lamberti	Rapitala – Sicily
Angelo Gaja	Tenuta del Portale	Le Scapitozze	Roacca Albino
Aziende Agricole Grati	Domenico Clerico	Le Vigne	Roberto Voerzio
Bava	Eraldo Viberti	Lodali	Roche del Mazoni
Bersano Piemonte	Farnese	Luce de la Vite	Santa Margherita
Bolla	Fattoria di Basciano	Luciano Sandrone	Sartori
Botter	Fattoria le Terazze	M. & G. Brunori	Sassicaia
Bric Cenciurio	Fiegl	Maffini	Solatione
Ca’Bianca	Fratelli Casetta	Marchesi de Frescobaldi	Suavia
Caggiano	Fratelli Tedeschi	Marco Felluga	Talenti
Caleo	Gemme Fausto	Martellozzo	Tasca D’Almerita
Cantie dei Marchesi	Giacomo Conterno	Masi	Tenimenti Angelini
Cantine San Tommaso	Gini Monteforte d’Alpone	Matteo Corregia	Tenuta di Lilliano
Casa Brini _ Piedmonte	Giovanni Corino	Melini	Tenuta San Guido
Casa Vinicola C. Botter	Grave del Friuli	Mezza Corona	Terrale Sicily
Cascina Christiana	Grimaldi	Michelle Chiarlo	Tomáis
Castello – Monaci	Guerrieri Rizzardi	Minini	Tommasi
Castello di Ama	Humberto Caesari	Monte del Fra	Villa Brunesca
Castello di Nippozano	Jermann	Montenidou	Villa di Geggiano
Christina Cristiana	La Brancia	Paolo Scavino	Villa Magna
Cielo Terra	La Carraia	Piaggia	Villa Simone
Claudio Alario	La Guardiense	Piero Costantini	Volpi

Wine Areas

Northwest Italy includes Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy and Valle of D’Aosta.
Northeast Italy incl. Trentina Alto Adige , Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Veneto.
West Central Italy incl. Sangiovese from Tuscani and the valley between the Umbria Latium border
East Central Italy incl. Emilia Romagna, the Marches and the Abruzzi which is producing
better qualities and the Lambrusco known everywhere around the world.
Southern Italy and the Islands incl. Puglia, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and
Sardinia

The selection is so vast, that it would take pages to be filled. Just find a few selected from the range.

RI – Wine of Ascot represents Peter and Christiana Kaplanski to import the range of wines produced by Cascina Christiana winery which is located between Genoa and Alessandria on the outskirts of the picturesque town of Nizza Monferrato.

Peter and Christiana who purchased the winery only 5 years ago, have produced already two stunning wines in the first year of production in 2001 followed by Soldivigna Barbera D’Asti in 2002. This wine is aimed as a “ House Wine “ for easy drinking at home, in Restaurants, Wine Bars etc. The Vintages are following this year The boutique winery itself is part of a small complex which also offers luxurious self catering facilities.

The vineyards are planted with Barbera D’Asti grapes, which are indigenous to the region. The vines thrive in the unique soil conditions of the area. a modern state of the art winery was completed in 2002. Cascina Christiana is committed to to producing wines of the highest quality.

The first wines had been introduced to Restaurants etc. in the local area and have surprised many with their outstanding quality and taste and gained rapidly an outstanding reputation.

The first export contract was completed with RI - Wines and the range of the first 3 wines are already sold in the UK market with new vintages to follow shortly.

Cascina Christiana “The Arrival of New Vintages in November 2005“. Testing Notes.

"La Mota“ is the only Barbera d’Asti Superiore produced by Cascina Christiana. Specially picked grapes have been used to produce this excellent wine. Matured in oak barrels for 11 month. The richness and the elegance of this wine make it the the estate’s flagship.

"Reiss“ in Piedmontese means roots, which signifies the estate’s desire to produce a traditional Barbera. Barbera is one of the main black grape varities in the Piedmont area.

Soldivigna is a pleasing wine, that is easy to drink and provides immediate enjoyment.

We at Cascina Christiana, in Italy, would like you and your family to know that:

Reiss, our award-winning, estate-grown and bottled Barbera d’Asti wine is now available in the United Kingdom.

As a family-owned and operated vineyard, we are delighted to hear from a number of Reiss families who have adopted our Reiss (roots, in Piedmontese) as their personal house wine. Made from the highest quality grapes, this full-bodied versatile red wine is perfect for all family occasions:

With a beautifully evocative label, Reiss makes a memorable gift for family, friends and business associates. It is also available in magnums.

It gives us great pleasure that our Piedmontese roots have become intertwined with so many Reiss family trees. We look forward to bringing some Italian sunshine and warmth to your family gatherings.

We would like to invite you to visit our website http://www.cascinachristiana.com where more information can be found regarding our winery, vineyard, wines and accommodation all, of which are set in the most beautiful countryside.

Wines from Italy