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Our story is as old as the local wine, as old as our four families.
We came together to find a new way of working – our Co-operative.
Together, we are commited to exploring innovative perspectives on
sustainable farming for all who work in the countryside.
Everything we proudly offer comes from this shared commitment:
Ottavio's wine, Carla's cookery, Letizia's cheese,
Enrico's meat and Antonella's warm hospitality.
Over the years others have joined us, sharing their experience,
ideals and methods of work, in our quest for the best possible world.
The farming life we live today has to be sustainable tomorrow and
in days to come.
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The co-operative was born over thirty years ago.
At a time in which increasing numbers of people had moved to the cities
and to factory work, three young men from local farming families got
together to discuss the future of farming in this area.
They were deeply attached to the work and to their own land, but they
wanted to find new ways of using traditional methods.
To begin with they merged their vineyards and built stalls for farm
animals so they could use organic manure to fertilise their fields and
vines. The old ways were combined with a very modern belief in organic
farming as the way of the future, as part of the wider project known
as 'contraction', involving reducing our human impact on the natural
environment.
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As time went on the co-operative became bigger, and at
present there are 25 of us working together.
The viticulture
aspect of our work follows an old saying dear to wine-lovers: drink
little but well.
In the production of our wine, our 10 labels and our bulk wine, the
aim is to let the wine remain as alive as possible so that it truly
is 'the son of the grape'.
Our fields are
mostly assigned to hay production, to cereals for human consumption,
or as pasture for our pigs and dairy herd.
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In the farm shop you can buy our products as well as some other free-trade
organic produce.
In our restaurant and if
you come to stay with us we offer you classic dishes of Piedmont cuisine
and those of the four local provinces, served with our own wine.
You can rest and relax in natural surroundings, with the resources
of the co-operative close at hand.
Come and find us!
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