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The lady in the photo is the face of La Basia. She is my mother Elena.
Originally from a Milanese family, a city where she has lived in total a week. She graduadated in agriculture a few years ago.
From there two stories: The first half is the story of a family that grows and grows: five children ( two girls and three boys), always with her husband Antonio. The second half of the story that is connected to the hills of Garda where they have started to produce their wine with the passion …

 
These last few days at the Basia have been intense. A horse riding centre (our riding school)the strings were pulled on the day of the holiday of which last sunday we said goodbye to spring, The jumping contest which had a large number of participants and enthusiastic supporters (photos will be on our website soon), The day ended with victors and winners unfailingly celebrating together.
 In the vineyard our Arturo who we will soon find the occasion to present to you finished the work of binding the grapevines under the hot …

After a few days here at the Basia we have bottled the product the Chiaretto The drunken wife 2009.  The bottleing which took place in an associated business is a special occasion: In fact in one day all the work spent in the vineyard and dedicated care in the wine cellar came to an end.
We would like to tell you about a special day. We have turned ourselves into reporters for Agrycult and we have tried to describe what happened in a video that is to say the air that is breathed from …

This is more or less what I’m telling when I introduce myself.

So, my little farm is in Abruzzo and thus it produces Trebbiano and Montepulciano wines.

I do not pick the Trebbiano grapes, no matter what (including the snow), until they reach at least 20° of sugar. Therefore sometimes it is a little overripe (not passito, but just a little ahead with aging).

The vinification changes depending if I decide (or better, if the grapes are up to) to do the maceration (the Lama Bianca wine) or not, but I do not …