The Estate

Il Carpino

We are located in San Floriano del Collio, a village on the border with the neighboring country of Slovenia, one with a soil which is particularly suited to the cultivation of the vine. Our estate began operating with its first labels and with its own name in 1987, a time when my father-in-law Silvio, later deceased, was still with me. Now I am aided and assisted by my wife Anna and by my children Manuel. But the real first step came in 1970 when Silvio left his work as a fruit and vegetable wholesaler in order to dedicate himself to working the countryside. He purchased a few acres of land and began to ferment the grapes he cultivated and sell the wine in bulk. I worked with him in my spare time, the moments available to follow the production of the wine, but eventually, like him, left my former work as an automobile repairman specializing in electrical work. Bit by bit we acquired other vineyard parcels and by now have pieced together more than 38 acres (15 hectares) of vineyard land.

The family-style operation of our estate, something we are extremely proud of, allows us to control each and every phase of the winemaking cycle from the fermentation to the marketing of the wines. We consider ourselves cultivators of the soil and this, at this particular moment in time, is a heavy responsibility in that we must be interpreters of the essence of our territory and, at the same time, its custodians.

A wine is the last piece in a puzzle, the final step of a process which begins in the vineyard and finishes in the bottle; it must express as well as possible its place of origin so that the territory can tell its story and be heard all over the world.