Gianfranco Fino Viticoltore

The company was founded in 2004 with the purchase of a small vineyard in the Manduria countryside of 1.30 hectares. Today the company owns approximately 14.5 hectares of corporate surface area. From the beginning, the company mission was to produce wines from 50 to 90 year old vineyards, trained on the Apulian sapling, with great personality and a strong territorial identity. The Es, primitive of Manduria Doc, immediately gets noticed by food and wine journalists and passionate bloggers... it divides the critics, the Es, you love it or you hate it. From the 2004 vintage onwards, Gianfranco Fino obtained the most important national recognitions, even bringing the Gambero Rosso Winemaker of the Year title to Puglia in 2010, an award which had never arrived before in Central-Southern Italy (other winners Josko Gravner, Elio Altare, Romano Dal Forno, Marinella Camerani). The food and wine guides unanimously, buy an essay, give Gianfranco Fino Viticoltore the title of best company in Puglia, with great prestige for the region and for the territory of Manduria in particular. Es 2008 was also selected for the G8 of the Heads of State held in L'Aquila and was the wine chosen to pair with the cheeses for the private banquet of Queen Margaret II of Denmark for her 70th birthday. Gianfranco Fino is also part of the founding members of the Accademia dell'Alberello. The association deals with the protection of this form of vine cultivation, which has been so representative of our territory since the times of ancient Greece. The company, thanks to the visibility achieved at an international level, is a destination for tourists and enthusiasts who come from all over the world. Last year it was also the subject of study by three Australian technicians, who studied aridculture techniques. Numerous articles have been written by Italian and foreign newspapers, such as Gamberorosso, Bibenda, Wine News, Cucina e Vini, Corriere della Sera, Wemag, Vinum (German magazine), various Danish magazines, the Japanese food and wine magazine.