Our History

A little long, but trust me it's not worth it...

My name is Jacopo Sorce, I live in Pescara and I am a 34-year-old guy with a great passion for grapes.

At the beginning of 2016, on a day like any other, my friend and current partner Luca Di Fazio said the words that would change our lives. Without warning, with a thoughtful expression, he exclaimed: "What if we made wine?"

From that moment, we began to talk about it seriously, but we quickly realized how little we knew. We spent the beginning of the summer fantasizing about the idea in front of a few glasses of wine, but soon we decided to ask for advice from a special person: my grandfather Tonino.

Grandfather Tonino Ottaviano, father of six children and grandfather of ten grandchildren, at 95 years old is still a volcano of energy. He works wood, is a model driver and, above all, has been a passionate wine producer all his life.

We went to his shop, "La Puteche" (the workshop), to ask him about winemaking. As soon as he heard the word "vino", he stopped, turned off the machines and, taking off his glasses, looked me straight in the eyes and asked: "Vu fa' lu vine?" (Do you want to make wine?). I didn't have time to answer that he interrupted me, with an arched eyebrow and a determined look: "Che ti da fa' a agosct?" (What are you doing in August?)

At that point, I knew what was going to happen. I replied that I had no commitments in August, and he, without adding anything else, simply said: "Tu ad agost vi c' me!" (In August, you're coming with me!)

So, in that August of 2016, at eight in the morning, Luca and I found ourselves in a vineyard, scissors in hand, confused and a little awkward, under the supervision of grandfather Tonino. As soon as he saw us, he looked up and in a firm voice exclaimed: "Jamme!" (Let's go!)

We set off into the vineyard, crossing a wonderful expanse of Pecorino grapes, afraid of making a mistake, we began to pick the first bunch, then the second, and so on, until we had the quantity necessary for production.

We then moved to the processing room, where Grandpa guided us through all the stages of transforming grapes into wine. From that moment, a whole world opened up to us: we began to study and learn everything we could from his experience, increasingly fascinated by the process and the details that Grandpa told us. Every now and then we felt like the characters of Bart and Lisa in The Simpsons, intent on listening to Grandpa Abram's stories.

During the winter, Luca and I began to equip ourselves, we recovered the ancient equipment for destemming and pressing belonging to Luca's grandfather, Franco Di Fazio, a strong and generous man who, unfortunately, passed away in April 2017, before he could see his grandson follow in his footsteps in wine production.

With the renovated equipment and under the guidance of grandfather Tonino, we faced our first real production of Montepulciano grapes at the end of the summer of 2017. Between a few playful scoldings from grandfather and a lot of passion, we managed to complete the process.

When the time came to have our wine tasted by relatives and friends, we breathed a sigh of relief at seeing their enthusiasm. Those compliments gave us the push to continue, study and improve.

In the following year, with a little more experience and together with our childhood friend Davide, we created two small productions: a Trebbiano, which we called "Sind" (Feeling), and a Montepulciano, "Bardasce" (Boy).

Each phase of the production followed the traditions handed down by our grandparents, including small precautions such as harvesting the grapes during the waxing moon. We learned that it is precisely the respect for these traditions that gives the wine a unique value, which only those who live these moments can truly understand.