Querciabella

The winery is located in the municipality of Greve in the heart of Chianti (province of Florence) in the Italian region of Tuscany. The name (bella quercia) comes from the oak forests that grow luxuriantly here, which also provide protection from cross-contamination by conventional farms. The company was founded in 1974 by industrialist Giuseppe (Pepito) Castiglioni through the purchase of a vineyard with one hectare of vines. He set himself the goal of producing high quality wines 'that could stand alongside the best in the world'. In 1988, his son Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni converted the vineyard management first to certified organic and then, in 2000, to biodynamic viticulture, without the use of pesticides (such as herbicides and fungicides) or other synthetic chemicals. Since no animal products are used during the production cycle from vineyard to bottle, the wines are certified vegan.