We are very happy with the 2017 harvest first of all because it is our first organic certificated vintage! In general 2017 will be remembered for being one of the hottest and especially driest growing seasons ever. Winter and spring were already extremely dry and from the middle of May we had and incredible hot …
2017 will be forever in our minds not only because Italy didn’t manage to qualify for the Football World Cup but also because we had one of the hottest and driest summers we can remember. Because of these extreme weather conditions we decided to pick earlier than usual even if this meant considerable less quantity …
JOE TILSON CREATES THE XXXV ART LABEL FOR THE CHIANTI CLASSICO CASANUOVA DI NITTARDI VIGNA DOGHESSA 2015 Nittardi’s distinctively strong bond with wine, art and culture has found new, cheerful expression with the 2015 Chianti Classico. Since 1981, the label and wrapping paper for each vintage of Chianti Classico Casanuova di Nittardi Vigna Doghessa …
It is a great pleasure to announce that our Belcanto 2015 received the Tre Bicchieri from the Gambero Rosso 2018 guide. The Gambero Rosso is the most important Italian magazine of the sector, and they have just released a list which received their maximum award for the year: and Belcanto is among them! We are …
The summer of 2017 will be surely remembered for the outragious hot weather that more than once rose up to 40° Celsius during the day and no less than 30° at night. This scorching season has been characterised also by an almost complete lack of rain, following a trend established already in the spring. A …
A couple of days ago, some friends from Holland brought their drone here, and let it fly over Nittardi. The results are quite impressive. See it yourselves!
A new barrel has find its place in our winery. It’s a 3500-lt engraved botte of French oak wood, and it’s meant to celebrate a very special anniversary. On 20th April 1967, a very young Peter Femfert was travelling on a plane that took off from Colombo, Sri Lanka, directed to Basel. Peter Femfert, at …
“Déformation Professionelle” is the title chosen by Johann Willsberger for the statue he conceptualised for Nittardi: a 3,5-metres-long scuplture, made of hand-wrought iron, that resembles an elegant corkscrew. This masterpiece of handcraft has been realised with the assistance of the blacksmith Philipp Trenkle and his crew, who incessantly worked on the iron with the only aid …
Yesterday was a great day here at Nittardi! Johann Willsberger, an Austrian artist, together with two blacksmiths from Bavaria came to install a beautiful new sculpture that now protects the entrance of our little cantina, in the back of the garden. Mr Femfert, Léon, the artist himself and the blacksmiths – with the help of …
Finally the moment has come, and Ben 2016 is ready to come out of our cellar. We have always been aware that 2016 would have been a great vintage – and Ben 2016 undoubtedly proves it: after a cold and rainy winter, we had a mild spring followed by a not-excessively-hot summer. The gracious weather …
