Azienda Agricola ' La Pietra Di Tommasone'

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La Pietra Di Tommasone is a product of passion and care, but above all, an old family tradition. More than hundred years ago, antgrandfather Pietro Monti, and then Tommaso Monti gave life to a story that continues today with La Pietra Di Tommasone of Antonio Monti. At Ischia grandfather Tommaso Monti, called “Tommasone” during the Sixties produces wine for his family. The wine, bottled in small quantity, and commercializted on the local market at Ischia. However in 1980 when Tommasone dies, the family tradition is interrupted, because Tommaso’s son Antonio moves to Germany. He follows his passion, catering. On March 19th 1982 Antonio marries Birgit Monti, a german girl. The couple get two daughters Lucia and Barbara. In 1987 Antonio’s biggest dream comes truth. He opens his own Restaurant at Cologne with a lot of success. With a lot of passion, care and work also today he looks for his Restaurant. The other passion is the wine. The memories of the wine and his father’s teachings let him coming often to Italy, back to his beloved Ischia. One day coming back to Ischia he has the great idea about starting from his origins again and reviving his own traditions. At the end of the 90th Antonio decides to start his new adventure, the viticulture the old tradition of the island of Ischia, one of the oldest wine-growing regions of Italy. In 1999 are planted the first young vines of the typical campanian and ischitanian grape varieties. In 2004 La Pietra Di Tommasone is born. The name of the winery is dedicated to the father Tommasone and to the old cellar made in a rock. With the harvest 2004 begins the production of the first 30000 bottles of wine. At the same time the daughter Lucia studies in Germany for becoming a winemaker. In this occasion she makes a lot of practical experiences in German and Italian wineries. The family tradition will continue. On February 21st 2009 Lucia moves to Ischia for continuing the work, which her father began.

Le domaine dispose aujourd'hui d'une extension de 7 hectares de vignobles, tous situés sur l'île d'Ischia, le diamant dans le golfe de Naples, dans le sud de l'Italie, dans les communes de Lacco Ameno et Forio D'Ischia. Les vignobles sont installés sur des sols volcaniques avec de bonnes teneurs en phosphore et en potassium. Le système de viticulture est le traditionnel "Goujot" français avec une densité de plantation d'environ 5000 pieds par hectare, avec une sélection minutieuse des clones pour chaque pied de vigne, ce qui donne un rendement de 7,5 à 9 tonnes par hectare. La gamme comprend des variétés autochtones pour les vins blancs : BIANCOLELLA, FORASTERA et FIANO et pour les vins rouges : AGLIANICO et MONTEPULCIANO. La signification du domaine est la suivante : "Pour sélectionner les meilleurs raisins, la récolte se fait uniquement à la main. Ceci donne la garantie d'avoir un produit final de haute qualité. L'épisode de la récolte est septembre/octobre.