My name is Martina, and I was born and raised between the Val d’Orcia, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Valdichiana, famous for its Chianina beef. Since 2016, I’ve carried on my family's tradition of cultivating wine and olive oil, expanding the farm and adding agritourism activities. Lignanello covers 5 hectares, with 1.5 hectares of vineyards primarily planted with Sangiovese, alongside Merlot, Syrah, Trebbiano, and Malvasia. We are small producers, bottling about 5,500 bottles annually, focusing on quality and organic methods.  

Fabbrica is a forward-thinking winery located in the heart of Val d'Orcia, Pienza, surrounded by 35 hectares of organically cultivated vineyards. This picturesque area of southern Tuscany, not far from Monte Amiata, offers a unique terroir of limestone and clay soils, ideal for producing exceptional wines. While Sangiovese dominates the vineyards, Fabbrica also plants Syrah and a mix of white international grape varieties, pushing the boundaries of this emerging wine region. In 2020, a new chapter began at Fabbrica when renowned winemaker Tim Manning took over, bringing his minimalist, natural approach to winemaking. Influenced by his experiences at prestigious estates like Domaine Dujac in Burgundy and Cristom in Oregon, Manning emphasizes slow, natural fermentations using indigenous yeasts, long macerations, and aging in cement vats and large oak tanks. His passion for artisanal, micro-vinifications results in wines that embody the purity of the region’s varietals, offering a fresh, exciting take on Tuscany’s winemaking traditions. Fabbrica is an ideal destination for travelers seeking authentic, natural wines in a stunning landscape steeped in history and beauty.

The Tuscan landscape is ‘par excellence’ a series of views from the Val d’Orcia: it was also given an award on the UNESCO heritage list in 2004. Here the land itself becomes a concept, a lifestyle, a living breath that throughout the centuries has seen man reproducing on this ground the perfect proportions and the harmonies of the Italian Renaissance. Within the highly prestigious wine-growing districts of Montalcino, Montepulciano and Pienza there is a line that runs between the small medieval villages of Petroio and Castelmuzio: halfway up this road, beside the chapel of the Madonna del Parto with its cypress trees, begins one of those white tracks, which trace the Tuscan countryside . This is the road that leads to the entrance of Podere Albiano. Images which overlap, changing, twisting, shimmering: the same place but a different season. Just like the wines which share their birth in this land. The plants, the vineyards and the wineries are there, but every year there’s something different: men and events are the unpredictable elements that make out of each individual bottle something which is unique and never repeatable. This is the terroir. Some use the Latin term of ‘genius loci’, but we think of it like the wine’s sixth sense,: the location and formation, the climate, the grape varieties, and moreover the constant labour in the vineyard and in the wine cellar... all of these elements together are what makes THIS wine different from any other wine in the world. And this is what inspires us, and drives to bring this wine to you.