About Winery and Wines
There are actually few wineries in Roero that can boast years of unbroken service to the vineyards and wines of these sunlit, sandy hills. For centuries the area was a trading hub, a venue for exchanges between the Savona, Langhe and Turin areas, and this is why until no more than ten years ago, most growers did not actually make wine themselves: the wine was made by tradesmen who came to purchase the grapes. The Ferrio family is an exception to the rule from this point of view too. The very beginning of their wine-making venture dates back to when Angelo was little and his father Alfonso, after years of hard work and sacrifices, finally managed to buy the family farmhouse set high above the road from Canale to Asti. While the sixties were in full swing, life for farmers in the hills was far from easy. The only way to eke out a living was to diversify: fruit trees, a small vineyard and a few cows, to get through the bad years. But it was then, when depression hit hard, that an unconditional attachment began to form between the Ferrio family and this land. When Angelo returned from military service, the wine-making panorama in Roero was already changing. Thanks to Arneis, but also and above all to the perseverance of wine- makers who never gave up on an ancient, precious tradition, on red grapes like Nebbiolo, Barbera, Brachetto dal Grappolo Lungo.