Cantina Ariano

About Winery and Wines

The modern structure of Cantina Ariano is located in one of the family's estates, it occupies an area of about 9000 square meters, of which more than 1000 square meters are covered and developed in two floors. The ground floor is in part dedicated to wine making, bottling, packaging and administrative offices; about 200 square meters (440 square feet) are lofted and used for a tasting room with a view on the cellar. In the northern part there is the pressing island with the unloading tank for grapes, the crusher-destemmer, a soft draining press and the exchanger to lower the temperature of crushed grapes. This area is preceded by the real and proper cellar, in which are located the stainless steel storage containers, most of them are insulated in order to allow fermentations at controlled temperatures. There is also an enological analysis laboratory sized according to the needs of the winery in order to monitor all production phases. The basement, divided in three rooms, houses the barrel room for the aging in wood of fine red wines made of French oak barriques and tonneaux of 400 and 500 liters, the bottle storage area and the warehouse for everything related to packaging. The winery also has a point of sale where products can be directly purchased.