Corte Madonnina

About Winery and Wines

The Azienda Agricola Corte Madonnina is a historic farm that has produced for over 60 years the DOC wines of Bosco Eliceo by its own vineyards. Particular care is applied in the cultivation of the vine, organic fertilization, pruning, cluster thinning and irrigation management, all agronomic practices aimed at obtaining quality grapes. The winery is equipped with modern technologies for the control of temperature and oxygen at all stages of production, from fermentation of the grapes, the aging of the wines, the bottling phase, until the management of the bottles in stock. We are a small winery and our 6 hectares of vineyards produce about 50,000 bottles, a limited production that allows us a continuous research of product’s quality. In producing the wines of the sands our winery is deeply rooted in the territory and enhances a wine tradition which is actually centuries old, even if it’s little known.

Sand, warm and mists, these are the identifying characteristics of the area of Bosco Eliceo. In this context, it was inevitable to create a very special connection between vine and environment, which in the centuries has given a wine called familiarly “vino di bosco” (literally: “wine of the forest”) or “vino di sabbia” (“sand wine”). This is one of the few areas in Europe where the vines have survived the phylloxera scourge, as in sandy soils this insect is unable to damage the roots. This allows the cultivation of a particular kind of vine called “franco di piede”, which means natural roots without wild grafting.