SGALY Vini Biologici

About Winery and Wines

Even at the end of 1800 grandfather Antonio Sgalippa used to cultivate his grapevine with love and passion in his little farm in Monte Vidon Combatte (a village a few kilometers far from Ortezzano). From his vineyard "married to the maple tree" he used to get a wine that soon became the pride of his everyday life. At the beginning of 1960 Mario and Rosa Sgalippa (Tommaso Sgalippa's parents) decided to come back from a happy non-agricoltural work experience in Australia; they invested the fruits of their labour in two different lands in Ortezzano and Monterinaldo, laying the foundations for today's Sgaly. As a matter of fact, even if their lands were addressed to zootechnics and cereal farming, they obstinately bet on grapevine growing and soon set up several specialized vineyards which allowed them to forsake zootechnics once for all, making grape the key point of their business management. In the seventies Sgalippa family chose to set up some top quality grapevine as Montepulciano and Barbera; the growing and improving production of these grapes was given to a local agricultural cooperative. In the second half of eighties Tommaso Sgalippa gets qualification in agriculture and take over from his mother Rosa as director of the farm, after the untimely death of his father Mario. After about ten years of hard work on the fields, dissatisfied about goals he has reached but enthusiastic about his job and with firm belief about his choice, with sweat, sacrifice but hopeful, he starts his adventure. The goal is to give life to a high quality productive cycle, where grape is the prince of the farm. In the second half of the nineties the increase in grape production join an innovative philosophy of production based on the sacrosanct respect of the environment to obtain a healthy and natural farm produce.

Located in Ortezzano in the valley of the river Aso, along the main road s.p. 238 at the km.20.8, surrounded by a chardonnay vineyard, it has been realized in 2005 to complete the productive cycle and to increase in value our farm's grapes. Devised to assert the sacrosanct concept of high quality born in our vineyards, it's equipped with the most modern technology available at present. It expands on 600 square meters, and its capacity is 1200 hectoliters; it's made up of a large central area addressed to the first wine making, fermentation and warehousing, and two air-conditioned rooms. In one of these rooms the wine keeps on ageing in little oak barrel, while in the other one lies the packaged wine ready for delivery. The wine cellar is also a welcoming retail outlet where anybody can also taste our bottled and unbottled wine.