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WINES OF NORTHERN ITALY
Villa Remotti
With a passion for fine wine, Raffaella Rossi and her husband, Riccardo Garosci, founded Villa Remotti
in 2002. When they purchased this beautiful villa in the town of Fubine Monferrato, the estate had 2
hecatars under vine, each one its own single vineyard. An archeological investigation revealed that vines
had been growing on this estate for two thousand years.
Being novices to viticulture and the business of wine, Rossi hired Giorgio Caroscio, a local grower and
winemaker with decades of experience in growing Barbera on this land. Caroscio is directly involved in
the cellar, and has applied his artisanal expertise in transforming the estate to meet demands of their
niche market of restaurants and wine shops.
The winemaking consultant is one of Italy’s most famous wine-makers, Donato Lanati, who founded
nearby Enosis, “L Universita del Vino di Donao Lanati,” an innovative laboratory devoted to analysis
and research of native grape varieties. Lanati’s credentials also include being a Professor of Enological
technology at the University of Turin and also as consulting enologist for wine estates, universities and
other wine related businesses nationally and internationally.
Barbera d’Asti DOCG
Villa Remotti is an artisanal, specialized producer of Barbera d’Asti. Their philosophy is simple: only the
best vineyard practices, and the outmost attention to detail in winemaking, will yield wines with unique
character and flavor profile.