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Simply Italian Great Wines is a unique trade wine experience created to offer Italian wine producers the opportunity to introduce and promote their products on new and established international markets. It is also a journey through the wines of Italy, focusing on educational guided tastings as well as providing the opportunity to taste wines with the producers. The Simply Italian Great Wines tour was created by I.E.M. (International Exhibition Management) in 2010, it is an annual tour around the world, taking place in 12-15 different cities every year in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
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The AGRICOLE GUSSALLI BERETTA group is a group composed of 6 boutique wineries, all owned by the Gussalli Beretta family.
In 50 years of history, the group started in Franciacorta and has grown by building renowned and personality-rich brands in some of the most renowned regions of Italy.
Drinkability, uniqueness, precision and freshness are the peculiar characteristics of all the wines produced in the group.
Unity is strength: the group offers its customers the possibility of working with a single brand or with multiple wineries at the same time, optimizing costs for the creation of groupage and logistics. Barolo, Chianti Classico, Bolgheri, Franciacorta, Alto Adige and Colline Teramane are some of the most important DOC and DOCG produced in our cellars, awarded on the international press and rich of personality.
Saracco was founded in 1900 by Luigi Saracco in the heart of the Moscato d’Asti area, in Castiglione Tinella (Asti), who started buying some of the best land for Moscato d’Asti.
In 1986 Paolo Saracco, the fourth generation, took over the winery with a new vision and gathered up to 50 hectares of vineyards, which now have become 85.
Through meticulous work in the vineyard and in the winery, and the quest for the right balance between tradition and innovation made Saracco synonymous with excellence in Italian wines.
Saracco Moscato is the blend of indigenous Moscato Canelli grapes grown in 15 different Crus with different soil compositions, altitudes and sun exposures. Each Cru’s grapes are manually harvested, then the juice is separately preserved and blended just before fermentation. The result is a complex yet perfect balance between sugars, acidity, minerality and primary aromas.
Paolo Saracco’s vision and skills offer wine lovers in Italy and across the globe an authentic, fresh, and aromatic Moscato d’Asti, earning him the title of “Master of Moscato”.
Founded in 1890 in the heart of the Langhe, Cantina Damilano represents an authentic expression of one of the world’s most renowned wine regions.
Built on a family vision and a constant pursuit of quality, the winery has become a benchmark for Barolo. With Giacomo Damilano, the founder’s son-in-law, the estate took its current name and began a path of continuous refinement in both vineyard and cellar.
Since 1997, his grandsons Guido, Mario, and Paolo have led the winery, enhancing the expression of Nebbiolo and the identity of the Langhe’s most important crus.
Among them, Cannubi stands as the historic heart of the estate. From this iconic hill originate Barolo DOCG Cannubi and Barolo DOCG Riserva Cannubi “1752”, wines that embody elegance, balance, and longevity.
Diadema is a distinctive Boutique Winery located among the hills of Impruneta in the wonderful Chianti Area.
In one of the most beautiful spots overlooking Florence, Diadema Winery produces wines and extra virgin olive oils since 1735.
Only in 2004 the Diadema Wine project came into existence, devoting all the energies in the production of modern wines, named SuperTuscan, which use alongside the Sangiovese variety other grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.
We have three main lines the Diadema, the Damare, and the Candegli line whose constant is the high quality and important ratings received during the years.
The Diadema Line, with unique labels hand made by skilled Florentine artisans with precious certified Swarovski crystals that make the products weather its wine, champagne or extra virgin olive oils authentic jewels.
Diadema Rosso has two different appearances, the certified Swarovski crystal label and the regular ‘’Aurum Colatum’’ version. From our experience the two labels having different targets can both work very well. For example the regular label is mainly distributed at a restaurant level (fine dining and high level restaurants) while the Swarovski Crystal label has a very good market as a gift idea both at a corporate and private and in the hotel segment where it is used as a premium welcoming gift.
Diadema Champagne, a project that came into existence in 2007 with a very strong partnership with a petit vigneron form La Côte des Bar from which we selected two exclusive references a Dosage Zero and a Rose both organic and biodynamic that are produced exclusively for us. Since the beginning we received from le Comitè Champagne the Marque d’Acheteur certifying Diadema as a brand of champagne.
The Damare line, made of Rosso Bianco and Rosato, with its label, maintains the constant idea of elegance, style, quality and excellence that our Company pursues. Specifically, these products are aimed for particular pleasure and care to the Ho.Re.Ca. sector for the excellent value for money.
And finally the Candegli Terracotte line, made of a superior red wine microvinification of Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon with the use of Impruneta terracotta jars made to our specific design by an ancient Impruneta furnace and en exquisite Extra Virgin Olive oil.
We also produce different kinds of cold-pressed extravirgin olive oil that matches the different wine lines mentioned above and are all made only from our olives and processed according to tradition in the estate’s private olive mill.
In 1878, inspired by the "Piemonte Attitude", Enrico Serafino moved from North Piedmont to Canale, realizing his dream of becoming a wine producer. Since then, for over 147 harvests, the company has been producing grapes from Barolo, Langa, Roero, and Monferrato. The current owning family, Krause Gentile, has renewed the founder's original act of will, maintaining the values and purpose of the house unchanged and preserving its historic artisanal soul, respect for future generations, and attention to detail that has distinguished it since the beginning of its activity.
The winery achieved Viva Certification that assesses the sustainability performance of all company activities.
The story of Hic et Nunc is a recent one, but the history of the land where it was born takes us back to the early 1900s.The Rosolen family purchased 100 hectares of land and began a gradual process of restoration. The goal was clear: to shift from quantity-driven viticulture to a focus on excellence by vinifying Monferrato’s classic wines in-house. We choose Vignale is located at the center of the temperate zone, equidistant from the sea and the Alpine chain, which shields it from northeastern weather disturbances. The low rainfall forces the vines to seek nourishment deep in the soil, and the good thermal variation between day and night, especially during harvest time, ensures wines with intense and elegant aromas. The soils are poor but rich in microelements, whichcontribute to wines with good structure, finesse, and, thanks to the presence of limestone, adistinctive minerality and sapidity. The Monferrato of Hic et Nunc is a conscious choice of simplicity, native grape varieties, andvinification that fully respects the varietal characteristics, in search of authentic purity inaromas and sensory notes. Since 2021, Hic et Nunc has embarked on an agronomic conversion process that, within threeyears, led the vineyards and winery to achieve organic certification in 2024 in all of the 25 ha of vineyards.
aaCantine Romagnoli is an Italian traditional winery founded in 1857 in Villò, a little area situated in the province of Piacenza. The first steps concerning wine production, here were taken only in 1978, when a visionary entrepreneur changed the reality of this company. Nowadays, about 150 years later, under the direction of Alessandro Perini, the winery is led by a young team who, starting from the natural characteristics of this territory, started creating wines combining tradition and innovation with a strong appetite towards national and international markets.
For over a century the Sassetti family has farmed some of Montalcino’s finest vineyards. The property is nestled on a slope in the Montosoli hill, North of Montalcino, reputed one of the most favourable terroirs for Sangiovese. Today the estate is managed by Lorenzo Sassetti, Livio’s son, fourth generation family member and passionate winemaker, that is upholding the family name and reputation with the enthusiastic support of his wife Sabina. Moved by a strong interest in winemaking he decided to approach different styles acquiring two properties in Italy’s finest wine-producing areas, rising Tuscan Maremma and lively Valdobbiadene. All of Lorenzo’s wines have deep roots in their respective terroirs, showcasing his willingness to preserve their traditional features.
aaaaThe beginning of the cultivation of the vine, with the production of wine, by the Tornatore family dates back to 1865 when the great-grandfather of the current owner began the agricultural activity. The vineyards of the Tornatore company, which all fall on the northern slope, boast an extension of 75 hectares, located at different altitudes and in different districts, each of which boasts a unique volcanic terroir. The Tornatore family has always had a detailed knowledge of the territories of the municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia. A family therefore with deep roots in the territory of origin, which in subsequent generations, has never neglected the attachment and respect for it and its traditions.
Prestigious selections of Prosecco wines boasting the Val d’Oca label are produced in the hills of Prosecco Superiore DOCG, nestled between the historic towns of Valdobbiadene and Conegliano.
Solid tradition, know-how and passion for cultivation are recurring themes in this charming area, perfectly embodied by the Winery, having historically emerged as a direct expression of the work of hundreds of farming families, who for generations comprised the main social fabric of these lands. This is an area that can boast not only of being a point of reference for heroic viticulture and local wine production, but also a driving economic basin for all the related activities generated by this sector.
Today just as much as back then, the winemakers of the hills that are still associated with the Winery, continue to be the custodians of its fertile territory.