Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to episode 2297 of the Italian Wine Podcast, and episode 184 of Wine, Food & Travel with Marc Millon. Marc’s guest today is Tessa Donnadieu of Vinchio Vaglio Cantina Cooperativa, located in the Monferrato wine region of Piedmont, northern Italy. More about today’s winery: The name of the winery derives from the Vinchio and Vaglio Serra villages where nineteen vine growers founded the cooperative in 1959. The cooperative is located in Piedmont, Monferrato, a UNESCO World Heritage site, at the foot of the Alps. Nowadays the cooperative represents nearly 200 family vine growers who take daily care of 500 hectares mostly planted in Barbera grapes (70% of our production) and other indigenous grapes from Piedmont, such as Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Ruché, Albarossa, Grignolino, Arneis, Cortese, Moscato and Brachetto. Since 1985, the winery had sought to maintain and protect the oldest vineyards of minimum 50 years vines of Barbera from which the brand Vigne Vecchie was born. The cooperative is part of a unique an