About Corte San Pietro
Monferrato, Piemonte
Organic conversion
5 hectares
600 cases/year
About the winemaker
Fabio Ghidella
Corte San Pietro was a dream of the Ghidella family who has now been carefully tending their vineyards resting on the hill next to Moasca’s castle for three generations. The winery is located in Piemonte in the Nizza DOCG appellation and UNESCO World Heritage area, which is the region known for high quality Barbera grapes. Fabio represents the "return," which is the name of their Barbera d'Asti. The return because when his grandfather Annibale retired (first generation), Fabio's father Luigi decided to study medicine and leave the agricultural family tradition. Fabio has embraced his roots and his grandfather's traditions to bring back the family legacy of winemaking.
Vineyards and winemaking
The vineyards surround the beautiful village of Moasca with its wonderful Renaissance castle. Thanks to Fabio, the Ghidella family has grown from the small vineyard close to their home to 5 hectares that are in the process of organic conversion. Fabio's grandfather passed down the lessons that grapes need to be grown naturally and that chemicals and pesticides have no place in the vineyard that is right next to their family home. Fabio also listened to and gravitated toward his grandfather's approach of traditional (natural) winemaking that had been practiced in Italy for centuries before the advent of modern agri-business after WWII. Fabio collaborates with an excellent consultant in Claudio Dacasto, who is a young and well known enologist in Piemonte. We know Claudio very well, and can attest to his expertise, as he also consults for another Piedmontese producer we import: Cascina La Barbatella.
