Autumn has FINALLY arrived. The long and hot Summer 2019, which lasted till October, is now behind us.  Now, the weather is inviting us to …

Autumn has FINALLY arrived. The long and hot Summer 2019, which lasted till October, is now behind us.  Now, the weather is inviting us to …

After numerous seasons marked by a warm spring that was so early that it brought budbreak significantly forward, we are finally seeing a textbook spring. …

On 13 May, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our winery with a vertical tasting showcasing the three wines that, from our founding to the …

20th Cantrina’s anniversary Here we are again with our newsletter to start out the year, and as you’ve already noticed, it arrived a bit later than …

For it was in “long-ago” 1999, amidst countless apprehensions, much enthusiasm, and just a pinch of bravado, that we decided to launch “Project Cantrina.” It …

Greetings! The feast day of San Martino, on 11 November, was once considered by farmers the real beginning of the new year, since that day …

To our great surprise we got 5 bottiglie as the greatest recognition according to Guida de L’Espresso curators. Our Sole di Dario 2012 raisin white wine is …

The season is favorable to a plentiful production, the grape is wonderful! We are particularly proud because for the first time Lorenzo, our 17-years-old son, …

…and here it is already May… The vineyards this spring went through budbreak right on schedule, or nearly, but the weather in April, which was …

…and here it is already May… The vineyards this spring went through budbreak right on schedule, or nearly, but the weather in April, which was …

As in the previous year, on 20th and 21st April we attended the taste organized by K&U in Nuremburg. It has been a great occasion to spend …

After four years of our attendance at Prowein, this year we decided to come back to Vinitaly fair.  We will share the booth with our …

Spring is a season full of events and exhibitions. Being Cantrina a family business and wanting to keep a good work-life balance, we decided this year to …

Azienda Agricola Cantrina sarà presente a Vinitaly 2018, dal 15 al 18 Aprile.  

Rosanoire 2017 vintage organic certified has finally bottled! Rosè wine is a tradition in Valtènesi, we produce it according to our “exercice de style“ philosophy, …

With best wishes for a happy start to the new year to you all, the Epiphany Befana has delivered some lovely gifts to Cantrina… One …

I had the pleasure, on 10-11 November, of visiting Antony and Sofie, my importers in Brussels. We had decided to personally visit all their customers, …

Now that the fermentations are nearly finished, it’s time for our usual overview with respect to the 2017 harvest—or perhaps better, the 2017 vintage year. …

Now that the fermentations are nearly finished, it’s time for our usual overview with respect to the 2017 harvest – or perhaps better, the 2017 …

Venerdì 13 ottobre. Una serata di degustazione nella bellissima cornice del Monastero di Astino, monumento millenario immerso nel verde ai piedi di Bergamo. Bellissimi ed …

Da venerdì 13 a domenica 15 ottobre si terrà Astino nel Gusto. Oltre 100 star del gusto in 3 giorni. Tappe gourmand e cooking show d’autore …

Well, we are almost there… After a very challenging season that spared us absolutely nothing, in terms of strange weather, we are just about to …

Well, we are almost there… After a very challenging season that spared us absolutely nothing, in terms of strange weather, we are just about to …

After two years of working closely with Sussex Wine Merchants, I finally flew to New York to personally meet their team. I found them very …

Spring is pressing on “full speed ahead”, and the vineyard is rushing right along with it… The vines budded out quite vigorously this year, and …

If any of you visited us recently, you will have noticed on entering that a good part of the small vineyard growing at the entrance …

Our warmest, warmest best wishes for a great New Year to you all!! At the launch of this new year and with our good Befana …

I’ve just returned from the annual K&U tasting days in Nuremberg; it is always a delight to be there as a wine producer. Martin, Chistopher, …

The 2016 harvest is now over. So here we are, as usual, to see how things went this season, which, of course, went by in a flash… …

Men still at work for our new video, we cannot miss the vintage…

Working on a new video with the help of a friend (thank you Ivan!). We will go on filming also during the vintage and here …

Two “start of the season” news items In the vineyard at the growing season kick-off After an especially gorgeous, sunny winter, spring exploded on us …

A volte capitano strani casi per cui un piccolo gruppo di vitivinicoltori  messicani, in vacanza in Italia e quindi sul Lago di Garda, vengano a …

I nourish a particular fondness for this magnificent island, thanks to some wonderful professional experiences there, as well as other trips, visits that brought me …

As is by now our tradition, the Befana di Cantrina, our very own Good Witch, wants to extend her warm wishes to all our friends and customers for …

In exercising my profession, I’ve been “treading the vineyards” for a good thirty years now, more or less, and I never expected to find such …

Our harvest is complete this year too, and we brought home the fruits of an entire year’s hard work in the vineyards. As always, this …

Giornata lunga, caldissima e impegnativa: abbiamo, infatti, messo in bottiglia e confezionato più di 17.000 bottiglie – un record per la nostra piccola azienda – …

Here we go again: cut the weeds, sucker, select and thin the buds, train the shoots on the wires… The season hasn’t even started yet …

Here I am back from Prowein, and this year simply confirms my opinion from the first year I participated, that it’s a thoroughly professional event, …

Thank you very much for participating in our survey. All of your opinions were valuable to us, and we would like to report to you …

I would like to solicit your opinion regarding use of screwcaps. As a consequence of the positive results with our Rosanoire 2013 and 2014, we …

    Warm wishes to all from the Befana!!! As always, we like to wait until the beginning of the new year to send everyone …

Domenica sera (28/12/14) ho partecipato alla degustazione dei Bordeaux, ormai diventata un classico appuntamento di fine anno che Angelo Peretti organizza per solo pochi fortunati …

Gorgeous, wonderful tasting organised by K&U, by Martin Kossler, Dunja Ulbricht and their team. They’re a modest-sized importer in Nuremburg, very special persons, all of …

And here I am back from Belgium. The only Italian producer among a group of French, I participated for the second time in three days …

The factors that characterised this growing season were huge amounts of rain, low average temperatures, little sun, and a summer that we saw only for …

We have finally finished this year’s troubled harvest, and after our series of tastings we feel that we can now give a very preliminary judgment …

New Valtènesi DOC 1 September marks the official release of our first vintage of Valtènesi DOC, 2013. In point of fact, Cantrina’s Valtènesi is not a …

1 September marks the official release of our first vintage of Valtènesi DOC, 2013. In point of fact, Cantrina’s Valtènesi is not a new product, since …

The Valtènesi constitutes the last outpost of the Mediterranean in the heart of northern Europe. This area displays, in fact, a unique local climate, one …

Ci siamo quasi… dal primo settembre 2014 siamo ufficialmente in uscita con la nostra prima annata di Valtènesi Doc annata 2013. Con questa DOC si …

  «Libero esercizio di stile», così Cristina Inganni e Diego Lavo sintetizzano il loro modo di interpretare il mestiere di vignaioli. Lo fanno a Cantrina, minuscola frazione in …

E’ arrivata, quest’anno è toccata a noi, purtroppo a Cantrina è giunta ciò che tutti i produttori ogni stagione temono, la grandine! Dopo anni che …

La primavera è nel pieno della sua forza vitale e mi piace darvi un piccolo colpo d’occhio del vigneto in questa stagione. Come potete notare …

Dopo qualche anno di pausa sono tornata a Vinitaly, all’interno dello stand del Consorzio Valtènesi. Premetto che l’ho fatto senza un approccio commerciale, ne ho fatto …

Sono appena tornata dal Prowein, una bella esperienza: i risultati commerciali li misurerò nel tempo, ma per contatti e qualità dei contatti è stato un successo. …

Tra la disperata ricerca di una connessione ad internet e la curiosità di una fiera completamente nuova per noi il primo giorno di ProWein è passato. Ho …

A busy Spring in Cantrina  These sun-filled days are gorgeous, and nature is in full flower. We winegrowers are always keeping a wary eye on …

Nella fretta della partenza e nell’affastellarsi di scadenze e impegni, una sorpresa positiva fa proprio bene.   Ieri La Stampa ha pubblicato un articolo di Paolo Massobrio dedicato a …

Ho da pochi giorni concluso la mia esperienza come Delegata di Lombardia dell’Associazione Nazionale Le Donne del Vino e mi va di condividere con voi …

Vi informo del prossimo incontro con i vini di Cantrina presso il Ristorante Cappuccini Resort in Via Cappuccini, 54 a Cologne BS il giorno 07/03/14 …

La sera del 28 dicembre ho partecipato a una degustazione organizzata in  quel di San Zeno di Montagna  dall’amico Angelo Peretti, grande e appassionato conoscitore …

By now it has become a tradition at Cantrina: Cristina and Diego take advantage of this traditional Italian Epiphany celebration to wish everyone a Happy …

Sabato 30 novembre e domenica 1 dicembre si è svolta all’Expo di Piacenza la terza edizione del Mercato dei Vignaioli Indipendenti (FIVI). L’impressione è che il numero …

Anche quest’anno potrete trovarci presso Piacenza Expo al Mercato dei Vini dei Vignaioli Indipendenti dal 30/11/13 al 01/12/13.

Vendemmia 2013 L’andamento climatico della primavera, fredda e particolarmente piovosa, ha fatto ritardare la fioritura delle vigne e di conseguenza anche l’epoca di vendemmia, che …

…nothing but rain, rain, and more rain… I swear that we have NEVER seen such a season!!! This has been a growing year that starting …

Yes, here I am again, now that the Befana, the traditional Good Witch of the Epiphany, has landed. She is bearing you, along with Diego, …

It’s incredible: it seems as though we barely finished the 2011 harvest and here we are already at the end of this odd, totally crazy …

Greetings to all of you, just a few months after our last newsletter, here we are again, right in the middle of a new growing …

As usual, the Befana [the old crone who personifies Epiphany] is bringing with her the latest news from Cantrina (or, if you prefer, the first …

The curtain has gone up on the 2011 harvest… rather earlier than usual: we in fact started picking in mid-August. Spring this year, which was …

Vinitaly 2011 Every time that Vinitaly comes around it seems that time has just flown by… Like last year, we won’t be having our own stand, but …

I am writing from New York… I try in English (no time, unfortunately to have our dear Michael Benson translating for us). The weather is …

The Befana’s Newsletter  *[In Italy the feast of Epiphany is “personified” by la Befana, an imaginary, witch-like crone who brings gifts to good children and …

The 2010 Vintage - Harvest 2010 What can we say about the 2010 harvest, which came at the end of a year that was especially strange …

Cantrina at New York Hello there everyone! As in all family-run companies we’ve been very busy, and so some time has passed since our last …

Let’s meet in Cantrina LIBERO ESERCIZIO DI STILE 2009 We keep on experimenting at Cantrina and in 2009 it was the turn of a tank …

Last news 2009 Two wonderful days during the harvest During the harvest, Ivan, a dear friend of ours and a keen photographer, came to visit …

Here we are almost at the end of the harvest (we still have to pick just a tiny part of our grapes and press those …

Harvest in Cantrina Here we are almost at the end of the harvest (we still have to pick just a tiny part of our grapes …

Let’s talk about…Vinitaly 2009 Here we are getting ready for Vinitaly 2009, even if it seems to us less and less like a fair that …

Cantrina from the old to the new year 2008 is now just a memory: it gave us cause for concern with its rains in the …