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1 July 2009

Exercise in Style - Golf for Passion

(...) Cantrina, the village of Valtenesi, gives its name to the winery where Cristina Inganni and Diego Lavo work in the vineyard and cellar, convinced that wine must express personality, uniqueness and be able to speak of its territory of origin. The soils on which the winery is located yield structured wines with good alcohol content, good minerality and high acidity. Long-lived wines that are born with natural respect for the interaction between soil and vineyard. Cantrina (www.cantrina.it) is dedicated to the production of medium to long ageing wines, mostly breaking away from the production specifications of local DOC wines to obtain greater freedom of action on cellar choices, which also vary according to the vintage. The only exception is the recently introduced Groppello, a fitting tribute to the area's typical grape variety. Nepomuceno is the cellar's flagship wine: IGT Benaco bresciano Rosso is a Merlot-based wine characterised by the presence of small quantities of Marzemino and Robo, which derives its distinctiveness from the over-ripening “in the loft” of part of the selected grapes. Softness and velvety sensations in a wine that nevertheless has great character and structure, characteristics that best represent the expression of Cantrina's “Free Exercise in Style” production philosophy. Cristina explains: “free because I like to be creative, exercise because I call my wines exercises, style because everyone has their own”.

About Wine - My Wine Professional

posted on 12 January 2007
Her first love was art, then, to continue her husband's work, she dedicated herself completely to wine. My two little brats, Lorenzo and Tommaso, move naturally into this world, they grow into it. The way I got into it, on the other hand, is very different». First the Academy of Fine Arts, then a diploma as set designer: Cristina Inganni's first love was art, that for wine only came later. «My first husband, Dario Dattoli, had founded this winery in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was he who initiated me into this world». Although she began to approach wine by marriage, Cristina continued to work in the artistic field, as an interior decorator, until, in 1998, her life received a sudden jolt. «My husband passed away suddenly during the summer, just before the grape harvest,» Cristina recalls.

Cantrina is the only one among the “extremes” - Brescia Oggi

posted on 10 November 2006
Garda Classico has been selected as one of the “Extreme Wines” of the Merano Wine Festival: the event, dedicated to the top national production, staged from tomorrow to Monday 13 November in the Kurkhaus, has included the Cantrina di Bedizzole winery (the only Brescian one) among the companies included in the section ’wines produced under extreme conditions in terms of altitude, climate, soil and vinification. Cantrina, however, will not be the only one to represent the Province in the “Top Selected“ section that, according to the Wine Festival's strict criteria, brings together the best of the national wine scene. Lombardy is represented by six wineries, five of which are Brescian, namely the Franciacorta Bellavista, Cà dl Bosco, il Mosnel, Monte Rosa, as well as Cà dei Frati representing Lugana.

Cantrina a mini Burgundy - Giornale di Brescia

posted on 25 October 2005
When it was founded in the 1990s, it wanted to be a little corner of the beloved (and envied) Bourgogne stolen from the French and transplanted to the Bedizzole countryside. ’Mission impossible«, those in the know will say, wrinkling their noses. And yet the results of this unusual, tiny Garda winery are all there to be tasted, swirling the glass to soften the aggression of the tannins. The plenty of sunshine that favours Cantrina di Bedizzole and the consequent narrow temperature range, the low altitude, do not prevent the wines of the Cantrina winery from making a splendid impression. Merit perhaps goes to the »vine by vine, bunch by bunch« care given to the vines and a vinification done substantially »by hand« in the tiny cellar that borders the living room of the house. Thus we happen to taste a Pinot Noir in purity with an imposing structure and very typical character (it is called Corteccio), no less surprising is the white Riné (like the hills behind the winery) that overflows with scents of fruit and vanilla.
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