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The Cantrina is 1 Franciacorta and Lugana confirm the lead in the other segments. Bresciaoggi describes the Merano Wine Festival in which Azienda Agricola Cantrina also participated, here are the most important points: (...) The Garda Classico restricted selection of the “Extreme Wines” of the Merano Wine Festival: the event, dedicated to the top of the national production, staged from tomorrow to Monday 13 November in the setting of the Kurkhaus, has included the Azienda Agricola Cantrina of Bedizzole (the only Brescian one) among the companies included in the section ’wines produced in 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. (...) (...) What arouses curiosity, however, is the debut in Merano of Cantrina. The small winery run by Cristina Inganni and Diego Lavo has been chosen thanks to ”Eretico’, the Pinot Nero passito that already caused a sensation at the last Vinitaly because of its production peculiarities that are unequalled on a national level. Born as a gamble in the torrid summer of 2003, ”Eretico” is a production of very few, in the first vintage a total of 300 litres were marketed, in the future too it will be vinified in limited quantities and only in vintages that present the ideal characteristics. ’Our aim has always been to produce wines that are as personal expressions of the terroir as possible,” explains Cristina Inganni. That is why the fact that Eretico was selected in Merano in a section for the few such as extreme wines is a source of pride for us.