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3 February 2026

The Mediterranean flavours of Lower Garda

(...) Groppello, a red wine for fish and aperitifs.

Cristina Inganni never imagined that she would become a winegrower while attending the Brera Academy in Milan, nor that she would come to live in Cantrina, a small hamlet in the municipality of Bedizzole whose profile dominates the vineyards. She did so to carry on the dream of her first husband, who died prematurely, who had planted the first vines (now nine hectares) of the Azienda Agricola Cantrina, inspired by French production and maintaining a radical idea of absolute quality. Cristina carries it on today together with Diego Lavo, her partner and second husband. Their Riviera del Garda Classico Groppello DOC (13 €) is a wine that enhances the terroir: gentle and sinuous, it is also appreciated with fish. In summer it becomes a cool aperitif.  

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Cantrina: outpost of tradition - Brescia Oggi

posted on 16 February 2005
Agricola Cantrina is the small outpost of Cristina Inganni and Diego Lavo, a woman of wine with a natural inclination towards art, who has decided to bet on a production policy made up of small numbers, great qualitative ambitions, and particularly significant choices such as that of renouncing, starting with the bottling of the 2004 production, the Garda DOC in favour of the Benaco Bresciano Typical Geographical Indication. «It is a decision that stems from the desire to link our production in depth to the territory, betting on a denomination that is the exclusive property of the area," explains Cristina, summarising the philosophy of a company that has always been reluctant to follow the traditional production guidelines of the area. Founded in 1990 by Dario Dattoli, a well-known Brescian restaurateur and winemaker by passion, the winery was conceived from the outset as a small centre for experimentation and the production of well-structured red wines. With the untimely death of the owner in 1998, his wife Cristina Inganni, a graduate of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, a career that began as a set designer and interior decorator, decided to continue the singular oenological adventure, thanks also to her meeting with the agrarian expert, Diego Lavo: an encounter that not only resulted in marriage in 2000, but also opened a new chapter in the history of Cantrina.
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