October
28, 2005
"Betting"
on Indigenous Varietals Pays Off
The Arnaldo Caprai
winery has been named "Winery of the Year" by the
2006 Edition of the Gambero Rosso guide to Italian Wines.
"This prestigious award celebrates and honors the
work we have done," said Marco in a recent interview.
"And it proves that we were right when we bet on an
indigenous grape varietal. When we chose to revisit Sagrantino
through experimentation and research, the formula that emerged
was exact because it had been derived from the combination
of innovation and tradition. We applied that formula to
a territory for which it was clearly suited."
Marco Caprai is widely recognized as the winemaker who
revived Sagrantino when he began to produce a Sagrantino
Secco (i.e., a dry Sagrantino) more than twenty-five years
ago. Over the course of the thirty years, renewed interest
in indigenous grape varietals and traditional vinification
combined with technological advances have played a fundamental
role in the Renaissance of Italian wine. Today, Italian
winemakers have returned to the cultivation of indigenous
grapes as their primary focus and wine lovers – in
Europe and in America – are enjoying the glorious
results.
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