Collection: La Marca di San Michele

Cupramontana, Marche - 6ha. under vine - Biodynamic viticulture

The hills of Cupromontana have a long and varied history of winemaking. Home to the Verdicchio grape variety, and once the seabed of the Adriatic, the soils here are a complex mixture of limestone, clay, blue marl and chalk. Yet, even with all these natural gifts, mass production of low-quality fruit was in danger of bringing the reputation of the region into disrepute. In 2007, three friends decided to help stop this damaging movement. Although their lives had originally been planned outside the wine world, things seemed to align and they found themselves with a small holding below the village. The vineyards were immediately converted to biodynamics, beginning what has become a lifelong learning experience. The journey so far has taken them from sharing a small table at a wine fair, when we first met them some ten years ago, to receiving some of Italy's top wine awards. Their bottles can now be found around the world, admired for their pure expression of this beautiful pocket of Italy.