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Torrevento
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TORREVENTO S.r.l.
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LOCATION
The winery is located in Murgia, Puglia in a beautiful monastery built
in the 1700s. It is close to “Castel del Monte”. This castle, with its
mysterious octagonal structure built in 1220, was used as a hunting
residence by Frederick II (“Stupor Mundi”) of Swabia and its image is
used on the Euro cent and as logo of the winery.
WINERY
The monastery has been carefully restored by the Liantonio
brothers to technically and structurally meet the requirements of a
modern winery while preserving the beauty of the ancient building.
The great cellar originating from the monastery is built into the
rocks, it is surrounded by majestic stone walls each 1.5 m (5 ft)
thick. This cellar leads down to more underground chambers
approximately 8 m (25 ft) below the surface.
VINEYARDS
Torrevento currently owns an area of 100 hectares (250 acres).
27.0 Ha (67.5 acres) around the towns of Corato and Andra are in
production. 41.0 Ha (102.5 acres) are cultivated around the town of
Corato but not yet producing and 32.0 Ha (80 acres) are destined to be
cultivated with various grape varietals in the near future.
The company has agreements with some manufacturers, for the inspection
and purchase of grapes from a further 11.0 Ha (27.5 acres).
Torrevento also trades the wines from: I Pastini dei F.lli Carparelli
S.r.l. an estate with 21 Ha (52.5 acre) of vineyards.
I Pastini (the vineyards in local dialect) is located in the Valle
D’Istria in the very heart of the “Murgia dei Trulli”
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FACTS
| Owner: |
Liantonio brothers |
| Wine maker: |
Carparelli |
| Total acres in production: |
200 |
| Total annual production: |
400,000 btls. |
| Web site: |
www.torrevento.it |
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