It all started in 2004 with the purchase of a small vineyard in the countryside of Manduria of 1.30 ha.
From the very beginning, the company's mission has been to produce wines from vines that are 50 to 90 years old, bred using the Apulian alberello system, with great personality and a strong territorial identity. Today, the winery owns about 14.5 ha.
The Es, Primitivo di Manduria Doc, is immediately noticed by food and wine journalists and passionate bloggers ... it divides the critics, the Es, you either love it or hate it.
From the 2004 vintage onwards, Gianfranco Fino won the most important national awards, even bringing the title of Gambero Rosso Viticulturist of the Year to Apulia in 2010, an award that had never come before in central and southern Italy (other winners Josko Gravner, Elio Altare, Romano Dal Forno, Marinella Camerani).
Food and wine guides unanimously buy an essay award Gianfranco Fino Viticoltore the title of best winery in Apulia, with great prestige for the region and for the Manduria area in particular.
Es 2008 was also selected for the G8 Summit of Heads of State held in L'Aquila and was the wine of choice, paired with cheese, for the private banquet of Queen Margaret II of Denmark on her 70th birthday.
Gianfranco Fino is also a founding member of the Accademia dell'Alberello.
The association is concerned with the protection of this form of vine cultivation, which has been so representative of our region since the days of ancient Greece.
The company, thanks to the visibility it has achieved at international level, is a destination for tourists and enthusiasts from all over the world. Last year, it was also the subject of a study by three Australian technicians, who were studying aridoculture techniques.
Numerous articles have been written in Italian and foreign newspapers, such as, Gamberorosso, Bibenda, Wine News, Cucina e Vini, Corriere della Sera, Wemag, Vinum (German magazine), several Danish magazines, and the Japanese food and wine magazine.
