the district of Treiso, in the heart of the zone of production of Barbaresco.

Many gradual changes have been performed by the successive

generations of the Pelisseros who transformed the grape-selling activity

started by Giovanni Pelissero into winemaking of all the estate-grown

grapes. Winemaking takes place in a cellar surrounded by vineyards

situated in a zone called Augenta, the biggest plot of land belonging to the

property.

The first bottles of wine dated back to 1960 and were produced by Luigi

Pelissero, whose work was followed by his son, Oenologist Giorgio who,

after finishing his studies, decided to work full time at the winery.

The Pelissero family takes care of all the activities from pruning the vines

to marketing the wine. The estate consist of twenty hectares of vineyards

which yield a total of 80,000 to 100,000 (according to the year) bottles of

wine, namely Dolcetto d’Alba from two vineyards (Munfrina and Augenta),

Barbera d’Alba Piani, Barbaresco, Barbaresco Vanotu (this is the dialectal

word for the name Giovanni, Giorgio’s grandfather), Grignolino, Favorita,

Freisa and Nebbiolo.

It takes passion, commitment to the land and hard work in the vineyards

and cellar, to perseveringly endeavour to make high quality wines, the

only way we know to get real satisfaction. Research in the vineyards and,

successively, in the cellar does not stop, and we hope that this will bring

about further improvements on our wines.