ONCE UPON A LONG AGO WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS NAME: SANTA BARBARA.
OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE PLACE WHERE WE LIVE, THE PLACE WHERE WE TILL THE SOIL.
RICH AND PLEASANT NOURISHMENT FOR OUR WINE.
AN ANCIENT WORK, GENTLE AND CONSCIOUS, ALLOWS US TO CREATE HARMONY, TO KEEP
IT,
LIKE A PROMISE. IT'S NOT US WHO CREATE OUR LANDSCAPE,
IT IS THE WINE ITSELF WHICH CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVES ITS DETAILS.
THE NAME "BARBARA" COMES FROM
LATIN "BARBARUS", WHICH MEANS
"FOREIGN". IT CAN BE DATED BACK WITH CERTAINTY FROM A 6TH CENTURY
LOMBARD-GERMANIC MILITARY OUTPOST. IT HOSTS THE OFFSPRING OF
ANCIENT ETHNICAL MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE EVENTUALLY MINGLING WITH
THE LAND WHICH HOSTS THEM, AND WHICH IS AS KIND AS MOTHER EARTH.
THE CASTLE WAS BUILT IN 1200 AND HAS OFTEN BEEN UNDER DISPUTE
BECAUSE OF ITS REASSURING INVIOLABILITY. AND SUDDENLY AN IMAGE:
SANTA BARBARA. A 1600'S PAINTING EXPOSED IN THE OFFICE OF THE
MAYOR. AND ALSO A STATUE WITHIN A NICHE ON THE HIGH ALTAR OF THE
BAROQUE CHURCH WITH THE SAME NAME. MOREOVER, ALSO A STONE ARCH
IN THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE IS NAMED AFTER HER.
AND SO ARE OUR WINERY AND THE PLACE WHERE IT IS LOCATED. HERE AND
IN THE SURROUNDINGS WE HAVE OUR VINEYARDS, WHICH FORM A NATURAL
AMPHITHEATER. HERE WE LIVE AND WORK IN ORDER TO BEST CHARACTERIZE
AUTOCHTHONOUS GRAPE VARIETIES SUCH AS VERDICCHIO AND
MONTEPULCIANO. WE ALSO HAVE "FUN" IN CREATING BLENDS WITH
INTERNATIONAL GRAPE VARIETIES SUCH AS CABERNET-SAUVIGNON, MERLOT
AND SYRAH. IT IS A NEVERENDING ACTIVITY, WHICH ALLOWS US TO ALWAYS
AND CONTINUOUSLY LEARN SOMETHING NEW. EACH HARVEST IS AN
IMPORTANT EXAMINATION OF OUR GRAPES AND ALSO OF OUR LANDS.
NONE OF US HAS AN INNATE KNOWLEDGE OF WINE. WE HAVE HAD TO LEARN
HOW TO DO IT. AND WE HAVE LEARNT SOMETHING EVERY DAY. LITTLE BY
LITTLE WE HAVE LEARNT JOY AT LAST. TODAY WE BREATHE IT IN EVERY
CORNER OF THE WINERY. WE DEMAND VALUE, WE SEEK IT AS IF WE MADE
A DEAL, AND PURSUE THE PERFECT BOTTLE FOR THOSE FRIENDS WHO WILL
SURELY APPRECIATE OUR COMMITMENT AND THE QUALITIES OF OUR WINE.
BARBARA, FEBRUARY THE 14TH, 2006
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