“Barbera is in our DNA” – explain Raffaella and Giuseppe Bologna, owners of the winery - “and it is without doubt the grape variety that best identifies Braida in the world. It’s the great love of our family, the wine of our relationships, ever since those first vineyards, left by grandfather Giuseppe to our father Giacomo, where the grapes used to make La Monella are cultivated. Then those in Belveglio, which our mother Anna brought as her dowry, and the vineyards of Montebruna, which we bought and put together, and which we still look at today with great pride: 3 years ago we enriched the area by planting a wood populated with oak trees, making a promise of sustainability for our children and the land where we live”.

BRAIDA DI GIACOMO BOLOGNA – ROCCHETTA TANARO (AT)

Established:1961

Owners:Giuseppe and Raffaella Bologna

Winemakers:Giuseppe Bologna

Region:Piedmont
Zones: Monferrato and Langa

Appellations: DOCG - Barbera d’Asti, Moscato d’Asti, Brachetto d’Acqui; DOC - Barbera del Monferrato DOC, Grignolino DOC, Monferrato rosso  DOC, Langhe Nascetta DOC, Langhe Riesling DOC, Langhe Chardonnay DOC, Langhe bianco DOC

Hectares of vineyard:60

Hectares of woodland:15

Wines:La Monella, Curej, Bricco dell’Uccellone, Bricco della Bigotta, Ai Suma, Montebruna, Il Biacialé, Limonte, Brachetto d’Acqui, Vigna Senza Nome, Grappa invecchiata di Bricco dell’Uccellone; Vini di Serra dei Fiori: La Regina, Il Fiore, Re di Fiori, Asso di Fiori

“Build a large, spacious, well-ventilated cellar and brighten it up with lots of beautiful bottles, some standing, some lying down, to be considered with a friendly eye in the evenings of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, sneering at the thought of that man without songs and sounds, without women and without wine, who should live about ten years longer than you” (Giacomo Bologna)