HISTORY
THE CASTELLANI FAMILY BUSINESS BEGAN IN MONTECALVOLI IN THE LATE 1800S WITH ALFREDO, ALREADY A WINEMAKER, WHO DECIDED TO START BOTTLING AND SELLING HIS OWN WINE.
DUILIO, ALFREDO’S SON, TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER MARIO INITIATES THE EXPANSION PHASE OF THE COMPANY. IN LATER YEARS GIORGIO, DUILIO’S ELDEST SON, BEGAN EXPORTING.
IN ’66, WITH THE GREAT FLOOD, THE MONTECALVOLI WINERY SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE. AND SO ROBERTO, GIORGIO’S BROTHER, LEAVES THE JOURNALISM PROFESSION TO JOIN THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
ROBERTO INITIATES A NEW PHASE FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS: THAT OF EXPORTS ON A GLOBAL SCALE. IN THE SAME YEARS AN EXPANSION OF THE WINERY ALSO TAKES PLACE WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THE POGGIO AL CASONE ESTATE.
1982 REPRESENTS A YEAR OF REBIRTH FOR THE COMPANY, FOLLOWING THE FIRE IN SANTA LUCIA THAT THREATENED THE COMPANY’S VERY EXISTENCE. TWO EVENTS MARK A NEW IMPETUS: THE ACQUISITION OF THE CAMPOMAGGIO ESTATE AND THE ENTRY INTO THE COMPANY OF PIERGIORGIO CASTELLANI, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW GENERATION
WITH PIERGIORGIO, VITICULTURAL RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION AND VALUABLE COLLABORATION WITH TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN THE FIELD ASSUME CENTRAL IMPORTANCE. THE HISTORY OF THE CASTELLANI FAMILY WINERY CONTINUES BEYOND 100 YEARS THANKS TO THE ENTHUSIASM THAT THE GENERATIONS HAVE INVESTED WITH A SINGLE GOAL, TO PRODUCE WINES THAT ARE AN EXPRESSION OF ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST WINE REGIONS: TUSCANY.
THE 120TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CASTELLANI FAMILY BUSINESS IS CELEBRATED WITH THE JOINING OF TOMMASO AND GIACOMO, PIERGIORGIO’S GRANDSON AND SON, RESPECTIVELY. TO THEM IS RESERVED THE TASK OF GIVING THE COMPANY A NEW LOOK THAT, CONSISTENT WITH ITS HISTORY, DOES NOT DISREGARD A CONTINUOUS SEARCH FOR INNOVATION AND QUALITY.
