Seventh episode of our video project “POST STORIES”, which will travel through the territories of Italian wine through the images and voices of the producers who with their hard work keep up all this wonder that we are now used to seeing and tasting.
Today we are in Valtellina, in the heart of the Alps, at the Balgera winery.
We are with Luca, the fifth generation of the family that represents one of the valley’s historic companies, founded in 1885 when great-great-uncle Pietro began selling his wine in the neighbouring Switzerland country.
Nebbiolo is the vine that has populated the terraces of the area for hundreds of years; it grows and is cultivated from an altitude of 300 metres to an altitude of 900 metres.
Since 2010, the winery has acquired new plots of land, selecting two vineyards located at an altitude between 450 and 500 metres above sea level where very different microclimates can be found, making it possible to produce wines with distinct characteristics that can be appreciated and valued by sipping them in the glass.
There is no greater satisfaction than seeing the fruits of one’s work realised.