Contero, Brachetto d'Acqui, Piedmont, Italy (Sparkling) 2024 South America

Contero, Brachetto d'Acqui, Piedmont, Italy (Sparkling) 2024 South AmericaFormerly owned by the Lombardini family (proprietors of La Giustiniana in Gavi), Contero is now owned by the Marenco family, who are Moscato and Brachetto specialists in Strevi. This 11 hectare estate remains one of the best producers of invigoratingly delicious Moscato d'Asti and Brachetto d'Acqui. The ripest and best Moscato grapes are used for Moscato d'Asti rather than Asti.

Aldo has been gradually increasing the area under vine to 40 hectares

ripe and concentrated grapes

His red wines - a Shiraz and a Shiraz/Grenache/Mourvedre blend - are sourced from old Barossa vines aged between 50 and 100 years old and showcase the best of the Barossa region

Back in 1649

Cinsault and Mourvèdre

The quest to understand the name of this wine and the wine itself is now the stuff of legend

with its Mediterranean climate

owners of The Bleeding Heart and The Don in London

State-of-the-art technology is used in the winemaking process

from a long line of Bordeaux winemakers

If you can't choose what wine would best suit the wine lover in your life

6 puttonyos and Aszù Eszencia are aged during three years before being ready for bottling