you've heard of Liguria: the land of fabulous beaches, gorgeous seaside towns, and pesto. you're probably also familiar with its wines, especially if you've visited the area. But, like Corsica or the Jura, its wines... Read More

you've heard of Liguria: the land of fabulous beaches, gorgeous seaside towns, and pesto. you're probably also familiar with its wines, especially if you've visited the area. But, like Corsica or the Jura, its wines were barely known to Americans (or any other non-Italians for that matter) until just a couple of decades ago. This is despite delicious indigenous grape varieties and unique and varied terroirs. Liguria is a land for wine adventure.

There is perhaps no better adventure guide than Giovanna Dringenberg. Just when Liguria was starting to glimmer on people’s wine radars, she was starting to take Ligurian wine production in a new and adventurous direction.

She was blessed with a very special inheritance: some of the oldest vines in all of Italy (planted in the 1890s!) She noticed that her holdings, though small, were spread among three distinct soil types. She decided to produce three different single-vineyard wines.