Rock star winemaker.
Two scallywags
keeping him honest.

Producing wine since the 1950s, both grandfathers’ land merged in 1999 into eight hectares in Barbarano Vicentino, at the base of the Berici Hills — red chalk outcrops once submerged beneath the sea.

After studying oenology, Alessandro turned to organic farming — the indigenous Tai Rosso, a descendant of Grenache, alongside a 100% Garganega and their special ‘orange’ Garganega. Production stays under 20,000 bottles a year, brought together by Alessandro Pialli and two scallywags who keep their dad honest.

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TAI ROSSO
SOAVE

Alessandro, Pialli

Red chalk,
once under the sea

Eight hectares squeezed between rocky outcrops of mainly red chalk — once upon a time submerged beneath the sea, and now home to one of Veneto's least-known native reds.

Both grandfathers farmed here since the 1950s; their land was merged into a single vineyard in 1999.

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8 hectares

The Land

Rocky outcrops of mainly red chalk, once submerged beneath the sea — merged from both grandfathers' plots in 1999.

Tai Rosso

The Grape

Tai Rosso, a descendant of Grenache brought to Barbarano from Avignon around 1300 by the town's priests. Farmed organically from the start, alongside their 100% Garganega and orange Garganega.