Casa Benna Azienda Vitivinicola

About

Winery CASA BENNA® has been owned by Molinari family since 1916. Currently, Andrea Molinari and his nephiew Alessandro Stabile are fully devoted to it. Andrea manages pruning, vinification and business, while Alessandro is responsible for machine automation and maintenance, bottling and vineyard care.Great-grandfather Giovanni used to make wine and sell it. He would lead his horse down to Liguria carrying wine, and come back home bringing olive oil. Molinari family comes from Montezago di Lugagnano. There in 1916, grandfather Pietro bought a small farm named Casa Benna in Castell’Arquato. At that time, the vineyard was a small portion of the overall cultivated land – about 1 hectare – but the wine produced there was already known to be so full-bodied that “it could have been cut with a knife”. In the early 50’s Giovanni purchased the first tractor to replace handwork and eventually in the 60’s CASA BENNA® became a wine-making firm only.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes