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THE FIRST PECORINO VINEYARD AMONG THE RUINS OF A ROMAN VILLA. For the first replanting of the Pecorino variety we chose a small hillside estate in San Pietro, which seemed ideal: perfect exposure, clay soil that had lain fallow for some time, with a farmhouse and some animals. While preparing the soil, the ruins of a Roman structure were unearthed. The Abruzzo Office of Archaeological Heritage rushed straight on site and catalogued the finds: remains of foundations, some “dolia” (terracotta containers for storing wine) and a wine cellar. Our first vineyard was planted right there on the spot where, 2,000 years before, there was what historians believe to be the first example of large-scale organized farming, where the cultivation of vines already had a central role: the rural Roman villa.