Terre Sparse

Diego and Franca Trompetto established this farm in Bienca, a small outlying hamlet of Chiaverano, in 2001, renovating the old farmhouse, salvaging abandoned terrains and recovering terraces to create a fertile and productive area of about three and a half hectares. It was their son Matteo, who boasts a diploma in agriculture and a degree in viticulture and oenology, who opened the farm proper in 2009. The only fruit still cultivated is fresh blueberries, while the rest of production is given over to grapes, with five wine labels (in the past 18), plus two spumantes, some aged in the farm’s “balmetto”, a natural cellar with a constant temperature.

Erbaluce, Vin d’la Topia (white and red) and Frenesia are made with freisa grapes, Countacc with nebbiolo and Rarissima with uva rara. Wines may be bought online, by appointment, at the shop in the characteristic “balmetti” of Borgofranco d’Ivrea, or during the summer “merende sinoire”, or afternoon snacks, at which typical local food products are served.

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