Cascina Tavijn Vino Rosso Teresa Sierra Foothills Certified carbon neutral--all electricity use

Certified carbon neutral--all electricity use at the winery comes from 100% solar and wind power

his wife Flavia

The marl here—a layer of decomposed limestone mixed with clay—pre-dates the limestone that dominates Burgundy’s Côte d’Or

which for that era was an audacious play on words for a wine label

Cascina Tavijn Vino Rosso Teresa Sierra Foothills Certified carbon neutral--all electricity use100% Ruch. Mainly from estate parcels scattered about the steep hills of the Monferrato zone of Asti around the Verrus' home village of Scurzolengo (there is some purchased Ruch in the mix too). The family farms organically, tending and harvesting the vines entirely by hand. The grapes are destemmed with berries kept whole and gently pressed without breaking the skins, just enough to kick off a native yeast fermentation in vat. Fermentations go long