viniducropio

The southern part of the Italian peninsula was around to the ninth century BC The new frontier, Greek colonists settled in Greece because there were no more fields to cultivate, on the contrary Magna Greece in the land was virgin and fertile, and soon the area proved adattissima for cultivation of the vine and the production wine. It was the Greeks to boost viticulture Calabria, bringing with them their traditions, their vines and their vinification techniques since the eighth century BC: own crops from the Calabrian Italy was then called "ENOTRIA" land of wine. At the beginning of the fifth century a.c. Italy is the only indicate Calabria then across the southern part of the country and 49 ac When Cisalpine Gaul were granted rights of Roman citizenship, the northern regions of the peninsula.

The zone is located Cirò in Calabria, in the central part of the Ionian coast (Alice points) in the heart of Magna Greece. Cremissa is the Greek name of a river which flows into the sea near the town of Cirò and which today is called Lipuda. Cremissa was also the name of one of the most famous wines of antiquity ': wine was offered to athletes returning victorious from the Olympic Games.

L 'company Du Copio (dialect term used to define the doctor in the agrarian greek Kropio = umus) from generations cultivates its vineyards trying to reconcile tradition and technology in order to produce good wines. The protocol work throughout the company, from production of grapes in the vineyard for processing into wine has the final goal to achieve high standards.

The quality and characteristics that distinguish a quality wine so deeply associated with "terrorist" that is, all the features of the earth, then, the composition of the soil and subsoil, the microclimate, rain, exposure and so on. otherwise how can seem to be a fertile ground that allows the vines to flourish, it is not ideal to make a quality wine. sovraproduranno vines and grapes are poorly concentrated. Much better is a poorer soil where production will be achieved lower because the vines concentrate their energies in a little grape. The hilly areas of Cirò have all these features together. 'Sure thing that makes wine vineyard: realizing the potential expressed by the newly harvested grapes and increasing the amount of future harvests improving vineyards. Experimentation is essential for the production of fine wines. The wine is closely related to people. People who care vineyards, which patiently the crop and bind at the end of winter as people who control is maturing grapes that collect during the harvest in the autumn to transform it into wine, following the ancient traditions handed down from families who cared for the land for generations. A wine quality is the result of a joint effort, a collaboration in which success depends as being and pride of all those involved.