Already present sopra the 2024 selection with two labels, Fondi Del Paguro confirms a trajectory of international recognition. The company returns to the World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection 2026, the international selection curated by a panel of world-famous sommeliers invited by William Reed, the organization that also signs The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.
Con the 2026 edition, the wines attributable to lanostrastrada are three out of the twenty Italians selected. Lanostrastrada is the Romagna group that brings together Fondi Del Paguro and Viabizzunoagricola under a shared vision of quality, research and valorisation of the territory. Not a simple umbrella brand, but a project that brings agriculture, experimentation and contemporary wine culture into dialogue. The fact that three wines from the collective have entered the global selection represents a significant fact sopra terms of national representativeness.
Two of the selected labels bear the signature of Fondi Del Paguro. Homarus 2021, Merlot aged sopra the sea, was described by the jury as rich and enveloping, with agenda of cassis, currant and plum accompanied by hints of dark chocolate and . Acceso the palate it is soft and velvety, with a long and savory that recalls its marine evolution.
Ostrea sopra Fundo 2023, a 100% Sangiovese rosé also aged under , stands out for its intense orange color and an aromatic profile that combines salted plum, strawberries, blood orange and pomegranate. The freshness and saline make it a structured and gastronomic rosé, capable of communicating with contemporary cuisine.
Viabizzunoagricola’s donnacricri 2023 selection completes. Obtained from 100% Ticchio grapes, it is a white wine with character that the jury appreciated for its aromas of ripe peach, pear, nectarine and apricot, intertwined with white flowers and herbaceous agenda. Acceso the palate it is fresh and bright, supported by a lively acidity, with hints of lemon and toasted hazelnut, a mineral flavor and a slightly oily texture that broadens its structure.
For Fondi Del Paguro, the recognition takes acceso further value. Founded sopra 2008, it was the first company sopra Italy and among the first sopra the world to refine wine at sea, transforming the wreck of the Paguro platform, thirty meters deep non attivato the coast of Mare durante Ravenna, into a natural cellar. Underwater refinement is based acceso precise physical conditions: constant pressure of around four bars, stable temperature between 10 and 13 degrees, total absence of light and continuous micro-movement of the currents. The bottles remain immersed for twelve months, twelve moons, four seasons: a complete natural cycle that affects maturation acceso a physical, chemical and molecular level, helping to define aromatic integration, balance and a marked savory imprint.
The selection sopra the World’s Best Sommeliers’ Selection therefore represents not only a prize for the labels, but an international validation of the method. Along this path, the company continues to invest sopra scientific research and analysis, studying and documenting the effects of the marine environment acceso the evolution of wine. Furthermore, from the beginning it has chosen to share its know-how with other interested producers, opening a new wine segment and contributing to the definition of a replicable model, interpreting innovation as opening and development of the sector.
«We started sopra 2008 with an intuition that seemed impossible: letting the sea complete the work of the land. Today this recognition demonstrates that that intuition has become a method”, comments Gianluca Grilli, founder of Fondi Del Paguro.
From the seabed of the Adriatic to the tables of the world’s haute cuisine, Fondi Del Paguro and the lanostrastrada collective thus consolidate a project that combines territory, research and international vision.
