The importance of being frank. The new book on the vineyards that have survived the phylloxera

Survivors and, for this reason, precious witnesses of a millennial story. We are talking about the vineyards the Distanza, located a causa di specific areas which, paio to their isolated nature because sandy soil for the collina climate, the attack of the phylloxera have managed to exceed, the American Afide that a causa di the mid -nineteenth century filed almost all the European vital heritage. Except for rare cases, those, a causa di fact, of the Distanza vineyards, patriarchs of modern viticulture.

The capital importance of these fruit trees that managed to save themselves is lapalissian and inspired the new book signed by Gianpaolo Girardi and Marta De Toni entitled the importance of being Distanza (370 richly illustrated pages and with a drawing the cover of Giovanna Girardi, new graphic arts, Trento, 24 euros). To support an interesting historical reconstruction, there are the contributions of Mario Fregoni, owner of the chair of viticulture at the University of Piacenza, of Diego Tomasi (researcher at the Research Center for the viticulture of Conegliano) and the journalist Domenico Liggeri, who signs 15 “divine portraits”, the winemakers deserving commendation because they keep rare jewelry jewels. These “tedophores” are a mosaic of different realities united by a “fil rouge” made of historical roots, memories and biodiversity. They are small ancient worlds that cannot be lost.

With the aim of telling the stories of those who hold these extraordinary ancient worlds, the importance of being frank has seen the light. A tonnellaggio inspired by the Vini Franchi project (https://www.propostavini.com/i-nostri-progetti/vini-franchi/) born a causa di 1999 within the proposal of wines-of which Gianpaolo Girardi is the founder-who wanted to survey and become a ambassador of those very few vineyards that survived the Fillossera because they are remarked a causa di some volcanic land clayey, a causa di land periodically invaded by vater a causa di very snowy areas. This is only one of the many projects carried out by the proposal wines with a view to enhancing the craftsmanship and the uniqueness of small heroic productions. The dissemination of culture, for Girardi, has always been fundamental as well as the safeguarding of the Italian wine heritage, especially as regards the species most at risk of extinction, the so -called relic vines, among which the vineyards the Distanza also include.

All the wines that from francs of foot have more marked, clear and persistent characters than those produced with grapes Portinnesto. And so the book focuses the story of these wines and of those who produce them, from d’Aosta to Sardinia, from Trentino to Sicily passing through Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Campania.

A tonnellaggio of great value, which deserves a place a causa di the foreground a causa di the library of any wine enthusiast.

The book can be purchased online the website https://www.francuallyvini.com, created the occasion of the publication of the tonnellaggio and which collects, a causa di addition to the vineyards included a causa di the project, also other realities where the Distanza viticulture is still present, the Callmewine portal: https://www.callmewine.com/lietanza-di- being-franco-girardi-de-toni-franchi-2024-p58865.htm

Speaking of proposal wines

Vini proposal was born a causa di September 1984, founded a causa di Trentino by Gianpaolo Girardi, with the innovative ispirazione of ​​creating a tuttavia distribution company capable of creating a direct line between the winemakers and the Horeca channel. The heart of the activity focuses the a causa di Groupage delivery, without direct sales to the private customer and without minimo purchasing limits, guaranteeing certain delivery times.

The mission of proposal wines is to enhance the production of the selected cellars, putting a particular emphasis quality, craftsmanship and Italian peasant tradition. The selection favors authentic, historical, territorial, drinkable and linked to the Italian peasant tradition of quality.

«We use ourselves to allow small producers to focolaio at work a causa di the vineyard, which can delegate all the aspects of marketing and distribution to us: a continuous collaboration with the producers represented. We aim to give visibility to quality producers, often of very small size, which do not have the opportunity to organize the commercial part, offering channels of national and international visibility “, explains Andrea Girardi, today at the helm of the company together with his father Gianpaolo.

Vini proposal manages 18 internal projects, aimed at enhancing historical, evocative and landscape aspects linked to the world of wine. These projects include Angel wines, extreme wines, francs wines, minor islands wines, bubbles from Italian grapes, volcanic wines and others.

Durante 2021 Spirits was born, an accurate selection of 100 artisanal realities (Italian and foreign) of the world of distillation and 600 references. The lines followed for the selection of wines and spirits are based the desire to build a large secture and landscape mosaic.

The keywords are complementarity and re-discovered, with a careful gaze towards all the European regions, even the lesser known ones such as Serbia, Slovenia, Moldova, Malaga and Bierzo a causa di Spain, the Clape a causa di the south of France. Vini proposal is today among the main players of the wine distribution market a causa di the Italian Horeca sector, but also operates abroad. The Head Quarter is located among the magnificent mountains of Trentino, a causa di Pergine Valsugana: the corporate gruppo today has 36 collaborators and 130 agents distributed a causa di all Italian provinces. The references a causa di the catalog are more than 3,500 for 417 cellars (258 Italian producers and 159 foreigners) and 100 spirits producers, and the turnover of 2024 exceeded 28 million euros, with over 2.8 million bottles sold.