When designing our new cellar, which experienced its first harvest this fall with the 2012 vintage, architect Marco Pignattai needed to take many things into consideration.
First and foremost, of course, was how he could create the ideal environment to… Read the rest Posts tagged as:
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When designing our new cellar, which experienced its first harvest this fall with the 2012 vintage, architect Marco Pignattai needed to take many things into consideration.
First and foremost, of course, was how he could create the ideal environment to… Read the rest 
After nearly two years of paperwork, digging, designing and constructing, this Saturday, October 20 will mark the inauguration of our new cellar. Designed by local architect Marco Pignattai, the 5,500 square foot (500 square meter) cellar is reminiscent of a… Read the rest 
We procured this 18th century cherry-wood door before the foundations went down for the new cellar. Those nuns knew a thing about security and were certainly concerned about entrance and egress from their convent. I have yet to master the… Read the rest 
In the next week or so we will be cementing our time capsule into the foundations of the new cellar to confuse, perplex and ultimately disappoint some far-off generation of alien archaeologists. What will they make of our peculiar offerings?
A… Read the rest 
We read in our local paper just the other day that architects are creating “wine cathedrals” for storing and aging wine. Our new cellar, designed by Marco Pignattai, should be finished and ready for use at the end of January… Read the rest 
Last week Marco and our architect, Marco Pignattai, undertook a long drive to the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, a town bizarrely famous for being the home to Italy’s worst drivers. They went to inspect a door for our new cellar.… Read the rest 
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