Botromagno Puglia Botro Bianco 2019 750 ML

The history of our winery is intimately connected with a unique corner of the earth appropriately known, by those who visit us, as ?The Other Puglia.? In describing this Region, most people obviously speak about its coasts, the Adriatic and Ionian seas, the sun, and its wines, powerful yet by the same token, a tad rough-edged. But our area, our own Puglia, is something quite different, and in some ways unexpected. The area is marked by distinctive, gently rolling hills called murge?a expressive word meaning ?rock??; a cool, temperate climate; a mineral-rich subsoil; natural karst springs; woods, meadows, and pastureland, all of which make it a small paradise. Human settlements here stretch back into pre-history, and the inhabitants were cultivating the grapevine over 1,200 years ago. Emperor Frederick II of Swabia established his hunting preserve in the Murge, calling it a ?Garden of Delights,? and contributed as well to the further development of the local viticulture. The wines pr…