Nino Negri

The history of the cellar is a century long and, from generation to generation, it tells of a strong will and happy intuitions; the two things that gave these wines the opportunity to express all their greatness.

The origins of the company date back to 1897, when Nino Negri, originally from Aprica, following his marriage to Amelia Galli, decided to start the wine business in Chiuro. In 1946 the individual company Nino Negri by Carlo Negri was created with the aim of trading in wines and grapes with cellars in Chiuro and Moniga del Garda. In 1958, the name was changed again to Casa Vinicola Nino Negri di Carlo Negri. The Chiuro company went from 5-6 employees in the pre-war period to over thirty, to which were added the many seasonal workers in the harvest phase. At the end of the 1960s, when it was now clear that the two daughters Erina and Carla Negri did not intend to join their father in running the company, the company was sold to the Swiss company Winefood. The new structure, however, would not have coincided with a phase of prosperity for the company and in 1986 Winefood decided to sell the Casa Vinicola Nino Negri spa to the Gruppo Italiano Vini scarl, a cooperative company born from the union of the wineries that had been owned by the Swiss group. Thus the history of one of the oldest Valtellina wineries began again (which had absorbed Pelizzatti in 1980 and Enologica Valtellinese in 1992), focusing decisively on the production of quality Valtellina wines.

In Nino Negri's 36 hectares of vineyards, all with a beautiful exposure, the attention to environmental sustainability is very high. This is due to a high-level team that has chosen a production philosophy without the use of weed control and chemical fertilizers, but which has opted for the use of green manure and soft pruning . Note the installation of weather stations capable of monitoring the climate of each vineyard.

In the Nino Negri cellar there are 1500 new French oak barriques and more than 100 barrels of different sizes, where the wines curated by Casimiro Maule can age in elegance and character. The flagship product is the cult label, Sforzato 5 Stelle , a wine that best expresses all the character of the region and the Valtellina tradition.