The Story
Northern Italy grows about 40% of total Italian wine grapes on over 600 000 acres. Grown in cooler climate Northern Italian wine have rich taste, high acidity, tart, fruit and herb flavors.
The region of Piedmont, one of the largest in continental Italy, is home of unique grape varieties like Barbera, Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, Ruchè, Moscato, Brachetto. Here, in the province of Asti, where the world famous sparkling wine stems from, lies Nizza Monferatto - land of vineyards and home of Scarpa.
With an average of 2096 hours of bright sun per year together with mild climate, grapes reach full and saturated taste. Add over a hundred years of wine-making tradition, sincere dedicated people and you will receive what are now, and have always been, Scarpa wines.