Italy, Marche
Located at the heart of the Marche, Santa Barbara is a winery that is the result of winemaker Stefano that followed his passion. Working with both indigenous and international grapes, their wines are a magnificent way of showing the results from their innovative way of winemaking.
Italy, Marche
Santa Barbara winery is located 25km from the Adriatic Sea and is located on the hills that run between the Misa and Nevola rivers. Here winemaker Stefano Antonucci and a team of professionals works in the winery and vineyards every day, fueled by passion, determination and a pinch of creativity so that the grapes maintain their beauty and express the quality of the land.
The ideas, the technology and respect for the land are the basis on which they have decided to build the company: improving the quality of the raw materials “grapes”, taking into consideration the tradition and the history of the land , applying all along new concepts of production with a sharp eye to the health of the vineyards. From the start of its activity, the winery had two aims: to revive indigenous grape varieties, Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, Montepulciano and Lacrima di Morro d’Alba to create wines to appeal to international taste which were original and had great character such as Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
“Wine is an aroma, a taste and an art that has coursed through his veins since childhood.”
Winemaker & owner
Santa Barbara is the result of passion that grew day after day and could no longer be relegated to be a mere pastime. Winemaker Stefano Antonucci left his job in the banking industry at 1994 to follow his dream. He came back to Barbara, his hometown, in the heart of the Marche region where he had learned to love the land, to know and respect its secrets, its rhythms and it’s products. It was there where he had grown up and he set forth on his challenging goal: to make wine that would appeal to wine lovers. Many has called Stefano a “visionary and eclectic wine-maker, continually striving for stylish perfection”.
The vineyards are between 25 and 40 years old and cover an area of 45hectares of land stretching from the rolling hills of the municipality of Barbara, across Serra de Conti, Montecarotto, Arcevia up to Morro D’Alba and Cupramontana. The particularity of these areas lies in the clay and water-rich soils that cover on a strip of land bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the East and the Apennines to the west.
Winemaking
Making wine that appeals for wine lovers.
Collection
Located at the heart of the Marche, Santa Barbara is a winery that is the result of winemaker Stefano that followed his passion. Working with both indigenous and international grapes, their wines are a magnificent way of showing the results from their innovative way of winemaking.
