Laura Angelini ... the one who whispers to the vineyards

Laura Angelini Azienda Agricola The Hearthstone of Ortonville – La Spezia

The sweet Laura ...

I met her a year ago now ... Initially through his thoughts on the web, and then, as often happens in this journey of my life, person, when one day he invited me to join her in "Terre di Vite", an event at the Castle of Levizzano in Modena which participated as a guest.

Laura Angelini Cantina Hearthstone of Ortonville (SP), a woman and a friend to whom I feel close to the sharing of thought and philosophy of life ... A woman who has rebuilt investing in the land ...

A relationship between man and nature that goes far beyond the craft: "Give your soul to the plants and see that they reciprocate… Talk to them like a son ". We would like to produce a wine that is “good” the gente, and convey an emotion all'intenditore win because the quality at the expense of quantity, and these lines written and dictated by a peaceful way of life… remain today and tomorrow before us… Laura Angelini

Pass the word to her ...

• You call yourself "one who whispers to the vineyards". It 'a romantic definition that conveys love like you to share this world. How did your story in the world of wine?

The world of wine is a very beautiful fairy tale. As in many fairy tales there are bad people who sometimes disturb a bit ',  but we will do everything because the tale is beautiful and happy ending. Tired of the routine of the modern world we decided to start this adventure to experience nature and follow the course of time, marked by the succession of the seasons, of nights,  days, rain and sun.

We've gone from working in office jobs and in-store, to a life in contact with the earth and nature, to reconnect the wire that was increasingly thinning. But above all, we have not made the mistake of connecting the wine in the portfolio. The Hearthstone is both a business and a family where Stephen, Laura and Linda are the protagonists indissoluble.

• Drove the Winery Hearthstone of Ortonville along with your husband. How did you start, and those who have been introduced to the art of making wine?

Stefano and I follow the whole chain, from the countryside to the bottle. We started to produce wine to create something of our own without having to submit to any, so as to bring forward the idea of ​​a wine typical of our area without compromise. Then, friendship with old winemakers helped us.

• What are the main difficulties you encountered initially both bureaucratic and managerial?

We encountered many difficulties ... With passion, l’amore, and commitment we overcame them all always ready to fight for our ideas. The envy of others I think it was one of the major, whatever, continue working ...

• As for the choices and directions of your winemaker affect the wine you produce?

Our winemaker, Giorgio Baccigalupi, has been indispensable as a technician and as a friend. With the passage of time more and more we followed his advice as a friend, and always less than those from winemaker. This is not because we have become good, but because we tried our path, very different from his and that of our colleagues. We are considered the “black sheep” Colli di Luni.

• I remember that, during surgery in Terre Vine, I have heard women protagonists of viticulture Ligurian wounds institutions. I heard them express their anger with the lack of institutional measures necessary to safeguard the wine sector. After one year you hear of expressing the same vent or something has changed?

Often institutions have a brake and not a help, despite what we try to live with them. In some cases, however, we have provided substantial aid, so they are not always to blame or denigrate. I think that sometimes people (referring to my colleagues in Liguria), sfoghino with institutions hiding at the bottom of the problems they have with themselves. Purtroppo l’Italia è malata di politica, of leadership, and much more ... I think the healing will take time… also by the absence of "medicine" ...

• I remember your beautiful hand-painted bottles ... How did you get the idea, and what inspires you? 

Our hand-painted bottles are an expression of the love we have towards our work, of ourselves, people, life, and of everything that surrounds us. Let us always remember that we live in a world with a wonderful life, not forgetting friends, which represent the largest wealth ...

Stephen paints bottles in front of the wood stove in the winter evenings, and I often, are his muse…

Correva the anno 1995, a cold winter evening Laura and I sat in front of the stone fireplace. The fire licked the logs on and popping, the reflected heat enveloped us, Linda was conceived by little. The flames seen through the glass of a glass of white wine danced creating bizarre figures. That night was born a nursery rhyme…

The stone hearth transmits its heat…

the sun radiates the lives and gives the grapes the color…

wine conveys the spirit of those who created it to who knows taste…

and the people all singin…

The Hearthstone

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