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The spirit of winemakers & their territory

Who We are

Founded by Camillo Zulli and six other growers in 1964, Cantina Orsogna (the producer of Spiritus Terrae), has expanded to a cooperative of 600+ farmers, all struck with the passion for the land they grow on. The farmers possess a powerful desire to achieve a greater level of integration and reciprocity between themselves, the terroir, community, and wildlife. This achieves wine that is honest and neighborly – happiness in a drink.

  • 450+ Winegrowers, 150+ Olive Growers
  • Community driven – the winery works closely with the BABALU charity organization that helps integrate those with special needs into the community.

the true wealth of the italian viticulture

Bio Cantina Orsogna dedicates the project SPIRITUS TERRAE to native vines, the true wealth of the Italian viticulture. Italy is the first country in the world for quantity of autochthonous vines (545 different grape varieties compared to worldwide 1,300) from which unique and not replicable wines are obtained, connected to the vineyards and the particular pedoclimatic conditions of our peninsula. In recent years there has been a strong international focus on indigenous grapes in opposition to the standardized world wine production based on a few grape varieties.

The Spiritus Terrae labels are the ampelographic tables of the grapevine varieties used to produce this wine line. Ampelography became a testimony of the farming culture in the 19th century and the Spiritus Terrae labels are inspired by the Italian ampelographers who described and illustrated, in accurate and beautiful tables, the overview of the fruiting varieties (including vine) present in Italy in those years.

    How we practice

    SPIRITUS TERRAE wines are faithful to the authentic grape flavors, no technical practice that covers the varietal aromas typical of the territory and the vintage. In a vast wine scene, made of hundreds of different grape varieties, it is very important to know the wine characteristics and its connection to the grape variety. In order to guarantee the quality and typicality, Spiritus Terrae wines are vinified from grapes coming only from organic vineyards, which are biodiversity and biodynamic certified and following the standards of spontaneous biodynamic winemaking (Demeter).

    The Advantages of Spontaneous Fermentation

    • Spontaneous fermentations are carried out by indigenous yeasts coming from the microbial biodiversity of the territory which naturally moves to the grape.
    • During fermentation no sulfites are added as they weaken indigenous yeasts present on the grapes skin, which play a key role for the spontaneous fermentation and the connection between the wine and the territory.

    Why biodynamic wine

    Biodynamic farming & winemaking is about reciprocity with the earth’s ecosystems & protecting the interconnectedness of living organisms in each unique community. Each aspect plays a role in producing wine that reduces negative impacts on the environment. Preceding the industrial revolution this process was practiced for thousands of years in agriculture & wine production, for biodynamic winemaking is synonymous with ancestral knowledge & natural winemaking. This is inherent to Lunaria’s mission and their subsequent production.

     

    • All the beings, human and animal, working in harmony with nature to protect and preserve the health of our planet, our communities and you
    • Regenerate soil fertility, & protect biodiversity & promote interconnectedness
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