Giovanni Chiappini

Giovanni Chiappini was born in 1954 into a peasant, immigrant family from the Marches region of Italy. His father Nilo and his mother Rosa bought 6 hectares of land from the Della Gherardesca family in the locality of Le Ferrugini, in Bolgheri. In 1978 Giovanni bought the first 2,5 hectares of land along the Bolgherese county road (Podere le Grottine), in 1983 he bought more terrain from the Podere Guado de’ Gemoli, then in 1984 he bought 3 hectares of the Podere i Fondi, in 1986 5 hectares in Podere Felciaino and finally in 2001 he bought another 5,5 hectares of land again from the Podere Felciaino. Today the Chiappini company has 20,5 hectares of land, 5 of which are vineyards, 7 olive groves and 8,5 arable farm land. The company has always been characterized by the cultivation of olive groves and vegetables, then in 1995 the first vine was planted. At the beginning the wine was produced only for family use, the first bottling took places in the year 2000.