Giuseppe Guglielmo’s Boffalora is in Castione Andevenno, Valtellina. Around 3.5 of its ten hectares are planted with Chiavennasca, the local name for Nebbiolo, at elevations of 350–700 metres. Different altitudes spread ripening times, an increasingly valuable feature in changing climatic conditions.
Woodland and other habitats have returned around abandoned vineyards, creating a diverse landscape. This supports a less intensive approach, although deer, roe deer and wild boar can damage crops.
Summer treatments use only copper, sulphur and zeolite, applied by hand with spray lances of different lengths. Grass is cut with brushcutters and small mowers where terrain allows, without herbicides; manure provides fertility. Some hives remain from Giuseppe’s earlier work as a certified organic beekeeper.
Grapes are hand-picked into small baskets and brought to the cellar for crushing and spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, without added sulphur dioxide. Small amounts are added only at racking.
The winery itself is not certified, reflecting Giuseppe’s reservations about certification bodies. Equipment includes a tractor and a cableway for transporting grapes.
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Contact details
BOFFALORA
Via Balzarro 48c
23012 Castione Andevenno (SO)
Tel.: +39 347 489 2385
Email: aziendagricolaboffalora@gmail.com
Web: www.viniboffalora.it
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