We keep off April with our Italian Food, Wine & Travel group covering the regions of Calabria and Sardinia. Our host, Katarina of Grapevine Adventures, has provided a preview into these regions. I’ll be starting off the month with Antonella Corda of Sardinia, 5th generation of wine growers, whom hails from the respected Argiolas family.
Antonella inherited her family business in 2010. Her grandfather, Antonio Argiolas, was the first to import modern technology to the island of Sardinia after his travels to California. She grew up around vineyards since she was a young child and later studied at the University of Sassari to become an agronomist with further studies to obtain a master qualification in wine management from the respected Edmund Mach Foundation in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of northern Italy. Her parents have been a strong influence with her mother’s teachings of the wine begins in the soil driving a sense of love for the land and her fathers passion for the business.
Antonella’s winery is located in Serdiana in the southern part of Sardinia about 12 miles north of Cagliari in the lower Campodiano. This territory is rich in vineyards, olives and grain production. Antonella’s property spans close to a 100 acres with 37 acres dedicated to vines, 30 acres of olive groves and the rest land cultivated for crop rotation. She has 2 vineyard sites, Mitza Manna and Mitsa S’ollastu. Mitza Manna was her grandfather’s favorite vineyard about 650 feet above sea level with 15 acres of soils
This Article was originally published on Vino Travels Italy
