Italy, by the region.

Italy · Tuscany · since 1308 Frescobaldi

Thirty generations and seven hundred years on Tuscan soil. Frescobaldi has been producing wine commercially since 1308 and now operates ten Tuscan estates spanning Chianti Rufina, Brunello di Montalcino, Bolgheri, Pomino, Maremma and the prison-grown Gorgona.

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Italy · Tuscany · since 1903 Castellani

Founded as a Tuscan wine business in 1903 in Pontedera near Pisa, building on family winemaking that began in Montecalvoli in the late 1800s under Alfredo Castellani. His sons Duilio and Mario expanded the company through the mid-twentieth century, and Duilio's son Giorgio added export distribution.

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Italy · Veneto · since 1960 Zenato

Sergio Zenato championed Turbiana (Trebbiano di Lugana) long before it earned international recognition. He set up the estate in 1960 with his wife Carla at San Benedetto di Lugana, on the southern shore of Lake Garda, and was a pioneer for the Lugana DOC. The estate now runs 95 hectares across Lugana and Valpolicella Classica, plus a small Bolgheri parcel. Second-generation Nadia (sales and marketing) and Alberto (production) Zenato now run it.

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Italy · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · since 1896 Collavini

Around 170 hectares in Friuli, producing roughly 1.5 million bottles a year and exporting around half across fifty markets. Eugenio Collavini Viticoltori is a four-generation family winery in Corno di Rosazzo, founded in 1896 in nearby Rivignano.

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Italy · Piedmont · since 1947 Berta

The first house to commercially age grappa in wood — a technique now standard at the upper end of the category. Distilleria Berta was founded in 1947 by Paolo Berta in Nizza Monferrato, Piedmont, building on a family wine-growing line that ran back to the late nineteenth century. The operation moved to Casalotto di Mombaruzzo in 2002, returning to the family's geographic roots, and now produces more than thirty grappa expressions plus seven liqueurs.

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Italy · Piedmont · since 1952 Ca Bianca

Thirty-nine hectares of contiguous vineyard in the Alto Monferrato hills of Piedmont, expanded by the 1997 acquisition of the 9-hectare Cascina Polsino farm. Tenimenti Ca' Bianca opened in 1952 — the name comes from a local Piedmontese descriptor for the area ('al ca' bianche'). Barbera d'Asti is the production focus, with three distinct cuvees; the range runs out to Barolo, Gavi DOCG, Moscato d'Asti, Brachetto d'Acqui, plus newer Langhe Nebbiolo and Roero Arneis bottlings.

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Italy · Alto Adige · since 1898 Cantina Tramin

The village that gave its name to Gewurztraminer is also where Cantina Tramin is based. The cooperative opened in 1898 at Termeno (Tramin) in Alto Adige and now works around 290 hectares across Tramin and the surrounding villages of Soll, Penon and Rungg.

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Italy · Sicily · since 1990s (modern winery); 1694 (family agricultural Planeta

Seventeen generations of family agriculture on Sicily, five wine zones across the modern operation. Planeta worked its way out from the Ulmo estate near Menfi (the family seat since 1694) under Diego Planeta in the 1990s, and now runs across Menfi, Vittoria, Noto, Mount Etna and Capo Milazzo. Only indigenous Sicilian varieties. Diego's children and cousins — Francesca, Alessio (winemaker) and Santi — now lead the operation.

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