Elisabetta Foradori dubbed the 'the queen of Teroldego', produces some of the best wines in all of Italy.  Elisabetta Foradori's journey in her “wine life” is a familiar tale but one that we never tire of hearing. Her father's early death unexpectedly hurtled her to the management of the family estate. Though “born among the vines,” she says, she took the helm at first more from a sense of duty than a passion or vocation. Eventually, however, that passion and vocation came through the work itself, both in the vines and in the cellar.

100% Teroldego. This is the core red of Foradori: the first and only one to be bottled back in 1960 and still the largest production, from 10 hectares of vines planted from 1956 to 2005 on the flat, sunny, well-drained Camp Rotaliano plateau on sandy, Dolomitic limestone soils. Some of the vines are still pergola-trained, while newer plantings are on wires in the Guyot style; the farming is certified-biodynamic (as for all of their vineyards). 

Pairing: Roast lamb

Grape: Teroldego

Farming Practices: Biodynamic