Montresor, Cantine Giacomo

The Montresor family has its roots in France.  The count Claude de Montresor had a prominent important historical position during Cardinal Richelieu days and he took part to the political events as prime counsellor of Duke d'Orleans, the cousin of the king.   He supported a moderate and less conservative monarchy.  In the sixteenth century, a branch of the family moved from Château Montresor, in the Loire valley, to Verona, Italy.  There, they acquired lands, estates, and started the culture of the vines.

When Giacomo Montresor, in the second half of the 19th century, started to sell the wines he produced under his family name, he could not imagine that one century later his wines would have reached the four cardinal points of the world.  Today his successors carry on this tradition which associates the agricultural activity to selecting, aging, bottling, and distributing operations.

The Montresor family is mentioned in the famous tale of Edgar A. Poe, "The Amontillado Cask", where a member of the Montresor family is described as premium wine connoisseur with an excellent palate.

Note Bene: Montresor manages its vineyards only by natural means without the use of chemical pesticides or herbicides, and are also a major innovator in technology use in the vineyards and winery.

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