Ascione - Alongi

 Giovanni Ascione and Maurizio Alongi are nothing short of brilliant minds when it comes to winemaking, grape sourcing, and creating human connections. Maurizio has such precision dedication that his winery label makes one wine, and one wine only. Giovanni is the wandering soul and can be seen at a tasting in Siena one week, and in Mosel the next. His professional style is more of "have enormous talent with grapes, will travel", albeit you'd never hear him say any such thing. It's when those that source wine, and love wine, get wind of talented minds like this coming together to make modestly priced wines for those in the know, it can be difficult to stifle the excitement. But then again, why would you?

When you put these two prodigious talents together you have some of the most knowledge of the Tuscan landscape in one place. This partnership was built for one thing, create single-variety wines that brandish the soul of Tuscany, honor its virtues, and share the bounty of the unsung heroes.