Tommasone

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Our story begins in 1700 in Lacco Ameno. It was his great-grandfather Pietro who, in 1870, took up the Monti family's winemaking tradition, followed by his son Tommaso, known as 'Tommasone' for his ample land. His son Antonio moved to Germany where he started a successful restaurant but without forgetting the strong call of his land and his father's teachings. In 1999, he proceeded to renovate the old cellars and replant the old estate vineyards. Today, the winery is managed by his daughter Lucia Monti, an oenologist and the only female wine producer on the island of Ischia. Our identity: Territoriality, identity and respect for nature. The Tommasone vineyards occupy an area of 16.50 hectares, divided into 14 small estates that stretch from the municipality of Lacco Ameno in the north-west, to Forio in the western part of the island and on to Sant'Angelo. The latter is the southernmost point of Ischia and is home to Tenuta Monte Zunta, one of our most prestigious vineyards at 450 metres above sea level. Tommasone wines are made from grapes indigenous to the island: Biancolella and Forastera, for the whites, and Per'e Palummo or Piedirosso, Guarnaccia and Aglianico for the reds.