The vineyards are the beating heart of La Tosa, and represent our soul and most profound identity. Nineteen hectares of vineyards surrounding the company, thirteen properties and six leased adjacent parcels; all belonging to the same terrior, but with some differences from one vineyard to the next and within each single plot.
Our philosophy in the vineyard can be summarized as: working to obtain the maximum concentration, complexity, personality and aromatic richness in the grapes, in order to then transfer these qualities to the wine, with maximum respect of the balance and health state of nature, for a kind of grape cultivation that we like to define as “balanced”. We try to reach the first objective by containing grape production for each vine through diverse operations, including thinning of the grapes; we were the first in the Piacenza province to use this technique in 1988, favoring the expression of that particular vineyard through leaf thinning, green pruning and other methods. We aim to reach the second objective by applying controlled stress to the vines, corresponding to the stress in the lives of people caused by commitments, so that the substances the vines then produce are concentrated in the bunches of grapes as opposed to in the vine itself, at the same time working so that the vine does not suffer during difficult periods, such as, for example, during drought.
This is why our vineyards have been grassy since 1991, so that the grass takes a bit of the water from the vines, tempering and regulating their growth and making sure that the grapes are smaller and more concentrated. At the same time we enrich the soil annually with animal origin organic substances and spray the leaves during the summer with algae extract to restore the vines.

If the vineyards are the beating heart of La Tosa, the wine cellar is the brain. While the soul of every wine is born on the vine, the work and care that go into producing a wine are what allow this soul to express itself fully.
In order to do this, a quality that we want to make our way of doing business, in addition to passion and rigor it also takes a combination of human skills and intuition on the one hand and rationality and extreme precision on the other. Therefore, all of our wines are analyzed in the laboratory many times, but each choice made in wine making is exclusively based on what our noses and taste buds tell us to do.
We therefore establish the precise moment for the harvest based on tasting more than on analysis of grape samples from the vineyard. We then harvest the grapes by hand into crates, selecting the best bunches of grapes. We press the white grapes in a delicate pneumatic root-grape dividing press, while we use a delicate wine press for the red grapes.
The fermentation process that follows is the most important step in the creation of wine: we carefully follow this process with attention for the proper condition of the yeasts that ferment the wine. In fact, it is important that during this phase no aromatic variegations and defects occur that could compromise their pleasantness and elegance, as well as the expression of the terrior.

Eight wines are eight different interpretations of nature, eight children each with a distinct character. One of our objectives has always been for each of the La Tosa wines to have a specific, distinct personality, and for all the wines together to create a variegated and complete picture.
A clear, even panorama: four white wines, three reds, one sweet wine. Among these, three basic wines ( Terrafiaba, Riodeltordo and TerredellaTosa) and five more prestigious wines. Among the latter, a couple from native vine varieties, with a softer, more immediate impact (Sorriso di Cielo and Vignamorello) and another two from French grapes, with more masculine, complex impact (Sauvignon and Luna Selvatica). Finally, the icing on the cake is the earth and the sun, a sweet wine (Ora Felice), that with its aroma and refined fragrance transmits a light, deep touch of nature.

Eight wines, but many different vintages.

We have many ideas whirling in our heads. There is always something to explore and learn, and curiosity is certainly not something we are lacking in. Everything changes over time, ourselves included, even though we may not always notice. Trying to be ever more in step with nature, which is at the very heart of our work, is a race without a finish, and is fascinating for this very reason.
One project that we have been working on since 2006 is wine making without the addition of sulfites: after several tests, during the 2010 harvest we began making our TerredellaTosa Gutturnio Superior using this method, the wine that is produced in the highest number of bottles by our company. We adopt a specific, complex method: from the protection of the wine using inert gasses to three-four weeks resting time before bottling on the fine lees and fermentation conducted to stimulate the yeasts to produce natural antioxidants, all designed to obtain a healthier and more “digestible” wine; at the same time, without any defects, pleasant and long lived. Our current line of thought is to continue and possible apply this experience to other wines. In fact, we have constituted an association, “VisVini”, with some other wine producers, with Stefano Pizzamiglio as the president, for the purpose of exploring and promoting this wine making method and philosophy.

As far as the vineyard is concerned, the nutrition that we apply is also totally natural, while our defense strategies against pests are based on an integrated approach, even though we are currently experimenting with natural systems and are coming closer to an organic system. Without integralism and without any intention to flaunt it, but: we are committed to long term work, serious and silent.

Critics for us are sacred, a force to be respected and always taken into consideration, also when we do not fully share their opinions and judgment, and often together with those who purchase and drink our wines, they are a source of punctual, valuable suggestions and stimuli.

Here are some of awards of recognition we have received over the last several years:

Our wines are present in several Italian regions. We are at your disposition to provide information about our distribution network in Italy. As far as concerns our foreign distribution network, La Tosa is present in the following countries:

Switzerland

• CERESIO VINI of Paolo Basso
  Corso Pestalozzi 3 palazzo Ransila 2, Post Office Box 5996, CH-6901 Lugano, Switzerland
  Tel. 0041 91 9220810 | Fax 0041 91 9220811
  www.ceresiovini.ch | info@ceresiovini.ch
•  VERGANI
   Zentralstrasse 141, 8003 Zurich, Switzerland
   Tel. 0041 44 4512500 | Fax 0041 44 4512502
   www.vergani.ch | info@vergani.ch
• DONATI VINI
  Feldbergstrasse 1, 4057 Basel, Switzerland
  Tel. 0041 61 6915540 | Fax 0041 61 693464
  
• JOHNSON WINES
  Langgasse 136, CH-9008 St. Gallen, Switzerland
  Tel. 0041 71 841424 | Fax 0041 71 8419224
  www.johnson.ch | wines@johnson.ch
  

Germany

• LA CANTINETTA of Sergio Bolzan
  Neumarkterstrasse 77, 81673 Munchen, Germany
  Tel. 0049 89 6882536 | Fax 0049 89 6882537
  www.bolzan.de | info@bolzan.de
• CASA DEL VINO of Michael Hinze
  Kammererstrasse 22, 29664 Walsrode, Germany
  Tel. 0049 5161 5764 | Fax 0049 5161 740568
  casadelvino@heicon.de
• MICALI GMBH
  Beethovenplatz 13, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany
  Tel. 0049 69 97467363 | Fax 0049 69 97467100
  micali@t-online.de

Belgium

• SELEZIONE VINI ITALIANI
  Industrieweg Zuid 1319, 3520 Zonhoven, Belgium
  Tel. 0032 11 810181 | Fax 0032 11 810180
  www.svi.be | info@svi.be

Ireland

• WALLACE CALCIO LTD
  24 Lower Ormond Quay, 1 Dublin, Ireland
  Tel. 00353 1 8874400 | Fax 00353 1 8874398
  enotecafionn@gmail.com

Poland

• WINOTEKA WLOSKA
  Ul. Krotka 27, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland
  Tel. e Fax 0048 34 3614563
  www.salute.pl | biuro@salute.pl                              

Russia

• LUDING
  Ryabinovaya str. 55, 121471 Moscow, Russia
  Tel. e Fax  007 495 9944477
  www.luding.ru | mailbox@luding.ru