From the Famiglia Di Carlo VignaMadre project comes a technical and coherent interpretation of an often-overused theme, #sustainability, built in this case on over two centuries of agricultural history and decades of certified practices.

From organic #viticulture conceived as a production infrastructure, to advanced pest management and experimental vineyard energy solutions: a model emerges that integrates #agronomy, #innovation, and supply chain #responsibility, maintaining direct control throughout all stages, from the vineyard to bottling.

A vision that considers #wine as a living system and translates sustainability into measurable choices, concrete investments, and strategic continuity.

This is the first part of my in-depth analysis published in the March issue of the magazine Imbottigliamento.

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Nobu 1830, the Pecorino from Vignamadre Famiglia Di Carlo, recipient of Gambero Rosso’s Tre Bicchieri award, tells a story of past and future

ORTONA – On the label, a golden line reproduces the furrow of a plow in the earth, visualizing not only an action necessary to prepare a vineyard to receive its vines and ensure lush grapes, but also representing a family story that began in 1830 and continues today with the new generations.

https://www.virtuquotidiane.it/enogastronomia/cantine-e-vini/nobu-1830-il-pecorino-di-vignamadre-famiglia-di-carlo-tre-bicchieri-del-gambero-rosso-racconta-di-passato-e-futuro.html

The positive energy of the Di Carlo vineyard

Abruzzo viticulture knows how to do things on a grand scale, and this winery demonstrates this by exceeding expectations. Owned by the Di Carlo family, winegrowers since 1830 and pioneers of organic cultivation since 1991, the estate now focuses entirely on biodiversity, creating a patented concept of collective utility: the “Dynamic Energy Vineyard.” This is a vineyard that includes a plurality of support poles for vine rows characterized by colors ranging from shades of yellow, green, light blue, orange, red, blue, and purple (the 7 colors of the Chakras).

https://www.repubblica.it/il-gusto/2023/07/11/news/lenergia_positiva_del_vigneto_dei_di_carlo-407041985

From Ortona, the wines of Vignamadre-Famiglia Di Carlo enhance the holiday menu

ORTONA – There is a time of year when the table becomes a sacred place once again, wrapped in a family harmony that only Christmas can create. In these moments suspended between memory and anticipation, what we choose to bring to the table is never just food or wine: it is a gesture of love, a story, an invitation to share who we are.

https://www.virtuquotidiane.it/enogastronomia/cantine-e-vini/da-ortona-i-vini-di-vignamadre-famiglia-di-carlo-impreziosiscono-il-menu-delle-feste.html

Giannicola Di Carlo and nature’s sanctuary

There are certain things, certain events that, when they happen, leave a mark on your life. Both in the moment they occur and for the rest of your life.
Giannicola Di Carlo was only 12 years old when his brother fell ill with leukemia. An illness that lasted nine long, very long, endless years. Nine years during which his mother could not be there for Giannicola. She was at the hospital with his brother. Day and night. Christmas, Easter, and mid-August. That was how it had to be, and Giannicola did not complain.
His father had to work on the family farm.

https://winetalesmagazine.com/suggestioni-di-vino/giannicola-di-carlo-e-il-rifugio-della-natura

VignaMadre: the colors of the Chakras in the vineyard, to speak to Nature

Giannicola di Carlo, at the helm of VignaMadre, carries in his chromosomes the love for the land of a family that has been winemaking since 1830: his ancestor, Camillo, expressed in a letter all his pride for deliveries to the House of Savoy and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

The fertile ground, it must be said, represents the essential foundation for an enterprise that began with approximately 300 hectares and small, virtuous batches; however, it was a series of unpredictable events that allowed the uniqueness of the energetic biodynamic vineyard to flourish.

https://styleconomy.com/innovazione-tech/sostenibilita/vignamadre-i-colori-dei-chakra-nel-vigneto-per-parlare-alla-natura/

Vigna Madre: time becoming wine. The Di Carlo Family and the invisible energy that moves the earth

There are families that preserve history. And there are others that continue to write history, trace after trace, harvest after harvest.

The Di Carlo Family belongs to this second category: pioneers, observers, concrete dreamers. Six generations united by a thread as thin and resilient as the vine, since—December 13, 1830—the first reading of the deeds appears, testifying to their bond with wine.

Back then, barrels traveled to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Piedmont, and as early as 594 AD, Pope Gregory the Great designated the Lands of Ortona as one of the most suitable areas for vine cultivation, a crossroads of trade that sailed from the Abruzzo port toward the Venetian territories.

https://www.lucianopignataro.it/a/vigna-madre-il-tempo-che-diventa-vino-la-famiglia-di-carlo-e-lenergia-invisibile-che-muove-la-terra/285537/

WINES AND SPARKLING WINES – The destiny of a winery sometimes arises from a breaking point. In the case of Giannicola Di Carlo, it is a private grief that transforms into a definitive choice: making wine an ethical gesture. “It was not a commercial choice, but a life choice,” he recounts.

It is from there, from that search for meaning, that in 1991 he decided to convert all production to organic, when the term did not yet belong to the lexicon of Italian wine—a foundational act, almost a promise made to the land.

But to truly understand this story, one must start from the places. We are in the heart of hilly Abruzzo, between Ortona, Crecchio, Caldari, and the most renowned municipalities of the province of Chieti, a strip that faces the Adriatic Sea and, behind it, the Maiella.

https://horecanews.it/il-gesto-la-terra-i-legami-vigna-madre-e-la-famiglia-di-carlo-nel-racconto-dei-loro-vini

by Vincenzo D’Antonio

Famiglia Di Carlo: Great Wines of Abruzzo Between Ethics and Organic Farming. VignaMadre: The Pioneering Legacy of Giannicola Di Carlo in the Heart of Abruzzo

It is truly said that those who come from afar go far! Witnessing this clear statement in the wine sector is the Famiglia Di Carlo – VignaMadre. This is how Giannicola Di Carlo, representing the fourth generation, introduces himself: “Since 1991, our production concept of modern viticulture has been inspired by ancient and spiritual knowledge in harmony with nature. This allows us to transform grapes into their most iconic and ultimate earthly expression, wine, for the pleasure of our senses and for timeless emotions.” A demanding declaration, dictated by the heart.

https://www.italiaatavola.net/wine/2026/1/19/vignamadre-della-famiglia-di-carlo-grandi-vini-d-abruzzo-tra-etica-biologico/116833/

VignaMadre: The pioneering legacy of Giannicola Di Carlo in the heart of Abruzzo

The Decanto staff had the privilege of participating in the tasting webinar “30 years of organic wine: the vision of Giannicola Di Carlo.” During the meeting, we were accompanied by the owner, a representative of the family’s fifth generation, along an emotional journey that brought us into close contact with the philosophy, ethics, history, and above all, the excellent products born from a skillful farming knowledge that dates back to the early 1800s.

https://decanto.wine/vignamadre-leredita-pionieristica-di-giannicola-di-carlo-nel-cuore-dellabruzzo/