The Luxury Network International Magazine Issue 10

Story and tradition
of the wine that
touches the sky
Childhood scents and sensations remain indelibly
imprinted in the human brain, and their
evocative power is as strong as the emotions
accompanying them.
Thus, it happens that the scent of a wine can
rekindle in people's hearts the romanticism of
past loves and experiences, in the melancholy of
what is no longer there, and in the hope of what
may still be. When Alberto Verde, founder of
Italian boutique winery Drengot uncorks his
bottle of Scalillo, he smiles, with his eyes lost in
a journey through time that brings him back to
when he was a child and ran through his grandfather's
vineyards. « This scent – he says - contains
what I was and what I am today. The song
of a muse you don't know and from whom you
can't escape, who speaks directly to your heart
and overwhelms you. It is this scent that has
dragged me here again, in my land of origin. ».
He spent his childhood helping his grandfather
to take care of his family's vineyards, immersed
in the breeziness and authenticity of a harsh
territory, that at the same time is generous in
giving itself unreservedly.
After that, Alberto leaves his own land, and chooses
to go far away to be able to start his projects
as an entrepreneur. But that insistent thought
never leaves him - the family vineyards and the
priceless treasure of a tradition that is likely to
disappear.
«"I had been away from Aversa for several years
- says Alberto - my commitments, my job kept
me busy. Then, one day, I came back to visit my
family. It had been a very good year for Asprinio
and I went down to my grandfather's cellar to
see the fruits of a particularly favorable harvest.
There, the scent of Asprinio enveloped me. It
penetrated my mind and went down, straight to
my heart, making me feel a warmth and an
emotion that I hadn’t felt for a long time. In a
moment I saw myself as a child again. Me running
among the vines, during the wonderful
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