The Bellaria farm is located in Mairano, a small hamlet in the municipality of Casteggio, in the province of Pavia, about 60 km from Milan and 25 km from Pavia.avia.
The company was founded in 1840 by the Massone family, who place the vineyard at the top of the list of values that contribute to the production of quality wines.ualità.
Today, as in the past, the vineyard, with its unique soil, exposure and microclimate, imbues its wines with a distinctive territorial character, combining traditional methods, especially in vineyard management, with careful attention to the innovations that have been introduced in recent decades in the field of oenology to enhance the quality and balance of the products.
We produce our wines with respect for the environment. We are certified organic.
Oltrepò Pavese
The Oltrepò Pavese region has a wine-making tradition dating back to Roman times.
Sparkling wines
Among the wines we produce, the classic method sparkling wine made from Pinot Noir remains our flagship product, alongside rosé and traditional red wines.
The bottles
Possibility to purchase bottles included in the package offered directly at the winery and only after tasting them without obligation.
THE TERRITORY
Oltrepo Pavese is a hilly agricultural area with a long tradition of wine production. Among the top five Italian DOCs in terms of size, it boasts an ancient tradition dating back to Roman times.
Casteggio, known as ‘Clastidium’ at the time, was an important Roman fort, the scene of victorious battles with the Insubres.
Pliny the Elder, writer, admiral and naturalist, who died as a result of the eruption of Vesuvius (Pompeii), described the hills of Casteggio and Oltrepò as: ‘Covered with lush vineyards’.
Strabone, a Greek geographer, visited Padania around 20 AD, particularly the Oltrepò Pavese area, stating that ‘the best of the Romans lived there, tall, hard-working, skilled in producing excellent wine, which they stored in barrels as big as houses’.
Over time, this ancient tradition has been enriched with different types and versions of wines, from young and aged reds and whites to classic and martinotti sparkling wines, as well as aromatic wines.
The Oltrepò hills are an important area for the production of certified wines, the leading wine-growing region in Lombardy (with 63% of the area under vines, it produces 55% of the wine in the entire region).
Broadly speaking, this is a description of the wine-producing area in Lombardy known as Oltrepò Pavese, a DOC region covering approximately 13,500 hectares of vineyards.
