The name I Pastini is a reference to the hoe (Pastinum in Latin) symbolizing the estate’s allegiance to doing vineyard labor by hand, and keeping an eye on at-times ancient farming methods. They are reviving indigenous varietals and manually working their high altitude vineyards 300-350 m above sea level (their terroir lends itself to white grapes- a rarity in Puglia).

The new cellar is impressively efficient, a major shift from the warren of trulli that used to contain I Pastini’s winemaking operations. Temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks allow the freshness of these aromatic white grapes to live on until corks are pulled in America. The farming is real, the grapes are Puglian, and tradition is respected.