Mastroberardino - Campania

Campania

Mastroberardino

The various members of the Mastroberardino family who have taken their place at the head of the company have held in common one firm and basic value, which has informed their choices whilst shaping and giving meaning to their history. This value is one of loyalty towards one's homeland and origins, and towards one's natural and social environment, as a means of safeguarding a cultural identity. The family's coherence regarding this paradigm has been rigorous. This has led them to assume as natural a role as pioneers, defending and advocating the case for the purity of native grapes and viticulture. The seemingly unfavourable situation of Fiano, Greco, Aglianico, and others, has been comprehensively reversed: these varieties, which in the last century existed only in a few isolated strongholds, have so gained in recognition that they have been exported and planted in new and different geographical contexts.

The Mastroberardino family has been immersed in the culture and society of winemaking for around three centuries. The most authoritative reports suggest that one Berardino, taking the professional title 'Mastro' - master craftsman - began the lineage in the seventeen hundreds. Once it had chosen its headquarters in Atripalda in the heart of the Irpinia winemaking region, still the site of the ancient cellars, the family inextricably linked its fate to the cult of wine. Since then, ten generations have run the business, seeing periods both of expansion and of difficulty, recurring circumstances in the history of family business’ of ancient origin.

Laying claim to one's traditions need not necessitate turning from innovation. Mastroberardino is today one of the most advanced syntheses of technological and technical competence in the field. The exercise of this competence aims not to subvert the fundamental nature and characteristics of the ancient wines, but to preserve their existence and value, and to harmonise them to the evolution of schemes and ideas which are the trademark of wine tasting.