I’m Monica Raspi and I chose to make wine.
Since 1991 I live in Pomona, a small town near Castellina in Chianti, in the most traditional, territorial and (for me) familiar heart of the Chianti Classico.
I am a veterinarian by profession, but in 2007 I decided to close my clinic, pick up the Enology manual and get on the tractor.
Giovanni Bandino Bandini, my great-grandfather, buys the Riccieri furnace and turns it into a farm.
Enzo and Inge, my parents, recover two old vineyards and voilà... we started to make wine.
I take over and get back in the game.
Fattoria Pomona is my land, my cellar, my place of action (and testing).
The decision to take care of the land in Pomona remains one of the craziest and most wonderful decisions I have ever made.
MY ROOTS
Welcoming, curious and full of history.
German, with a Tuscan accent.
She loves agricultural coffee based on wine and cheese.
MY OTHER HALF
Rational, reasoner, discoverer, craftsman.
Supervises, cares for and preserves.
The kitchen is his kingdom (along with the mushrooms).
MY FUTURE
Young sap in the veins of Pomona which is enriched by an agronomist and a salesman, the average age is lowered.
MY FUTURE
With her heart in Pomona, but head and hands in the world of fashion. For the moment she is dealing with skin tannins.
MY DAILY LIFE
Always next to me, in the vineyard
and on the couch.
She seems to understand me, indeed she does.
She hates rain, loves chasing lizards.
