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Men and History
Passion is what we want to talk about. Passions and histories
about people who weaved their lives together with a land called
Roero whose undoubted oenological charm finally came into the
international wine producing limelight. Brjnda has been playing
for a long time a leading role in the wine producing scene basing
on quality, style and personality. These were the same virtues
belonging to the unforgotten founder Antonio Marchisio.
The local chronicle tells about a young and strong soldier
engaged in the Prussian campaign in the late half of the
nineteenth century, a valued member of the Royal Guard for
seven years. Several times reported missing, Antonio Marchisio
not only came back home safe and sound after a long time spent
at the front but he even presented himself at his family wrapped
in an unusual, enchanting overcoat made by foreign fabric.
His family and fellows welcomed him with the dialectal
expression “te smij an brindr”. “Brindr” were people carrying
a particular wine container called “brenta” recognizable for
wearing a kind of smock similar for tailoring and style to
Antonio Marchisio’s suit. That is why everybody started calling
him the Brjnda, a nickname that passed on from father to son
till today.
So Brjnda is a way of being, a synonym of the attention to
the details, care for relationships, and passion in its own
products. With this heritage spirit the Marchisio’s always
carried out, during the years, their love for the country and
its products. The Brjnda, farmers’ descendants, have passed
through times keeping their fidelity to his own grapes winemaker
tradition and fruits production typical of Roero hills.
During the hard years of countryside abandonment and
rural areas undervaluation, the boost and enthusiasm of
another enlightened exponent of the family, Luigi Elio,
acted as a go-between for the old and new generations:
these ones have found nowadays, in Tonino and his sons
Mattia, Marco and Martina, the ideal witnesses to pass on
an immense fund of values and knowledges. You can find
the same ideals in the bottles we want you to discover and
love together with us.
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