The estate was founded in 1997 on land that has belonged to the Tantini family since the early twentieth century. Between Castelnuovo del Garda and Sona, on the morainic hills overlooking the lake, the property covers 19 hectares, including 11.5 hectares of vineyards.
Since the second half of the 1990s, Giovanna has focused on the local grape varieties, personally overseeing every stage: tending the vines, winemaking, ageing and bottling. The first estate vinification took place in 2002, when the I Mischi cellar was completed; the agriturismo B&B was renovated in 2011.
Gravelly, calcareous and alluvial soils of glacial origin and Lake Garda’s mild climate shape the grapes. White varieties are trained on the Pergola Veronese; reds use Guyot and Pergola. Careful vineyard work and attention to each variety are the starting point for every wine.
1997 — 2025
Azienda Agricola Giovanna Tantini is founded in the hills of Lake Garda.
Giovanna meets the team that will join her in the ambition to make a great Bardolino and a great Chiaretto.
The new cellar marks the start of independent winemaking and the first harvest.
The wine dedicated to Giovanna’s son Ettore is born. The first bottling follows in 2005.
The project for a wine dedicated to Giovanna’s daughter Greta takes shape, with bottling in 2007.
The agriturismo opens: a new place to welcome guests, develop hospitality and strengthen wine tourism.
Ma.Gi.Co. and Custoza join the range.
The story of La Rocca begins, the Bardolino that will be bottled in 2022.
Twenty years after the first independent harvest, new distinctive labels arrive for selected wines, expressing the bond between Giovanna and her bottles.
The estate continues to evolve through new vineyard plantings.
The estate continues to develop through wine tourism, cellar hospitality and new projects taking shape.
Quality comes first. Every decision begins with one question: “Will this make the wine better?” We respect the needs of each grape variety and keep intervention in the cellar to a minimum, so our wines naturally express our history, our land and the climate of Lake Garda.
Giovanna Tantini
At the heart of the estate, the winemaking cellar occupies a farm building restored in 2002. Temperature-controlled steel tanks of different sizes allow grapes from individual vineyards to be vinified separately. The agriturismo and I Mischi vineyards are here too.
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In Lazise’s historic centre, beside the medieval walls, a cellar dating from the second half of the nineteenth century houses barriques and tonneaux for ageing the IGT wines Greta and Ettore. It is also a wine shop and tasting space.
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