Cantina di Monteforte

The Cantina di Monteforte cooperative is situated in the eastern part of Soave Classico and Soave.  They have 1200 hectares in total, part in Soave Classico and part outside the Classico zone, with some of the best vineyards in Soave Classico.  60% of their vineyards are on the hills, facing south and southeast, which gieves wines that are riper and fuller than most others produced in Soave.  The cooperative has 600 members and harvests about 20000 tones of grapes a year.  Matt Thomson works with Gaetano Tobin at the Cantia to produce these wines.