IN 1986, AFTER GETTING A DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, CLAUDIO PLESSI TOOK CHARGE OF THE LAND THAT HAD BEEN HIS FAMILY’S SINCE 1958 AND IMMEDIATELY BECAME A PIONEER AND A CHAMPION FOR ORGANIC (HE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED SINCE 1992) AND BIODYNAMIC FARMING IN HIS REGION. COMMITTED TO NATURAL WINEMAKING AND TO THE SAFEGUARD OF INDIGENOUS VARIETALS, IN 2004, HE PLANTED 3.5 HECTARES OF VINES ON THE CLAY AND LIMESTONE SOIL AROUND HIS PARENTS’ HOME. IN THE CELLAR, THROUGH SINGLE VARIETAL PRODUCTION, HE ACCENTUATES THE DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCEEDINGLY RARE VARIETALS SUCH AS TREBBIANO DI SPAGNA, FESTASIO, LAMBRUSCONE, SGAVETTA, AND GRASPAROSSA. CLAUDIO EMPHASIZES QUALITY OVER QUANTITY AND, THROUGH HIS MENTORSHIP AND STEWARDSHIP, HE HAS BEEN IMPARTING WISDOM TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF WINEMAKERS, ENSURING THE ENDURANCE OF MODENA'S WINEMAKING HERITAGE.