INAMA · United States A Sense of Place

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A family’s eye for extraordinary places. Garganega in Soave Classico. Carmenere in the Colli Berici. Three generations discovering what these hills can give.

The Inama family together in the Veneto — **The Inama family**

hectares

Across Soave Classico and the Colli Berici

generations

Giuseppe · Stefano · Matteo, Alessio and Luca

territories

Volcanic whites · limestone reds

US wines

A focused American portfolio, read through place and purpose

01 · The conviction

It began with
a choice.

Giuseppe saw the promise of old Garganega vines in the Classico hills. Stefano carried that curiosity into a second landscape. Today, Matteo, Alessio and Luca bring greater precision to the places their family chose.

1965

Choose the land

Giuseppe Inama

Giuseppe began acquiring old vineyards on Monte Foscarino in 1965. Those hillside parcels became the foundation of INAMA’s whites.

1991

Widen the vision

Stefano Inama

Stefano gave the estate its labels and an experimental spirit: Sauvignon in Soave, then a second territory for reds in the Colli Berici.

From 2010

Deepen the understanding

Matteo · Alessio · Luca

Matteo, Alessio and Luca refine that inheritance through parcel observation, vineyard renewal and greater precision in the cellar.

Deeper readingThe decisions behind the dates+

1965 · Monte Foscarino

Choose quality before it is fashionable.

Giuseppe’s purchases of old vineyards made a long-term claim on the historic Classico hills. This is the estate’s foundational act: land first, then reputation.

1991 · A wider vocabulary

Let experiment serve identity.

Stefano developed the labels, Sauvignon wines and the Colli Berici project. The range widened, but the method remained comparative: understand a place by making its differences visible.

From 2010 · Greater resolution

Turn intuition into repeatable care.

Matteo, Alessio and Luca have deepened parcel observation, vineyard renewal and environmental work. The third generation’s role is precision rather than reinvention.

Estate history and interpretation based on the supplied INAMA deck and INAMA’s account of continuous improvement ↗

“We produce the wine we love. We don’t follow trends.”Stefano Inama

02 · The places

Two landscapes.
Two different possibilities.

Territory I

Soave Classico

Old Garganega grows on weathered volcanic basalt in the historic hills east of Verona.

Place: Soave · Monteforte d’Alpone
Vine: Garganega under hillside pergolas
Wine: Lift · salinity · vertical persistence

Territory II

Colli Berici

Carmenere and old Merlot grow through limestone and red clay in the hills south of Vicenza.

Place: Oratorio · Villa del Ferro
Vine: Carmenere · Merlot · Cabernets
Wine: Dark fruit · pepper · grounded freshness

Explore the geographyFrom the Veneto to the vineyard+

Open the atlas

Geography, from region to vineyard.

Use these notes when the room wants more than the thirty-second story.

Veneto is the frame, not the explanation. INAMA works in two inland hill systems: the Classico slopes east of Verona and the Berici Hills south of Vicenza.

North / east: Alpine air routes and the Val d’Alpone influence the Soave hills.
South / west: The Berici rise from the plain, with warm days, woodland and varied calcareous sites.
Read carefully: Geology shapes water, vigour and vineyard decisions; it does not mechanically create a flavour.

03 · The choices

A sense of place.
A series of decisions.

A hillside sets the conditions. Protecting older vines, caring for the soil and choosing when to pick help turn that potential into wine. Precision begins well before the cellar.

The farming principles

INAMA dates the removal of herbicides and chemical fertilisers to 2009. Ground cover, lighter machinery and Simonit & Sirch pruning support soil care and the continuity of older vines. Hand harvesting in separate passes follows the ripeness of each parcel.

INAMA’s vineyard method ↗

Diversity Ark

INAMA states that its regenerative approach is certified by Diversity Ark. The scheme examines soil, insects and plants to assess the farm’s agroecosystem and guide its management.

Explore Diversity Ark ↗ · The estate’s certification statement ↗

The Derenoncourt collaboration

WineNews reported INAMA’s work with Derenoncourt Consultants in June 2025. Outside expertise forms part of the family’s commitment to refining its vineyard and cellar decisions.

Published collaboration ↗

04 / Wines

Volcanic whites

Soave Classico

Soave Classico.
The white wines.

Fifty hectares in the historic hillside zone. INAMA reads altitude, exposure, volcanic formations and moving air together—then adapts picking and cellar choices to the parcel and vintage.

The historic hills of Soave Classico — Soave Classico · province of Verona

The grape · Soave Classico

Garganega

Flowers, orchard fruit and almond. Exposure, canopy and picking shape its balance; parcel and cellar choices reveal its range.

01 · Introduction

Vin Soave ↗

Fresh, floral Garganega.

The first encounter with the Classico hills.

02 · Carbonare

Carbonare ↗

East-facing vineyard. Steel.

Tension, salinity and a precise line.

03 · Foscarino

Foscarino ↗

Old pergolas. Mixed vessels.

Flowers, texture and breadth.

Ripening: Late
Training: Pergola Veronese
Setting: Volcanic hillsides
Choices: Exposure · picking · vessels

The longer story · Garganega and the hillside

2,000 years

Garganega reaches the Classica area in Roman times.

1965

Giuseppe begins buying old vineyards on Monte Foscarino.

1992

Vigneti di Foscarino establishes the estate’s cru approach.

2019

I Palchi begins with the best micro-parcels on Foscarino’s terraces.

Patience, shade and air.

Garganega ripens late. Pergola training can shelter bunches while maintaining airflow. INAMA then works with parcel choice, harvest decisions and vessels to distinguish each wine.

Consorzio Soave · production rules ↗

The white-wine hierarchy

One grape.
Four levels of resolution.

Read upwards: from the harmony of the Classico hills, through two contrasting crus, to a berry-by-berry selection from Foscarino’s finest old terraces.

04 · The summit

I Palchi

Best old-vine terraces of Foscarino · berry-by-berry selection · concentrated, complete, built for the fine-wine table.

02 · East-facing

Carbonare

Morning light · cool Val d’Alpone air · stainless steel · tension, salt and line.

03 · South-east

Foscarino

Old pergola terraces · mixed vessels · flowers, orchard fruit and breadth.

01 · The foundation

Vin Soave

A blend of hillside parcels and vine ages · steel · the harmonious, everyday expression of Soave Classico.

A site study

One grape.
Two exposures.

Carbonare’s east-facing site and Foscarino’s south-east exposure give the comparison its starting point. Vine age, picking and cellar choices complete the difference.

Monte Foscarino vineyard — Monte Foscarino · south-east

Carbonare

Gentle morning sun
Cool air from Val d’Alpone
Steel
Tension · salinity · line

Foscarino

Greater solar warmth
Old pergolas on terraces
Mixed vessels
Flowers · fruit · breadth

04 / Wines

Limestone reds

Colli Berici

Colli Berici.
The red wines.

South of Vicenza, INAMA sought conditions in which Carmenere could complete its long season. Warm days, cooler nights, woodland and red clay over marine limestone form the setting; farming and selection determine how that potential reaches the wine.

Villa Priuli Lazzarini at Villa del Ferro — Villa del Ferro · province of Vicenza

The grape · Colli Berici

Carmenere

Dark fruit, pepper and herbal lift. A long growing season in the Berici hills gives this late-ripening grape time to find its balance.

01 · Introduction

Più ↗

Carmenere with Merlot.

Fruit, spice and an easy way in.

02 · Cabernet blend

Bradisismo ↗

Cabernet Sauvignon, Franc & Carmenere.

A familiar frame with a Venetian accent.

03 · Pure Carmenere

Oratorio ↗

Selected Carmenere Riserva.

The valley’s most focused expression.

Ripening: Late
Signature: Black fruit · pepper · cocoa
Soil: Red clay over limestone
Picking: Micro-parcels at physiological ripeness

The longer story · origins and ripeness

1996

INAMA begins planting Carmenere in the Colli Berici.

1997

The first Bradisismo reveals Carmenere’s role in the blend.

2004

The first Oratorio selection shows the potential of pure Carmenere.

2009

Oratorio inaugurates Colli Berici DOC Carmenere Riserva.

Ripeness without erasing identity.

Carmenere’s methoxypyrazines can register as green before physiological maturity. INAMA’s objective is to bring pepper and herbal lift into balance with dark fruit and fresh tannin.

Consorzio Colli Berici · Carmenere ↗

A territory study

Two sites.
Two red-wine stories.

Oratorio is a small valley enclosed by woodland. Lonigo is a south-facing estate where Cabernets and Carmenere meet iron-rich clay, marine limestone and basalt.

Oratorio

Pure Carmenere
Oratorio Riserva
Red clay over limestone

Lonigo

Cabernets + Carmenere
Bradisismo
Iron-rich clay · limestone · basalt

Topographical map of Oratorio di San Lorenzo and Villa del Ferro — Oratorio & Villa del FerroTopography · vineyards · forest microclimate

The Lonigo estate

Bradisismo,
parcel by parcel.

The estate map brings the red-wine story down to vineyard scale: individual varieties, the house at the centre, south-facing slopes, Guyot training and the geological layers beneath the vines.

Open the Bradisismo dossier ↗

Three-dimensional map of the INAMA Lonigo estate and Bradisismo vineyards — INAMA · The Lonigo estateParcels · soils · Guyot training

Visual culture

Recognisable
before it is poured.

Stefano Inama conceived the first bottles and established the house style.

Historic engravings, Palladian proportion, classical typography and tactile paper create family resemblance without uniformity. Unusual names make each bottle memorable; every image has a source, a story and a reason to be there.

Foscarino’s paired heads derive from drawings by the English architect Inigo Jones, whose classicism drew on Palladio and Scamozzi.

The selection

The places,
in the glass.

Vin Soave opens the white-wine story. Carbonare and Foscarino make the differences within Garganega tangible. I Palchi completes the climb. Più introduces the reds; Bradisismo gives the US range a Cabernet-led bridge; Oratorio is the icon.