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Molise Region
The second smallest of the regions. It was formerly (until 1963) part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise (with Abruzzo) and now a separate entity. The region covers 4,438 km and the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly (until 1963) part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise (with Abruzzo) and now a separate entity. The region covers 4,438 km and has a population of about 300,000.
The region has prosperous towns along the Adric like Tremoli and less prosperous town in the inland like Campobasso and Insernia. The region had a great wave of people leaving for The United States and Argentina in the early 1900's. In the United States they settled mostly in Ohio and New Jersey.
Grapes grown are mostly Montepulciano d Abruzzo and Trebbiano di Abruzzo. Molsie's lone indigenious grape is Tintilla.
Catabbo Winery
The Catabbo company was born in 1990, when Vincenzo Catabbo succeeds in realizing his dream of dedicating himself to viticulture and the production of wine. In this way, with passion and innovated knowledge he starts planting vines, all in rigorous rows.
In the year 2004, thanks to the predisposition of his three children, Sara, Carla and Pasquale, he decides to make a change in his company by creating a modern cellar for the wine making of his own grapes, taking great care in valuing especially the quality of the wine produced; in this project a particular role is given to the re discovery and the wine making of the variety of the so called native "Tintilia".
Thanks to the care of the vines, situated in lands that are particularly suitable and to the use of modern techniques of wine making, today the company is proud of being recognised in numerous national and foreign markets.
The Two Hearts of the Company:
Experimentation and innovation as well as tradition…
The Cellar
Born from new technology so as to produce
grand wines of quality:
- completely air conditioned environments;
- oenological machinery of the latest generation;
- soft presses for a delicate extraction;
- wine making machinery of modern invention so as to obtain the best from the grapes;
Their wines are located here: Order Wine.