Avignonesi, wine-makers in Montepulciano, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Fattoria Le Capezzine: La Stella vineyard

The other companies of
Gruppo Avignonesi

		Wine-producing estate situated in Salento, Apulia, Southern Italy.


		Distribution company of high quality food & beverages and handicrafts.


		CLASSICA's shop in London.

Sealing of
the Vin Santo casks

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ORIGINS

Acquired wisdom, years of experience, taste refined by time:
it is history that consents to respect tradition by renewing it each day.

In 1309 pope Clement V transferred the papal residence from Rome to Avignon, France. In 1377, when pope Gregory XI moved the papal residence back to Rome, some noble families of Avignon left France to follow him. It was at that time, in Italy, that one of those families became known as Avignonesi - probably to simplify an otherwise difficult, foreign name. Soon the Avignonesi family separated into three branches which settled in Rome, Siena and Montepulciano.

It is not known exactly when Avignonesi's cellars were built, but they are doubtless among the most ancient in Italy. Palazzo Avignonesi was built according to a design by Jacopo Barozzi (called Vignola) in the second half of the XVI century and it has always been the cellars' seat.