by Robert Camuto
appeared on WineSpectator.com 2018 - 01
The simple life: An Italian oasis, 20 vintages later
Marco Casolanetti's beard has grown long and gray, giving him the look of a yogi as he stands in a high vineyard in central Italy's Sant' Egidio valley of stunning greenery, a blue strip of the Adriatic Sea visible in the distance.
“It's a magnificent location here,” says Casolanetti.
Indeed, the life he leads in the Marche region with his partner, Eleanora Rossi, resembles Eden.