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exploring taste—santa margherita gruppo vinicolo wine culture—kettmeir & méthode champenoise

kettmeir

Words
MATTIA CARZANIGA

From the colonnade of his winery, Josef Romen looks out to the bottom of the hill. “Can you see that white house?
I was born there,” says the oenologist smiling. His profession has brought him back to his birthplace, to the very same
scrap of land. Opposite lie the mountains of Alto Adige, behind lake Caldaro, and all around the vineyards and apple trees
that are so typical of this area. ‘Tradition’ and ‘territory’ are two words that often recur during our interview.
“After all, the winery is about to turn 100 years old”, Romen remarks.

Photography
FRANCESCO PIZZO

&

méthode

champenoise

An interview with JOSEF ROMEN

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