Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.8, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Selected Estates ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://selectedestates.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pages - [Home](https://selectedestates.com/) - [OUR STORY](https://selectedestates.com/our-story/) - About Born in Altavilla Irpina (AV), Italy, Violante Lepore always had a passion for niche Italian wines and had a knack for discovering small, family-owned, estate-based producers. With that passion and dedication, he decided to develop a focused portfolio and founded Selected Estates in October of 1981. Still at the forefront of his family-owned and - [Contact](https://selectedestates.com/contact/) - Contact Selected Estates Name Email Phone Message SUBMIT 620 Concord Ave Mamaroneck, NY 10543 (914) 698-7202 - [Trade](https://selectedestates.com/trade/) - TRADE BECOMEA CLIENT VIEW OURPORTFOLIO PAY MY BILL - [Vite Colte](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/piedmont/vite-colte/) - Vite Colte The ViteColte protocol has only one goal: an absolute and constant quality standard resulting from agronomic choices aimed at sustainable, selective vineyard management focused on achieving perfectly ripe fruit.Every winegrower complies with the protocol, taking prompt action in the vineyard and defining and monitoring the progress of their work in close contact with - [Humberto Canale](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/argentina/rio-negro/humberto-canale/) - Humberto Canale About Humberto Canale Winery is located near General Roca city, in the heart of the Alto Valle of Rio Negro, Patagonia. It is a family-owned company founded by Engineer Humberto Canale in 1909. Four generations later, the founder’s wisdom regarding handmade processes is combined with the most updated techniques, and the result is - [Cantine Due Palme](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/puglia/cantine-due-palme/) - Cantine Due Palme About Founded in 1989, Cantine Due Palme is located in southern Italy. It is in the third generation of a family of winemakers who inherited the family winery and invested passion and love into the land. 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In Umbria, known as the “Green Heart” of Italy, Scacciadiavoli lies on the Montefalco - [Mastrojanni](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/tuscany/mastrojanni/) - Mastrojanni About The Mastrojanni winery is in Castelnuovo dell’Abate, which lies in the southeast of the Montalcino municipality, a region well known for its wines produced from the Sangiovese grape. Gabriele Mastrojanni founded the winery in 1975 when he bought the San Pio and Loreto estates. The combined property now covers 96 hectares, 33 of - [Lazzeretti](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/tuscany/lazzeretti/) - Lazzeretti About Lazzartti Winery has been in business since 1998, located at Podere Canchi, below Montalcino, in northern Siena. The first vineyard was planted in 1981 by Marco and Lucia’s grandfather, Pietro Bastiani. 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A land of ancient traditions, a gem nestling between Siena and Florence.The estate is the property of the Cassetti Burchi family of Florence, who have been producing wines of great quality with much dedication and passion - [Azienda Agricolo Pravis](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/trentino/azienda-agricolo-pravis/) - Azienda Agricolo Pravis About For over 40 years, the family-owned winery has farmed the majestic slopes of the Dolomite Mountains next to historic Lake Garda and at the foot of Castel Madruzzo. The area is characterized by mountains and lakes, medieval castles, and landscapes that are the foundations of the rural winemaking culture, which forms - [Garlider](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/trentino/garlider/) - Garlider About In Feldthurns, which lies just above Klausen, nestles the winery Garlider which has a breathtaking view over the whole of the Eisack valley and is surrounded by the impressive mountains of South Tyrol. Christian Kerschbaumer, his parents, his wife Veronika, and their children Anna, Elisa, Philipp, and Manuela cultivate his 4 hectares of - [Gulfi](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/sicily/gulfi/) - GULFI Gulfi About Vito Catania, the founder of Gulfi, wanted to continue the work on vines and olive oil initiated by his family in Sicily more than three generations ago. His passion for wine and his homeland, Sicily, led him to develop this prestigious vineyard in his native country: Chiaramonte Gulfi on Monti Iblei in - [D'Angelo](https://selectedestates.com/portfolio/italy/basilicata/dangelo/) - D’Angelo About D’Angelo is one of the most historical wineries from Basilicata, a small southern Italy region born in 1920.The estate was founded by the current owners’ great-grandfathers, Erminia and Rocco D’Angelo. 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