Sometimes in family-owned businesses there comes a time for a change. When Roberto Di Filippo sold his interest in Di Filippo Winery to family members and started a smaller Umbrian winery, then created a winery in Romania, Neil Duarte was interested in what was behind Di Filippo's thinking. Here's his interview. Read article.
If you visit Roberto Di Filippo, you’ll see him in the vineyard working with his draught horses while faithfully followed around by the geese. By some Italian journalists, he has been called the oenologist horse whisperer.
[1] Although he is a winemaker, he defines himself first and foremost as a farmer if you ask him. He has a profound love of the surrounding nature and passionately talks about his work as a vine grower and winemaker. Roberto is a person who takes farming, sustainability, and ethics seriously, which shines through in his work in both Umbria and Romania.
His commitment stretches from the rolling hills of Umbria to the Danube Delta in Romania. He has two wineries in Cannara in Umbria Cantina Di Filippo and Plani Arche and, as of 2010, a wine venture in Romania. He began this project with his friends and colleagues Roberto Pieroni, Andrea Pesaresi, and his sister, Emma Di Filippo. Today, with Pieroni, he runs the Sapata winery in Romania. Their work in Romania is a