A group of farmes in 1959 decided to join together to share their expertise and passion so created Colonnara since then they have achieved many successes with both sparkling and still wine, take a look of the winery

1. COLONNARA s.c.a. ,Via Mandriole 6, 60034 CUPRAMONTANA (AN)
tel. +390731780273 e-mail: info@colonnara.it - www.colonnara.it

3. Our history
This is the story of a heart-felt passion for vine cultivation. This is
the result of the constant daily effort and dedication of people
who have firmly believed in their work for over 50 years. Thanks
to the initiative of 19 farmers, Colonnara was founded in
Cupramontana in 1959. The ideal microclimate of the sweet hills
of the Marches region lead to the cultivation of Verdicchio,
which has become the pride of this territory over the centuries.
This company has grown over time. Today it has
over 100 associates and thanks to the use of innovative
technology and the practice of environmentally friendly farming,
it has managed to develop a production range that may be
singled out among high quality wines, which are distributed over
the entire national and foreign territory. Colonnara has not
forgotten its roots, its link to farming traditions. Around here
they say wine is made in the vineyard, it is only educated in the
cellar and then “presented’ in the best possible way in the
bottle.

5. Our mission
Noble wines are not produced by chance, they are always
the result of a perfect combination of ideas and values
that identify the company’s mission:
· To make the most of the wines of our area and our
territory, which are characterized by the peculiarities that
make them unique;
· Costant research on the utmost quality of the wines,
beginning from a harmonious integration of the
characteristics of the territory and a series of rigorous
choices, such as the absolute respect for the natural
equilibrium during vine cultivation and the application of
traditional vinifcation systems as a guarantee of the 100%
genuine nature of the product.

7. We believe in making a difference and are proud of the contribution
we make to the wellbeing of the communities we serve. Our core
values are:
Partnership - Includes respect, understanding and working together.
We create and build value through partnerships and alliances, inside
and outside the business. As a cooperative we believe together we
can achieve more.
Trust - The essence of the way we do business. We are trusted
because we deliver on our promises.
Service - We hold ourselves to high standards of care and service, for
our customers and our people.
Simplicity – We are proud of being lean and efficient, uncomplicated
and easy to do business with.
Entrepreneurship - We are innovators, seeking new challenges and
having a winning spirit.
Our values

9. Our territory
It is in the heart of this region, in the province of Ancona, in
Cupramontanta, that we find Colonnara, a company that has been
interpreting and expressing the essence of this territory for over forty
years. Situated in the hills of the Castelli di Jesi, where the “Verdicchio”
wine has been cultivated in an ideal habitat for centuries now,
producing a wine that is unobtainable elsewhere. The vine growing and
wine producing tradition of Cupramontana is thousands of years old.
The precious visual testimony of this is the cornucopia containing
bunches of grapes which is held up by a winged putto, a fragment of a
bigger marble decoration dating back to Roman times, which once
decorated the home of some patrician from the ancient Cupramontana.
Benedictine monks taught the people again about agricultural
cultivation and in particular about the vine. Then the monks were
dispersed but their “teaching” conquered growing spaces and the vine
growing and wine producing sector progressively affirmed its
importance making Cupramontana a land that “is full of vines that
produce exquisite wines in abundance”

11. The Colonnara vineyards are situated in the oldest Verdicchio grape
production area.
The microclimate, which varies from area to area along with the
different altitudes of the vineyards, which range from 350 to 650
metres above sea level, and the distinct composition of the soil, all
represent aspects of the company patrimony, which are unrepeatable
in any other zone.
It is thanks to this patrimony that Colonnara manages to produce
sparkling wines, fresh young wines and more full-bodied and noble
wines for ageing from the autochthonous Verdicchio grape.
The Colonnara wines, the vineyards of which are situated on the right
hand of the Esino River, are mostly influenced by the proximity of the
Apennines.
Colonnara wines are the result of a perfect blend of various different
elements: the territory, the microclimate and the workmanship. Its
four ranges of wine: Nobili, Classici , Contemporanei and Autoctoni –
represent the ideal “stages” in a “journey” towards pleasure.
The wines
Photo: Our first label
Photo: Our cellar

13. White wines
PORTONUOVO: Verdicchio dei Castelli
di Jesi DOC Classico
Verdicchio 100%
TUFICO: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
DOC Classico Superiore
Verdicchio 100%
LYRICUS: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
DOC Classico
Verdicchio 100%
ANFORA: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
DOC Classico
Verdicchio 100%

14. White wines
CUPRESE: Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
DOC Classico Superiore
Verdicchio 100%
BIANCHELLO: Bianchello del Metauro
Bianchello 100%
PASSERINA: Offida DOC Passerina
Passerina 100%
PECORINO: Offida DOC Pecorino
Pecorino 100%

16. Red wines
LACRIMA: Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOC
Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 100%
LYRICUS: Rosso Piceno DOC
Sangiovese and Montepulciano
Refinement in steel tanks
NERO DEI DORI : Rosso Conero DOC
Montepulciano 100%
TORNAMAGNO: Marche Rosso IGT
Sangiovese and Montepulciano
Refinement in French oak barrel

18. Sparkling wines
UBALDO ROSI:Brut classico method riserva
Verdicchio 100%
MILLESIMATO: Brut classico method millesimato
Verdicchio 100%
BRUT RISERVA: Brut Martinotti method
Verdicchio 100%

19. Sparkling wines
COLONNARA BRUT : Brut
Martinotti method
Verdicchio 100%
BERSO’: Fizzy wine
Verdicchio and Trebbiano
COLONNARA CLASS: Sweet spumante
Martinotti method
Verdicchio and Moscato
LACRIMA DOLCE: Sweet red spumante
Martinotti method
Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 100%

20. Colonnara is an approved company with
management system for:
Certificate CSQA N. 886 - Quality UNI EN ISO 9001:2000