2018 Limited Edition
by Alessandro Baronciani
Fronds interweave, creating an impenetrable green blanket. The time has come to open a bottle of La Pettegola, before the shadows lengthen with the arrival of the dusk. The branches of the bushes shiver to the sound of the cork sliding out of the bottle. The candid face of a young woman appears among the leaves. Her mischievous gaze is searching for something, for someone. No-one knows. I pour the wine into the glass, and the notes of white fruit carry the promise of the fresh and full-bodied flavour. The young woman becomes more charming and charismatic with every sip. The glass is finished and, just as it appeared, La Pettegola disappears, leaving behind the persistent memory of an emotion that is hard to forget.
Presentation event
The first Limited Edition of La Pettegola, by the illustrator and cartoonist Alessandro Baronciani, was presented on 29 January at the fourteenth century castle of Poggio alle Mura, now known as Castello Banfi.
Alessandro Baronciani
Illustrator - Cartoonist
Born in Pesaro in 1977, Alessandro Baronciani is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator. As well as collaborating with a number of publishing houses, musical magazines and communication agencies, he is also involved in experimental production, including epistolary cartoons, music concerts he accompanies with art, illustrated reportages and deconstructed books, such as his latest work, Come Svanire Completamente (How to completely disappear). A lover of art, literature and cinema – in a word, of life, he draws inspiration from his surroundings. A multifaceted thinker and author of stories of poetic beauty, he is also a lover of fine wine and the friendly atmosphere that a glass, raised for a toast, can create.