The Company
Toso Spa is one of the most important vineyards in the Langhe area, operating in the Italian and international markets. It is specialised in the production of high quality wines: from sparkling wines (Moscato, Brachetto Chardonnay and Pinot Noir), to more traditional ones (Barbera, Dolcetto, Cortese and Nebbiolo), to liquors up to the production of Vermouth.
The products
Toso Spa specialises in the production of wines, sparkling wines, aromatised wines and liquors.
The sparkling wines are made from the local grape varieties, Moscato and Brachetto above all, but also from international varieties such as Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The traditional wines produced come from many varieties that can be found in the surrounding hills such as Barbera, Dolcetto, Cortese and Nebbiolo. The liquors produced are very important for Toso Spa's identity and links it to the art of distillation and the traditional use of herbs. The Vermouth production reaffirms the company's roots in the Piedmont region and represents an important part of it.
The territory
An endless web of hills and valleys is the substance and the form of this special area, Langhe. Here, the vine and the wine have been at home from time immemorial. Inside the hill there is a solid but cozy ground , the "white earth", made of calcareous marl and sometimes subtle infiltration of sand. A lean soil, with the contained fertility, suitable for the cultivation of the vineyard, to produce fragrant wines. Over the hill, the vine has selected the best spaces, those where the effect of climate alternation between the beautiful and the perturbed weather better know how to regulate the behavior of plants from January to December each year and from sunrise to sunset each day. The vine here has well-known and prestigious names: it is called Moscato or Barbera, Dolcetto or Cortese, Favorita and Chardonnay, Freisa, or naturally, Nebbiolo. They are all vines trained to make wines of pleasant, fruity characters, able to withstand time and to show up every year with new and unrepeatable colours, scents and flavors.
Toso respects the environment
The Company was established in 1910 in Santo Stefano Belbo, a small town in Piedmont, in the northwest of Italy. Since then, from generation to generation, there has been a succession of owners from the same family, which today is run by two brothers, Pietro and Gianfranco Toso, and their cousin, Massimo Toso.
For years the company has introduced production systems oriented towards sustainability and Toso S.p.A. has been committed to reducing the environmental impact caused by its production activities: it considers respect for the territory a priority. The goal of full eco-sustainability is not far off and focuses, on one hand, on the production of energy from renewable sources and, on the other hand, on the total treatment of processing residues that are being releasing into the environment. The company uses a photovoltaic system for electricity, a purifier that allows for the complete reclamation of waste water, a biomass boiler that produces heat using vegetable fuels, and a recycling system that recovers the air and hot water produced by operating machinery.