To Foligodia, with certified biodynamic wines, Sharom brings her own unique vision to life, crafting a complementary line of vibrant wines and other products, including special tisanas, or herbal teas. Her work embodies the same commitment to sustainabilty and crafting natural products, but with a fresh and distinct voice all her own.
A fun and fruit-forward red wine, Ascoltati offers an immediate burst of juicy strawberry and floral notes, reminiscent of fresh strawberry juice and a hint of lavender. With a medium acidity and very low tannins, this "glou glou" style wine is deliciously drinkable but still finishes clean with a distinct mineral character. Crafted by Foligodia, this low-alcohol blend of Merlot, Rondinella, and other grapes is a perfect wine for any occasion and is particularly refreshing when served chilled.
Region: Italy > Lombardy > Mantova
Tastes Like: Strawberry Juice
Farming & Winemaking Highlights:Regenerative Agriculture | Sustainable Winery | Biodynamic | Native Yeast Fermentation | No additives | No Sulfites added | Unfiltered | Organic | Natural Wine
Fun Facts: The name ascoltati means “listen” in Italian.
Foligodia - Italy
Foligodia is led by the passionate Sharom Messori whose life and activities reflect her deep values in preserving and celebrating nature in all its forms. Her experience in winegrowing and winemaking started first by supporting her partner Antonio Camazzola when he started Pellagroso, growing and making biodynamic, natural wines. Having gained experience working alongside him, she then started to grow and make her own biodynamic wines: the Foligodia “project” is her creation.
Working as a team alongside Antonio, they are in the Northern Mantua Province (aka Mantova) in a very strategic position for wine growing since they are:
just south of Lake Garda, a former glacier which deposited mineral rich soils to their lands
just west of Valpolicella, a winemaking region known for the famed Amarone, and other well made Italian wines
just east of Franciacorta, known for “Italian champagne.”
While their winegrowing area does not have any well known appellations, it is one of these behind-the-scenes wine regions that are ripe for discovery.
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Portami Altrove is a truly unique apple cider, with a bright lemon-yellow color and a beautifully aromatic nose of golden apples and floral jasmine. The palate is defined by a refreshing medium acidity and a captivating flavor of lemon-apple juice, where a delicate, slightly bitter lemon note playfully dominates the apple. Its low alcohol content makes this a wonderfully versatile beverage, perfect for serving chilled as an intriguing aperitif or a light dessert drink.
Tastes Like: Apple juice with lemon.
Farming & Winemaking Highlights: Regenerative Agriculture | Sustainable Winery | Biodynamic | Native Yeast Fermentation | No additives | Unfiltered | Organic | Natural
Fun Facts: This is actually an alcoholic apple cider. It’s name comes from the Italian for “take me elsewhere”.
From the woman owned natural winery Foligodia, Metamorfosi is a complex orange wine that tastes like biting into a tart apricot. This fruit-forward wine gets its distinctive character from skin contact, and it's crafted from a blend of Chardonnay and Malvasia di Candia grapes.
Region: Italy > Lombardy > Mantova
Tastes Like: Like biting into a tart apricot.
Farming & Winemaking Highlights: Regenerative Agriculture | Sustainable Winery | Biodynamic | Native Yeast Fermentation | No additives | No Sulfites added | Unfiltered | Organic | Skin Contact | Natural Wine
Fun Facts: The name metamorfosi means “metamorphisis” in Italian.
This herbal tea is the handicraft of the woman winemaker behind Foligodia wines: while caring for her organic , biodynamic and regenerative farm which makes her natural wines, she collects wild plants and herbs growing in her vineyards to make this 100% natural, loose-leaf herbal infusion, known as a tisana in Italian. This blend of hand-harvested herbs and flowers is cultivated directly from the winery's vineyards and cold-dried to preserve its purity.
Each herbal tea is hand selected by Sharom of Foligodia and provides various health benefits, from promoting physical and mental relaxation to bolstering your immune system. Escape to the serene landscape in the vineyards and hills of Northern Italy with every cup of Sharom’s natural herbal infusions.
Region: Italy > Lombardy > Mantova
Tastes Like: Wildflowers and plants native to Northern Mantova Italy
Farming & Winemaking Highlights: Regenerative Agriculture | Sustainable Winery | Biodynamic | No additives | Organic | Natural
Fun Facts: You get many similar aromas when you taste together Foligodia’s natural wines and her teas.
A vibrant and chillable red, Risveglio is a fresh take on a rosé with its striking rosorange color. This fruit-forward wine is brimming with a juicy, strawberry marmalade flavor. It is a unique blend of Merlot mixed with native Italian grapes used to make Amarone and other Valpolicella wines, like rondinella, molinara and corvina. Then, adding to its intrigue, woman winemaker, Sharom, makes part of it like a rosé, with short skin contact, and the rest is made more like a red wine, with longer skin contact. This is called the sallasso technique, which results in a more flavor forward wine with darker color. It also boast great texture and a savory, sapido quality. This unfiltered wine is complex and beautifully balanced, finishing with a satisfying, medium length.
Tastes Like: Strawberry marmalade with hints of eucalyptus herbs
Farming & Winemaking Highlights: Regenerative Agriculture | Sustainable Winery | Biodynamic | Native Yeast Fermentation | No additives | No Sulfites added | Unfiltered | Organic | Natural Wine
Fun Facts: The name means “wake back up” in Italian.
There are few better ways to relax and spend a mindful moment alone or with friends than with a glass of wine or a cup of tea. But what if you could relax with both?! From natural winery Foligodia in Northern Italy, comes both relaxation items: Wine and Tea! With this set you can enjoy a tart orange skin contact wine, a juicy red wine, and an herbal tea from flowers grown in the vineyards themselves. Can you taste the flowers from the tea in the wines… after all they come from the same terroir!
These products are made by a woman farmer and winegrower who goes through her vineyards collecting plants to make her own herbal teas. She practices organic, biodynamic and regenerative farming, making natural wine and herbal teas with no additives.
A great set not only as a gift basket, but also as a gift for yourself for a little self care.
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Foligodia is located near Mantova, Italy.
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