Oslavia - Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Northern Italy : Dario Princic has farmed his vineyards biodynamically since 1988, and he began bottling his own wine in 1993. In late 90's he reacted quickly the change of his neighbours(such as Gravner, Radikon) and his wine-making has also transformed to skin-contact.
But no one bought his wine for ten years, so he was obliged to consume his wine in his osteria(casual wine bar). But he had just kept on making wine what he wanted, and finally people began to talk about his wine in 2004, and suddenly its demand rose rapidly.
Dario Princic's wines are characterized by orange colour and particularly dark pink for Pinot Grigio, rich taste, high density, and complexity.
He has been a close friend of Josko Gravner, and Stanko Radikon and Nicolo Bensa(La Castellada) were classmates in the school days. Hence naturally his wine-making is hugely influenced by those friends through there interactions. It was slow start, but today he is indispensable when we talk about "maceration" wine and Italian natural wine.
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