Raffaele Annichiarico arrived in Castelvenere for the first time in 1999.

 

At that time, he worked in an important company as a microbiologist "I was dealing with nature, through the laboratory".

 

But after visiting this magical place, Raffaele felt the need to relate to nature in the first person.

 

The purchase of a small farm consisting of an ancient ruin with an adjoining vineyard was the beginning of the Podere Veneri Vecchio project. Today the company has an extension of 8 hectares of which 4 are vineyards, the soils are clayey with an important presence of tuffaceous rock, therefore fertile and rich in organic matter. A completely uncontaminated ecosystem resists on these hills: woods and the small river at the bottom of the valley ensure the right humidity and protection from strong winds, a sort of enclave.

 

The varieties grown today are the native grapes of the area, which Raffaele is saving from oblivion with stubbornness and tenacity: Agostinella, Greco, Cerreto, Barbera del Sannio, Sciascinoso. Preserve and not treat, this is the watchword for Podere Veneri Vecchio.