Along one of the most evocative paths of the Cinque Terre, which goes from the Possaitara valley (Riomaggiore) to Canneto, is the Possa farm, owned by Heydi Samuele Bonanini. If until a few decades ago, despite the difficulties caused by the extreme topography of the land, this area was entirely dedicated to viticulture, today it has become a "desert" at risk of hydrogeological disaster and with very few farmers growing vines on the steep slopes. In this landscape of heartbreaking beauty, all the agronomic processes are long, tiring and complicated, from the construction of the terraces, with dry stone walls for more than two kilometers in length, to the harvest, where the grapes are transported by boat or with a monorail up the slope, to the destemming, which in the case of sciacchetrà is done by hand grape by grape after drying. Heydi, despite having dedicated himself for some time to the construction of Possa and to taking up the reins of the tireless work of his predecessors, has only been able to leave his job as a truck driver for a few years, dedicating himself heart and soul to agriculture. The wines of Possa are unique and highly original, they tell the story of a heroic challenge made of sacrifices, willpower and tradition, which Heydi, harvest after harvest, demonstrates to have fully won!
Along one of the most evocative paths of the Cinque Terre, which goes from the Possaitara valley (Riomaggiore) to Canneto, is the Possa farm, owned by Heydi Samuele Bonanini. If until a few decades ago, despite the difficulties caused by the extreme topography of the land, this area was entirely dedicated to viticulture, today it has become a "desert" at risk of hydrogeological disaster and with very few farmers growing vines on the steep slopes. In this landscape of heartbreaking beauty, all the agronomic processes are long, tiring and complicated, from the construction of the terraces, with dry stone walls for more than two kilometers in length, to the harvest, where the grapes are transported by boat or with a monorail up the slope, to the destemming, which in the case of sciacchetrà is done by hand grape by grape after drying. Heydi, despite having dedicated himself for some time to the construction of Possa and to taking up the reins of the tireless work of his predecessors, has only been able to leave his job as a truck driver for a few years, dedicating himself heart and soul to agriculture. The wines of Possa are unique and highly original, they tell the story of a heroic challenge made of sacrifices, willpower and tradition, which Heydi, harvest after harvest, demonstrates to have fully won!