Wine To Meet You

The wine selection by oenologist Yuri Stefani

My name is Yuri Stefani. I am a winegrower and oenologist, and for years I have been working among the vineyards of the Venice Lagoon, following projects with a common goal: to enhance the territory, its indigenous grape varieties, and the people who dedicate themselves to making wine every day.

Today, I collaborate as an agronomist and assistant oenologist with Azienda Agricola Biniola, on the Island of Vignole, where the rare Dorona di Venezia is cultivated — one of the most distinctive grape varieties of the Venetian wine tradition.

Discover the Dorona

On the same island, I also follow the project of the Laguna nel Bicchiere association, a small vineyard dedicated to preserving historic grape varieties such as Malvasia, Trebbiano, Verduzzo, Glera, and Chardonnay, which are vinified in the historic winery on the Island of San Michele.

Alongside these experiences, I also work on my own vineyard projects. I have planted a vineyard with Dorona, Malvasia, and Raboso del Piave, as well as a second vineyard dedicated to Souvignier Gris, a resistant grape variety cultivated in collaboration with Gian Antonio Posocco.

This journey through vineyards, cellars, and territories led to the creation of Wine To Meet You.

A personal way of discovering Italian wine

Wine To Meet You is not simply a collection of wines. It is a personal selection shaped by my experience in the vineyard, in the cellar, and through the relationships I have built with producers throughout Italy.

I choose each bottle because it has something to say.

It might be an indigenous grape variety that deserves to be better known, a territory with a distinctive character, a family tradition passed down through generations, a small winery producing only a limited number of bottles, or a new project that I believe is worth discovering.

In this collection, you will find great Italian appellations alongside lesser-known wines, established producers alongside small artisanal wineries.

The common thread is always the same:

authenticity, territorial identity, and quality.

Wine is an encounter

I believe that wine is, first and foremost, an encounter.

An encounter with the people who make it.

An encounter with the territory where the grapes are grown.

And an encounter with the people with whom we choose to share the bottle.

This is the idea behind Wine To Meet You: going beyond the most familiar names, discovering new expressions of Italian wine, and allowing each bottle to introduce you to a place, a grape variety, or a story you may not have encountered before.

I hope this selection can guide you through some of the wines I find most interesting and introduce you to stories that, just like a great wine, deserve to be discovered, shared, and remembered.

Welcome to Wine To Meet You.

Collection: Wine To Meet You