Wine is thoroughly hard-wired in the genetic code of our family. The vineyards around our home in Kaldir have been here since time immemorial and we tend to them with as much passion as our ancestors. A wine jug dating to the Antiquity that was found in our vineyard and is kept in a museum in Trieste bears witness to this thousand-year continuity and serves as a daily reminder of our mission – to keep the viticulture and the winemaking tradition alive and prosperous. Albert and Nikola and their father Livio Benvenuti have the role of the protectors of our region and our family’s tradition. The winery is part of our family home in Kaldir. There we monitor and devotedly tend to all our wines. We are focused on the traditional ways of aging our wine in older and aromatically neutral oak barrels as well as on the vinification method which best preserves the authenticity and the characteristics of our terroir in our wines. Central Istria’s historic grape varieties are Teran, Malvasia, and White Muscat. Their presence in our region can be traced back to the Middle Ages, which to us is motive enough to try to contribute to their preservation and future. The Benvenuti family has been dealing with wine since the family’s beginnings, and in more recent times, with Albert and Nikola becoming involved in the business, the family has focused solely on winemaking and this has become their only source of income. Today’s winery was founded in 1946, and the first vintage under the name Benvenuti was marketed in 2003.