REGION: Lombardia

Run by the fifth generation of the Pelizzatti Perego family, ARPEPE is widely recognized as the single best producer in the Valtellina. Their old-vine Nebbiolo is sourced from the famed Grumello, Sassella and Inferno subzones of the appellation in the Italian Alps of Lombardy.

Felice Bisleri was an inventor and chemist. He established the Felice Bisleri & Co. chemical laboratory in Milan and developed Ferro-China Bisleri, which was patented in 1881. Ferro China is a sub-category of amari that contains iron ammonium citrate (ferro) and cinchona bark (china).