Foradori – a timeline

1920 Vittorio Foradori, a Trentino lawyer, buys the estate and sells wine in bulk

1960 His son Roberto takes over and starts bottling wine under the Foradori name

1976 Roberto Foradori dies

1984 Elisabetta Foradori takes over the winery

1981 Roberto’s daughter Elisabetta starts studying oenology in Trentino, aged 16

1986 First vintage of signature wine Granato released

1985 Massal selection started

1987 Elisabetta meets Professor Rainer Zierock, a big influence and the father of her three children

2002 First biodynamic preparations used on advice from winemaker friend Marc Kreydenweiss

2007 Lease of 8ha vineyard, Fontanasanta, near Trento

2008 First tinajas bought and experiments begin on skin-contact white wine

2009 Certified biodynamic by Demeter; first skin-contact wine, Nosiola, launched

2015 Emilio is now in charge of the winemaking. His brother Theo Zierock joins to handle public relations and sales management for Foradori

2013 Emilio Zierock, Elisabetta’s son, starts at the winery after work experience abroad