Ilaria Bellotti

Coming Up

The work at Cascina degli Ulivi is shaped by proprietorship and winemaking in equal measure: Ilaria Bellotti is responsible for the estate’s day-to-day decisions, and the wines reflect that close, hands-on attention. At Novi Ligure in Italy, the house style is framed by a plain, unsentimental position on what wine should be. Bellotti says it directly: “More than natural wine, I would call ours wine. This is the authentic product, as it used to be made once.” That line sets out the logic of the cellar. The aim is continuity rather than fashion, with the craft anchored in a way of making that looks to older practice without dressing it up as nostalgia. Bellotti’s language is simple because the point is simple: the work is meant to hold to the integrity of the land, the method, and the finished wine.

Where They Are Now

At Cascina degli Ulivi in Novi Ligure, Italy, Bellotti works from a position that treats wine as a fixed category, not a marketing label. Her phrasing — “More than natural wine, I would call ours wine” — places the emphasis on the product itself and on the standards behind it. In that sense, the estate is presented as a place where clarity and character are expected to come from the work, not from the language around it. Bellotti’s voice does not lean on ornament, and neither does the cellar logic implied by it. The craft is practical, daily, and disciplined, with the result carrying an older rhythm of production and a firm claim for authenticity.

Career - Proprietor / Winemaker — Cascina degli Ulivi, Novi Ligure, Piemonte, Italy

Signature

Bellotti’s signature wines — Filagnotti, Montemarino, Semplicemente Vino Rosso, A Demûa Novemesi, and Nibiô Vigna Pinolo — form the working vocabulary of Cascina degli Ulivi. Read together, they map the estate’s cellar without needing elaboration: each bottling is part of the same house language, and the set as a whole shows the range of her production in plain terms.

In Their Words “More than natural wine, I would call ours wine. This is the authentic product, as it used to be made once.”

FAQ What is Ilaria Bellotti's current role? She is the winemaker at Cascina degli Ulivi in Novi Ligure, Italy. Where did Ilaria Bellotti work before? No earlier role is listed here.