Winemaker
Nicola Biasi
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy
i. Biography
Founder of Nicola Biasi Consulting from 2020 to the present, Nicola Biasi has moved through wineries in Italy, Australia, and South Africa, then through nearly a decade in Tuscany, before arriving at a body of work centered on PIWI grape varieties, Johanniter, and Cantina Tàia in Montecalvo Versiggia. The arc is not a straight line so much as a narrowing of focus: experience gathered across continents, tested in Tuscan cellars, then directed toward wines built around resistant varieties and a sharply defined idea of quality.
Early Years
Before his work in Montecalvo Versiggia, Biasi gained experience at wineries in Italy, Australia, and South Africa. Those years placed him across different wine cultures before he settled into an extended Tuscan chapter that lasted nearly a decade. In Tuscany, he worked with Marchesi Mazzei, one of the named houses in his career history. He also worked with Poggio al Tesoro, another Tuscan stop that belongs to the same long period of practical formation. The through-line from those early international years into Tuscany is not a single estate or a single grape, but accumulation: different places, different wineries, and a long apprenticeship in how wine is made before his own ventures took shape.
Making a Name
In 2020, Biasi founded Nicola Biasi Consulting. That role now sits at the front of his professional identity, giving a formal structure to the technical and agricultural focus he developed across wineries and regions. His specialty includes PIWI grape varieties, a category associated with resistant vines, and Johanniter, a grape central to his work. Rather than treating sustainability as a slogan, his public language puts taste first: "They want to drink wine because it’s good. If it’s also sustainable, that is an added value." That line is useful because it explains the order of priorities behind his reputation. The wine has to stand on quality; sustainability, in his framing, becomes stronger when it arrives through a bottle people already want to drink. The clearest example is Vin de la Neu, widely recognized as one of Italy’s top white wines. Its place in the conversation around Italian white wine has made it the signature work most directly attached to his name.
The Present
At Cantina Tàia in Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy, Biasi serves as oenologist. The role connects his consulting practice to a precise place in Oltrepò Pavese, where his work with resistant varieties has a visible home. He is also the founder of Resistenti Nicola Biasi. The name itself points toward the same specialty that runs through his recent work: PIWI grape varieties, Johanniter, and wines made with resistance as part of the agricultural idea rather than a marketing afterthought. Taken together, the present tense of his career is unusually clear. Since 2020, Nicola Biasi Consulting has carried his name as a professional practice; Cantina Tàia gives that practice a Montecalvo Versiggia address; Resistenti Nicola Biasi extends the same direction under its own banner.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Nicola
Where did Nicola Biasi begin their career?
His early experience came at wineries in Italy, Australia, and South Africa before he worked nearly a decade in Tuscany.
What roles has Nicola Biasi held?
He worked in Tuscany with Marchesi Mazzei and Poggio al Tesoro, founded Nicola Biasi Consulting in 2020, founded Resistenti Nicola Biasi, and serves as oenologist at Cantina Tàia.
What is Nicola Biasi doing now?
He leads Nicola Biasi Consulting, works as oenologist at Cantina Tàia in Montecalvo Versiggia, and focuses on PIWI grape varieties and Johanniter.
