Winemaker

Raffaele Marcionetti

Discipline: Winemaker
Venue: Cantina Settemaggio SA · Winery

Portrait of Raffaele Marcionetti

i. Biography

Since 2002, Raffaele Marcionetti has been cellar master at Cantina Settemaggio in Monte Carasso, a role that seems to gather up the many small, essential tasks that keep a family estate moving with quiet purpose. His own account of the job is practical and broad: “I take care of a bit of everything, as happens in family businesses.” That simplicity carries the rhythm of the place in it—less a single title than a daily immersion in the workings of the cellar, the vines, and the enduring responsibilities that come with both. The world he describes is anchored close to the land, where work is measured by season and weather, patience and repetition. “We are farmers and winemakers – the noble art of working and making a living off the land has been passed down to us.” In that sentence, the estate’s identity is drawn with unusual clarity: cultivation is not an abstract ideal but a lived inheritance, passed forward through hands-on care and accumulated know-how. The vineyard is not treated as a stage for performance, but as a place of continuity, where each decision has to answer to soil, fruit, and balance.

The Essentials At Cantina Settemaggio in Monte Carasso, the craft is presented as something active rather than fixed, a practice that evolves through observation, trial, and restraint. “We work and experiment continuously, in search of ever-better products, in the indispensable respect for the balance between human work and nature.” The line captures a philosophy as much as a method: a willingness to keep refining, while acknowledging that excellence in wine depends on listening as much as intervening. The cellar, in this telling, becomes a space of ongoing adjustment, where tradition is not preserved by standing still, but by staying alert to what the land asks for in each vintage.

Signature

Raffaele's signature wines include Merlot Irti Colli Ticino IGT, Vindala, and Amiis, IGT. Together, they suggest the range of his cellar work at Cantina Settemaggio in Monte Carasso: wines shaped by careful attention, by a sense of place, and by the steady discipline of a winemaker who understands that every bottle carries both craft and continuity.

In Their Words “We work and experiment continuously, in search of ever-better products, in the indispensable respect for the balance between human work and nature.” “I take care of a bit of everything, as happens in family businesses.”

FAQ Where does Raffaele Marcionetti work? He works at Cantina Settemaggio in Monte Carasso. What is Raffaele Marcionetti known for? He is known for cellar work shaped by farming, winemaking, continuous experimentation, and respect for the balance between human work and nature. What is Raffaele Marcionetti's craft? Cellar master — Cantina Settemaggio (Monte Carasso) (2002–present).