Winemaker
Roberto Giovanni Nannini
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Portrait of Roberto Giovanni Nannini
i. Biography
The 2020 100 Ambasciatori Nazionali honour went to Roberto Giovanni Nannini, winemaker at Colle delle 100 Bottiglie in Lucca, Italy. His work is grounded in natural wines and olive oil, made from recovered local vineyards and olive groves, with an insistence on territory, manual labour, and measured cellar practice. The result is a profile that feels at once agricultural and exacting: a producer shaped as much by the slope of the land as by the discipline of the cellar.
The Honours
Nannini’s public recognition includes 100 Ambasciatori Nazionali, awarded in 2020. The title sits beside a technical credential that matters in the field: AGRONOMO, a permanent professional marker of agricultural training and competence. The honour is not abstract. It belongs to a producer working in Lucca with wine and olive oil, and to a project built around two historic cru of the Lucchesia. Rather than treating place as a backdrop, the work begins with recovery: old vineyards brought back into production, new plantings added, and olive groves kept within the same agricultural frame. In that sense, the accolade reflects a way of working that is rooted, practical, and deeply attentive to the land it comes from.
The Craft
At Colle delle 100 Bottiglie, the craft is organic and territory-driven. Manual work in old vines is part of the method, followed by controlled-temperature fermentations without added yeasts; the wines then age in stainless steel and/or barrel before bottle aging. It is a rhythm that privileges patience over display, letting each step remain visible in the finished wine. Nannini describes the work in direct terms: “I am an agricultural entrepreneur, but more specifically a vigneron, so a producer of wine and oil.” The phrase is revealing because it keeps both halves of the production together: wine and olive oil, vineyards and groves, agriculture and bottle. Nothing is separated for effect; instead, the farmed landscape and the finished products appear as parts of the same enterprise. His specialty is natural wines and olive oil rooted in recovered local vineyards and olive groves. The emphasis on local is not used as a slogan, but as a production condition. As Nannini puts it, “The characteristic is that they are products made absolutely in the territory.”
The Career
In 2013, Nannini founded Colle delle 100 Bottiglie in Lucca with the aim of restoring prestige to two historic cru of the Lucchesia. The project began through the recovery of old vineyards and the planting of new ones, giving the producer a clear agricultural origin before any bottle reached the table. He works there as winemaker and as a wine and olive oil producer. The role is specific: he is tied to the making of wine, but his own description widens the frame to vigneron and oil producer, a dual identity that fits the cultivated landscape behind the labels. The production remains defined by natural wines and olive oil, organic practice, recovered vineyards, olive groves, and low-intervention fermentation choices.
Signature
Roberto's signature wines include Crociale, Segale, and La Maolina.
In Their Words “I am an agricultural entrepreneur, but more specifically a vigneron, so a producer of wine and oil.” “The characteristic is that they are products made absolutely in the territory.”
FAQ What is Roberto Giovanni Nannini's current role? As of 2026, Roberto Giovanni Nannini is Winemaker. What is Roberto Giovanni Nannini known for? Natural wines and olive oil rooted in recovered local vineyards and olive groves. What recognition has Roberto Giovanni Nannini received? 100 Ambasciatori Nazionali (2020).
