Paolo Sacchetto
Italy
The Sacchetto family have been making some of Italy's most famous wines for nearly 100 years
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Like his dad and grandad before him, Paolo Sacchetto has been making divine fizz since he grew out of short trousers. His family business has siblings and cousins in every nook of the vineyard and winery. Even his 80-something dad still turns up for work every day. You can’t buy that experience.
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Paolo doesn’t just make wine. He pours his heart and soul into it. It’s his life, his passion. And he loves getting feedback from wine drinkers, which he uses to improve every vintage. So when he heard about Naked’s Angels, it was a match made in heaven.
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A genius with bubbles, not for nothing is he known as ‘The King of Prosecco’. He makes a range of classic Italian whites including, for our money, some of the creamiest fizz on the planet.
Alessandro Botter
Italy
Big by Naked standards, Alessandro is a third generation winemaker with a soft spot for Angels
175,127 Ratings
14,104 Followers
- Founded in 1928, sourcing grapes from a network of small local growers, with relationships going back over 80 years.
- Cousins Alessandro, Luca and Annalisa have taken a successful family company onto a whole new level.
- A big business by Naked standards, with quality head and shoulders above any comparable producer.
Christian Patat
Italy
The talent behind the near-mythical Appassimento and other bold, spicy Italian reds
111,801 Ratings
12,635 Followers
- There are legends, Naked legends, and then there’s Christian Patat. A man who turns everything he touches into liquid gold.
- In his day job as a consultant oenologist, Christian travels all over Italy helping lesser mortals make their wines taste amazing. That means he knows where all the best grapes hide out, and is in the box seat to snaffle them before anyone else can get their cheque book out.
- Having learnt his thang in Burgundy, Priorat and all over Italy, Christian knows exactly how to craft sensational wines, the proof of the pudding in his blockbuster Appassimento, nicknamed the ‘Naked Godfather of Big Reds’. It’s one of our most popular wines of all time and sells out every year!
Dominic Hentall
France
Flying winemaker with experience in Italy, Argentina and Burgundy
82,947 Ratings
8,520 Followers
- For over twenty years, Dominic has been a flying winemaker producing wines all over the world.
- He's done working with big wine corporations and wants the freedom to highlight parcels of grapes that typify the region and bring out the best in quality and elegance.
- Dominic makes top notch wines at remarkably low prices.
Stefano di Blasi
Italy
The talent who made Solaia and Tignanello - two of Italy's most iconic (and eye-wateringly expensive) wines
60,515 Ratings
5,517 Followers
- When iconic winemaker Stefano di Blasi first joined Naked in 2014, we couldn’t believe our luck. He was the genius behind Solaia and Tignanello, two of Italy’s most famous (and expensive) reds at over £100 a pop.
- Stefano’s dream is to make the wines he wants to and, thanks to Angel funding, he is doing just that! Super-premium Tuscan treats have been winging their way into Angel’s baskets for years now, and at a fraction of the price they would be elsewhere!
- Our King of Tuscany has a real talent for bringing elegance into his wines that is appreciated by critics all around the world and, with nearly 60K ratings, it seems Angels are a big fan too..!
Gianfranco & Serena Cordero
Italy
Highly respected father/daughter winemaking team, unlocking Piedmont with Angel funding
13,040 Ratings
1,687 Followers
- Meet Gianfranco and Serena Cordero...a seriously talented father-daughter combo taking the Italian region of Piedmont by storm.
- They started producing their own wine in 2006 when they took on Serena's grandfather Teresio's vineyard so they could keep on working in his memory, and let their land be known all over the world.
- Year on year this dynamic duo bring Angels some seriously plush Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera red wines, as well as their 90%+ rated Gavi and Gavi di Gavi and they’ve racked up nearly 13,000 ratings in doing so!
Riccardo Iacobone
Italy
Thanks to the power of your votes, Riccardo is able to bring his mouth-watering Montepulciano to you
3,987 Ratings
511 Followers
- Riccardo is a man who can turn his hand to anything and produce magic. Whether it’s football, guitar or building his own IT company from the ground up, he has always been a success. And this trend continued into wine!
- Finding the perfect spot in the Italian countryside, his vineyards are cultivated with care and the grapes are picked with passion.
- Riccardo's Montepulciano was chosen by hundreds of Angels in a blind tasting on our summer Tasting Tour.
Antonio Fattori
Italy
I love the idea of creating, in the fields and in the winery something new every year.
3,864 Ratings
700 Followers
- You've been crying out for a superstar Amarone winemaker for ages. So we set your trusty Archangels on the case...
- Antonio was discovered by a group of AAs on a trip to VinItaly. His refined and elegant creations stood head-and-shoulders above the rest.
- Boy are we glad they found him. Antonio has worked his magic on 2 spectacular Amarones - and he can't wait for you to taste them.
Alessandro Biancolin
Italy
After stints in Australia and South Africa, Alessandro is back home in Sicily scouting out gems for Angels
2,245 Ratings
471 Followers
- When our very own Kevin McCarthy tipped us off about Alessandro Biancolin - a pal of his who’s working magic with grapes in Sicily... we couldn’t resist.
- With 25 years’ experience as a consultant winemaker, Alessandro has worked in every corner of Italy. So there’s literally no tank, barrel or vine he doesn’t know.
- Alessandro saw the difference that Angel funding was making to his buddy’s business and wanted in on the Naked revolution. That’s where you came in... snapping up 500 cases of his Nero D'Avola in less than 24 hours on Naked Marketplace!
- Daniele comes from a long line of grape growers so it was only natural that he jumped at the chance to turn his passion into his career.
- He’s done pretty much every job possible in the winery and puts his years of experience into making some cracking wines.
- Daniele works with small growers, and hand picks only the very best grapes to make a delicious Pignoletto for you Angels.
