Pietra Pinta company of the Ferretty family has worked since the early 1800s the extraordinary harvests of the vineyards and olive trees on the hills between Cori, ancient town south of Rome, and the marvellous natural and historical ruins of the Ninfa Gardens, probably the most romantic garden in the world. Several historical battles happened in Cori witnessed by the legend of a red-painted stone in memory of the battle between the consuls Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla at the dawn of the Roman Empire. Such a painted stone, literally “Pietra Pinta”, gives its name to the company.
In Cori the wind of the Tyrrhenian Sea coast meets the slopes of the mountains, while the spring waters feed on volcanic soils: an ideal environment for the ripening of the grapes and olives. Nowadays, Pietra Pinta owns a winery, a crusher and a farmhouse to envision a unique approach on taste, products and people. In this way, the Ferretti family steers the passion of these centuries-old traditions towards the future.

Wines are the core of Pietra Pinta production with more than twenty-five hectares of tenures. In collaboration with regional and scientific authorities of Lazio Region, Pietra Pinta has been pioneer in the discovery of native vines and in the harvest of international species never experimented in its territory. Regarding the red vines, one can mention Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, and Nero Buono di Cori. With reference to white grapes, one can list Malvasia Puntinata (or Puntinata of Latium), Viognier, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Bellone, Procanico, Falanghina and Grechetto.

Pietra Pinta means high quality olive oil. Pietra Pinta owns fifty hectares, from the sweet limestone-rich hills of Cori, where the cultivations have the same terraces settled during the period of the Roman Church State, up to the youngest olive trees on the lowlands overlooking the sea. Frantoio, Moraiolo, Leccino, Pendolino and Itrana are the names of the main olive tree species, all run with low-environmental impact methods. All the olive harvest is transformed within the company’s crusher, guaranteeing the accuracy and full tracking in each production phase for an excellent and sensory high-quality olive oil.

Pietra Pinta means sustainable farming. Our land work embodies the principles of integrated farming, to guarantee the best natural equilibrium and low-environmental impact, cautious natural resource usage and transformation of the by-products. We guarantee the track of each production phase thanks to our full control of the entire production, from the harvest to the final delivery, to release the best experience in terms of taste and product authenticity. Ferretti family pursues an experimentation blending in a surprising way the past and the future with strongly-rooted values of the present.