It is based on a friendship rooted in jazz music, which has matured and been strengthened over the years through a shared passion for wine and the indigenous vines of the Tavoliere, but above all on the conviction that high-quality sparkling wines could also be produced in the south, and the intuition - which later proved to be a winner - of being able to make the most of the Capitanata's indigenous vine 'Bombino bianco' in 'bubbles', which can express itself fully in sparkling wine. The rest is entrepreneurial skill and an extraordinary attachment to the values of origin of the territory. This is how three friends, Girolamo D'Amico, Louis Rapini and Ulrico Priore (biographical notes) created, in 1979, the popular and renowned 'd'Araprì' sparkling wine production (the brand name is given by the first letters of the three surnames read in succession), the only Apulian reality that exclusively produces sparkling wine using the classic method (i.e. with fermentation in the bottle, also known as the 'Champenoise' method). 2019 sees the full entry of the new generation (in a certain sense the passing of the baton), namely the children Anna d'Amico, Daniele Rapini and Antonio Priore, with the transformation of the company into an agricultural company. And to celebrate forty years of activity, a new rosé sparkling wine produced exclusively from Uva di Troia 'Sansevieria'.
The Cellar
The activity is currently located in two facilities, in one (vendangerie) open from September to March, the period in which the grapes are processed and turned into wine ( presses in action ), in the other, an old wine cellar from the 1700s ( tour reception ) located in the city centre, the wine, already bottled with temporary corking, completes the production cycle. A number of 'historical' structures and equipment are kept alive here, and thanks to the unique environment with its highly sought-after architectural features. The House scrupulously adheres to the production methods dictated by the ancient craft tradition with scrupulous care in all stages of production
