Frecciarossa

Region: Lombardia

Frecciarossa shares Italian history over the last hundred years: the winery was founded in 1919 by Mario Odero, a business man from Genova active in concrete and coal industry. He purchased a villa in Casteggio from engineer Valsecchi, the man who designed the railway between Torino and Piacenza in 1870, after falling in love with the hills of Oltrepò. Giorgio, Mario’s son, graduated in Agriculture Studies in Milano and, after a good professional training in France, took the lead of the family business and brought its wine on the whole world tables.

The first bottles were put up for sale in 1924. In February 1934 these wines were already exported to USA, contributing to making Italian wines known abroad. Margherita Odero joined her father after being graduated in Agronomy in 1963 (she was one of the very first women in Italy who gained this degree) and gave a turn to the winery in 2000, with the help of Giancarlo and Gianluca Scaglione.

In 2011 Valeria Radici, Margherita’s daughter, joined her in Casteggio. Together they complete the relaunch of this longstanding winery of Oltrepò, certifying since 2017 the whole organic production process and working on the fineness of Pinot Noir vine.