Marcobarba

Marco Barba

Marco Barba grew up in Madonna di Lonigo near Vicenza immersed in wine growing. It is his handsome face that graces the label on each bottle in the Marcobarba project.

Marco began his adult life as a carpenter but soon discovered biodynamic agriculture and the anthroposophy of Rudolf Steiner. Totally enamoured of these philosophies, Marco moved to the Jura canton of Switzerland as a young man to work as a shepherd and food farmer in the biodynamic tradition.

In 2015, Marco returned to Veneto to begin farming with his friend Stefano Menti, the iconic Veneto estate at the forefront of the Italian vin naturel movement and Vino al Vino’s first portfolio producer all the way back in 2016. In helping Stefano in the vineyards, Marco gradually made his way into the cellars where he began learning from Stefano the complex art of minimalist winemaking. If you want to know more about the characteristics of this area you can take a look at www.vinerra.com

After these years of mentorship, Marco has created his own wines produced from the grapes of several biodynamic vineyards he managed on behalf of a few elderly widows in his native town, Madonna di Lonigo, using the cellars and helping expertise of Stefano to produce true vino al vino’s — the Italian idiom for wine from wine, the wine on the table with dinner, the wine that tastes like the land, the wine that is free from international stylings. Just the fermented juice of grapes he patiently devotes each year to farming in collaboration rather than competition with nature. 

These old vine plots pergola trained plots are co-planted in the old style with numerous varieties so that the parcel field-blends itself into balanced and interesting wines of place. Forget about varietal specificity! These wines are all about site specificity. 

Marco and his close knit team of “Barbaboyz” have launched the adventure of the Marcobarba bran with the goal to produce pure grapes from which they derive straightforward, genuine wines. Marco likes to say his wines are just like him, rustic and irreverent with a great big heart.