Within the well-known UNESCO-protected Underground Cathedrals, an innovative and fruitful dialogue between two great protagonists of Italian and international art and oenology of our time: master Silvio Vigliaturo, who as a glass artisan, with the search for perfection, originated a personal technique in glassmaking, and the Contratto winery, which boasts the production of Italy’s first vintage classic method.
all GARTOUR exhibitionAncient bricks, centuries-old lathes, endless stacks of resting wine bottles are interspersed with extraordinary Glass sculptures, which emphasize the fundamental role of this material, a skillful guardian of soul. The works come alive with the stroke, the chromaticisms, the gold and silver leaves that the artist manages to skillfully insert inside the glass, thanks to his precise alchemical experiments. For Contratto, glass is the container of his divine nectar, a material that allows the process of fermentation of sparkling wine to be completed and the most balanced aroma to be expressed through respect for precise methods and rhythms of nature, like a magical alchemy.
