An article by Alessandro Franceschini on La Raia’s innovation to its Pisé cru, its leading wine: a passage into oak barrels that, since the 2018 vintage, has given it a unique scent and taste.
A wide article by Barbara Marzano on the continuous evolution of La Raia’s white wines: innovation and attention to their identity, paired with Michelin-starred dishes.
In Giovanna Romeo's tasting notes for Wine Meridian the peculiarity of our 2018 Gavi Riserva Vigna Madonnina: salinity, white peach pulpiness, great vigor in the finish.
"Tre Bicchieri", Gambero Rosso's business weekly, asks Piero Rossi Cairo about export trends, choices in foreign markets and the next challenges for Italian wines, starting from La Raia's own goals. Thanks to Lorenza Gentile for hosting us in this column.
Eleven years ago a project was born at La Raia that makes us prouder every year: a Waldorf-Steiner kindergarten welcoming more than thirty children who grow and learn in contact with nature every day. Caterina Rossi Cairo, who founded the kindergarten, run by the Cascina del Melo association, tells the story to Anna Dichiarante of Green&Blue - La Repubblica.
The brand new magazine Orlando travels through Piedmont and discovers the wineries who have a keen interest in art and the preservation of the landscape. La Raia is amongst them.
In D La Repubblica, Magda Mutti takes a trip back to the 1980s at the table, among evergreen dishes such as beef carpaccio and equally loved wines: Pinot Grigio, Marzemino, sparkling Barbera and Gavi, including La Raia's biodynamic Gavi.
Lively and balanced: this is La Raia's Gavi 2019 according to Marco Trabucco of La Repubblica. We think he got it exactly right. What do you think?
Erika Mantovan devoted a journey to Gavi and offers a focus on its territory in the last issue of "Vert de Vin", one of the main French wine magazines. Rich tastings in the quality assurance label's 11 towns and villages. And a splendid surprise for us: our Gavi is the most appreciated one: “ Impressive, vibrant, floral notes, officinal herbes gets along with citrus very well ripe. Graphite hint and lime in the after taste end a complex savor. Score 94/100. "
Slow Wine, the 11th edition of Slow Food's wine guide, recognises our commitment to quality with two awards. La Raia's winery receives the "Bottiglia di Slow Wine 2021", given to wineries that deliver their best across their whole range, with excellent average quality in every tasting. Gavi DOCG Pisé 2017 is named "Top wine - everyday wine": our cru is rewarded for its excellent organoleptic quality and its ability to capture in the glass the character of its land, history and environment. The guide will be in bookshops on 14 October, after its presentation at Milano Wine Week 2020.
Before it even reaches our tables, Gavi DOCG 2019 is already getting people talking. Cook, the Corriere della Sera supplement devoted to food, wine and their protagonists, features La Raia's biodynamic Gavi DOCG 2019 in its Wine Stories column: "a fresh white with a fuller finish, to drink with aperitifs, first courses and light main courses", made according to "biodynamic farming principles and no chemicals".
Over 15 years ago Giorgio Rossi Cairo began to imagine La Raia. Today there are many other initiatives over the winery. Ivan Carvalho explains them in an excellent way.
