Beniamino Maschio lies at a distance of 50 km from the city of Venice amidst the hills and vineyards of the Veneto Region in the heart of world – renowned Prosecco and Cartizze grape production district.
The company was founded in the early sixties by Benjamin Male, repository of that great family tradition that has linked the name Male for over three centuries with grappa. The company is technically advanced and is able to bottle with their lines and clamps that distillates, which various types of liquor. The range includes single-grape grappa (Cabern et, Chardonnay, Moscato, Pinot Grigio, Prosecco, Sauvignon, Chianti, aged Pinot Grappa), together with other niche products like Amarone grappa, Prosecco and Cartizze (aged for about 3 months in small barrels of wild cherry) and Bronte, from Pinot and Prosecco grappa (aged 3 to 5 years in oak barrels). To these we add Grappa Moscato Perfected The Line Barry. To add grape brandy distilled from Pinot / Chardonnay and Manzoni Bianco, Spirits Blueberry, Plum and Limoncello. At the company’s run today presides Dr. Alessandro Maschio, son of the founder and President of the Institute Grappa Veneta.
The Maschio Family aims to contribute to the preservation of the wonderful territory through sustainable production processes. The company is committed to ensuring environmentally friendly, sustainable, and efficient processes. It uses solar energy produced by photovoltaic panels, and the distilled grape pomace is used for biomass energy production, closing the life cycle of the grape. From the grape, the must is obtained, which becomes wine, and the skins are used for grappa distillation. Finally, the remaining pomace is burned to produce energy.
The company’s vineyards are managed by minimizing treatments through the use of recovery sprayers. Irrigation relies on rainwater and an artesian well 180 meters below ground level. The same water source is used for diluting the distillates. The company does not use herbicides.
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