Inama
Pioneers of Soave Classico: Since the 1960s, Inama has championed the volcanic soils of Monte Foscarino, crafting expressive, age-worthy white wines from old-vine Garganega.
Family-Led and Organically Farmed: Now in its third generation, the Inama family produces wines with organic practices and minimal intervention to preserve purity and terroir.
Carmenère Trailblazers in Colli Berici: Among the first to recognize the potential of Carmenère in Italy, Inama creates bold, elegant reds from the limestone-rich hills south of Vicenza.
Terroir-Driven and Thoughtful: From mineral-driven Soave to structured Colli Berici reds, Inama’s wines are defined by balance, precision, and an honest sense of place.
Inama – Quiet Revolutionaries of Soave and Colli Berici
Inama is a name that has become synonymous with vision, elegance, and quiet transformation in Veneto. Since the 1960s, the Inama family has worked with a single, focused goal: to show the world the untapped potential of the Soave and Colli Berici hills, regions often overlooked in the shadow of more famous appellations. Today, their wines stand as some of the most distinctive and refined expressions of volcanic and limestone terroir in northern Italy.
It all began with Giuseppe Inama, who, in the 1950s and ’60s, began acquiring small plots on Monte Foscarino, the heart of the Soave Classico zone. At a time when Soave was mostly associated with mass production, he believed that the region’s ancient volcanic soils and old-vine Garganega could produce white wines of real character and longevity. His son Stefano Inama took the reins in the 1990s and brought that vision to life, raising farming standards, adopting more precise vinification techniques, and introducing single-vineyard bottlings that redefined Soave’s image.
Under Stefano’s leadership, and now joined by the next generation, including his sons Alessio and Luca, Inama has expanded its horizons while staying grounded in its principles. The winery farms organically and focuses on minimal intervention to preserve the purity of fruit and site. In the cellar, the approach is thoughtful rather than dogmatic: stainless steel and oak are used where appropriate, always in service of balance and texture.
Beyond Soave, Inama made a bold move into the red wines of the Colli Berici, a lesser-known area south of Vicenza with limestone-rich soils and a climate ideal for Carmenère, a grape with roots in Bordeaux but a surprisingly natural fit in this corner of Veneto. Inama was one of the first to take Carmenère seriously in Italy, crafting structured, spicy, and elegant reds that have helped redefine the potential of the region.
Today, Inama’s portfolio is a vibrant reflection of place and precision. Their Soave Classico bottlings, from the floral, mineral-driven Vin Soave to the richer, more layered Vigneti di Foscarino and Carbonare, offer some of the most terroir-expressive whites in Italy. The Colli Berici reds, particularly Bradisismo and the single-vineyard Oratorio di San Lorenzo, are bold yet refined, proving that Carmenère can be both expressive and age-worthy in the right hands.
Inama’s wines are not flashy or overworked, they are honest, quietly confident, and built on decades of deep understanding of the land. With three generations now involved, the estate continues to evolve, but its core remains the same: to make soulful wines that speak of where they come from and who made them.