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Di Lenardo winery, located in the Friuli region, has a history dating back to 1878 when the ancestral estate surrounded by vineyards was built in Friuli Grave. The ancestors of the current owner and enologist of the winery, Massimo Di Lenardo, have been engaged in viticulture in this region since the early 1800s. However, it was Massimo who managed to elevate the company to a high level by creating wines of amazing taste and quality, as well as implementing new vineyard and winery management methods. Massimo decided to produce wines only from his own harvest, planted new, specially selected grape varieties, and increased the yield density to 6000 vines per hectare. To the four main vineyards—Vigne dai Vieris, Vigne da San Martin, Vigne da Lis Maris, and Tiare D'Albe, occupying 40 hectares out of 150 owned by Di Lenardo—Massimo added another 5 hectares by renting a vineyard in Aquileia. The harvest is collected exclusively by hand. New electronic temperature control methods during fermentation are used in vinification, improving the quality of the final product. Massimo Di Lenardo's efforts have not gone unnoticed. His wines have received high ratings from experts, and the well-known magazine "Gambero Rosso" named Di Lenardo wines the best in terms of price/quality ratio in the Friuli region. Massimo himself says that although the winery and cellars are located in the Friuli region, "in reality, we are located... on the Moon, because our wines are very individual, and their tastes are not typical for the region, but very typical... for us!"