AOC Wine Company
Wine

Santa Barbara

Italy · Emilia-Romagna

Stefano Antonucci’s dynamic and candid personality captivate all who meet him.  This irresistible drive and energy, combined with an intrinsic bond to his territory, is what led him, in 1994, to make the drastic decision to change his life direction and return to the small village of his childhood, Barbara, in the heart of the Marche region, giving up his job as a banker.  He recounts, “Wine is an aroma, a taste and an art that has flowed through my veins since childhood.  It was a passion that grew day after day and could no longer be relegated to merely a pastime.  My job as a banker began to feel increasingly restrictive and wasn’t enough to satisfy my curiosity, my energy or fulfill my irrepressible yearning for new experiences.  And so, it was to Barbara that I returned to follow my dream.”