Ferrari F.lli Lunelli S.p.A., or Ferrari Trento or Cantine Ferrari, is an Italian company specialized in the production of the traditional method sparkling wine, also called Metodo Classico or Méthode Classique.
History
Giulio Ferrari was born on 9 April 1879 in Calceranica al Lago, at the time part of the Austrian County of Tyrol. In 1902, he decided to make sparkling wine in Austria and in Italy with[1] the metodo Ferrari, essentially the same as the traditional methode Champenoise (method of Champagne),[2] with the wine being aged for four to five years.
In 1952, Ferrari was aged, tired, and childless, so he chose Bruno Lunelli (1907–1973), who owned a wine shop in Trento and had five children, to take over the winery. At the time, Ferrari was making 9,000 bottles per year.
Giulio Ferrari died in Trento on 14 January 1965.
In 1969, Bruno Lunelli, aged 63, decided to step down and leave responsibilities to the second generation: Franco (1935), Giorgio (1937), Gino (1939), Carla (1945), and Mauro (1948).[3]