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Azienda Vinicola Paternoster
Paternoster sits at Barile, on the volcanic slopes of Monte Vulture in northern Basilicata. The first bottle with the family name was filled in 1925, and three generations have built the estate around one grape and one wine: Aglianico, as Aglianico del Vulture. Pino Paternoster helped win that wine its DOC in 1971. Don Anselmo, the single-estate red named after the founder, has led the range since 2000. Since 2016 the winery has belonged to Tommasi Family Estates. Visits run from the wineshop on the working estate.
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Wines from Azienda Vinicola Paternoster
About Azienda Vinicola Paternoster
The first bottle with the Paternoster name was filled in 1925. Anselmo Paternoster, a winemaker from Barile, began selling his Aglianico in bottles instead of demijohns. His son Giuseppe, known as Pino, took over in 1945. Pino was the Vulture's first trained winemaker, and he championed its volcanic reds across Italy and abroad. In 1971 he was among the producers who pushed Aglianico del Vulture to DOC status. That step anchored the modern identity of southern Italy's most age-worthy red.
The estate covers about 28 football pitches of vines, between 450 and 643 metres up. They are scattered across the old Barile contrade of Rotondo, Macarico, Pian di Carro and Gelosia. The soil is a layer cake of volcanic tuff, laid down by the Vulture eruptions around 130,000 years ago. That black rock works like a sponge. It holds the winter rain and releases it slowly through the dry summer. Warm days and cold nights then give Aglianico the long, even ripening it needs.
In 2000 the family launched Don Anselmo, a single-estate cru named in honour of the founder. It quickly became one of the reference Aglianicos of the south, with Synthesi as the more approachable partner. The range now adds Bariliott, from younger Aglianico vines, and Vulcanico, a Falanghina Basilicata IGT white from the same volcanic soils. Assensi is the sparkling brut, and Barone Rotondo is the single-vineyard Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG.
In 2016 Paternoster joined Tommasi Family Estates, the Veneto group behind Tommasi Viticoltori in Valpolicella. The group owns and runs the estate today, working alongside Fabio Mecca, the family's fourth-generation winemaker. Every parcel still ferments on its own, so the differences between Rotondo, Macarico and the other Barile sites can be read in the glass.
For visitors, Paternoster is the historic anchor of Aglianico del Vulture. The wineshop and cellar at Contrada Valle del Titolo are the easiest place in Barile to taste the whole range side by side. Pino Paternoster spent his career arguing that this corner of Basilicata belonged on the same map as Italy's other great red zones. Walk the volcanic vineyards and you see why.
Plate I · BASILICATA
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Azienda Vinicola Paternoster
Barile, Potenza
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Visit & Experiences
Experiences at Azienda Vinicola Paternoster
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Tasting & Tour
I Love Vulture
Guided walk through the cellar at Contrada Valle del Titolo and a tasting of Paternoster's Vulture range, with the volcanic terroir of Monte Vulture as the throughline. Booking by phone or email is required; pricing and duration are confirmed at the time of booking.
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Tasting & Tour
Welcome in Paternoster
A longer cellar visit and seated tasting that follows the family story from 1925 to today, including the Don Anselmo and Barone Rotondo Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG crus. Booked in advance through the cantina.
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Tasting
Tommasi Family Experience
Comparative tasting that pairs Paternoster's Vulture wines with selections from the wider Tommasi Family Estates portfolio, set up at the Barile wineshop. Reservation through the cantina is required.
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Tours that visit Azienda Vinicola PaternosterRun by a tour operator. The estate is the only stop on the itinerary. Booking completes on the platform that runs the tour.
Basilicata Winery Tour and Aglianico Wine Tasting in Barile
60 min at the estate
2 hours
From €45 per person
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Contrada Valle del Titolo, 85022 Barile, Potenza (Basilicata)
What Azienda Vinicola Paternoster makes
Azienda Vinicola Paternoster's current bottle selection is led by Aglianico del Vulture DOC. The clearest grape signal comes from Aglianico.
Common questions
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Paternoster is at Contrada Valle del Titolo, 85022 Barile, in the province of Potenza, Basilicata. The estate sits on the volcanic slopes of Monte Vulture, in the north of the region. The vines lie between roughly 450 and 643 metres of altitude.
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