10-05-2013
Villa Job’s vineyards in Pozzuolo del Friuli (Ud), +39.0432.562555. A young Tuscan man, commuting between Milan the North-East, Alessandro Job (pronounced "iob") founded this winery 5 years ago, giving it almost immediately an organic focus
Perhaps it’s because of the surname, the same as the one of the famous Steve from Cupertino, though without the final “s”. Perhaps it’s because of his passion for Dalì and Baudelaire. In any case, when someone prefers a daily contract to a fixed-term one, when someone not yet thirty tells his father he will take care of his late grandfather’s winery, he definitely has something crazy in him. Stay thirsty, stay foolish. Alessandro Job – pronounced "iob" – divides his life between Milan and Friuli. He’s a thirty year old management engineer, he works for a famous telecommunications company in the budget control and project advancement areas. He does so three days a week. The other two, plus all the remaining time, he spends working for his winery, Villa Job, located in the extreme Grave del Fruili Doc, in Pozzuolo. Alessandro was born in Tuscany, his father is an entrepreneur working in the marble trade. He’s hardly a preppy, as the words of his father, shortly before his graduation from university, confirm: "Finish your studies but I don’t want you to come to work for me, you need to learn your own lesson first".
The biologic Friulano
Pinot 2010
Villa Job Pozzuolo del Friuli (Ud) +39.0432.562555 info@villajob.com
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