Casa Grande is a family tradition of vintners and winemakers in Uruguay, with a legacy spanning four generations and a dedicated community.
About Us
Casa Grande is a family tradition of vintners and winemakers in Uruguay, with a legacy spanning four generations and a dedicated community.
Casa Grande is family. We are the fourth generation of vintners and winemakers, and we rely on that family legacy to create this independent project, in the house where the descendants of Gaetano De Maio grew up. Of Italian origin, our grandfather created the vineyard, following the adventure begun by his father when he arrived in Uruguay in the twenties, and continuing a much older tradition, a wine culture that comes to us generation after generation.
We are the De Maio Dito family: Washington, who cares for and leads the vineyard with passion; Florencia, who in her small kingdom of the winery combines knowledge and intuition to create fresh wines with personality; and Francesca, the soul of the house who wields spoons and brushes to delight you with both a delicious homemade dish and a scene from rural life captured on one of her canvases. Among our footsteps is always the old and friendly Zippolo, our beloved dog.
Our team
Casa Grande is community. With us works Leticia, who as a child played among the trees in our garden while her father, the foreman Germán (Miranda, to us), first helped grandfather Gaetano and later Washington in the vineyard work. In the harvests of her childhood, Leticia picked grapes alongside Florencia; today she accompanies her in all the winery tasks.
Carmen, her mother, also works with us during harvest season, as do many harvesters from the area, who year after year join the vintage. They are workers who know their craft and the love and professionalism with which we care for our vineyard.
But our work would not be the same without the invaluable help of Luis Benvenuto, the agronomist who has advised us since 1986 and who is now part of the Casa Grande family. Nor would it be complete without the experience of Andrés Risi, who every year collaborates in the production of our incredible grappas, made in his old copper still.
Our team
