Cantina Vigneti Vumbaca is based in Cirò and covers an area of about 32 acres of which 15 are under cultivation. All organically conducted. Christian Vumbaca Christian Vumbaca is the proprietor, who after about fifteen years spent in Rome, decided to return to his native land to continue the venture created by his mother Silvana and uncle Enzo in Cirò. Relatively young, the first 5 acres were purchased in 1984 at their primary estate, Sant’Anastasia. Here, on clayey-limestone soils and south-facing slopes, he grows Gaglioppo in bush vines, locally referred to as albarello (sapling) – hence the choice of the company logo. Often used in particularly arid climates to protect vines from adverse conditions, this training method is the ancestral approach to vine training in Calabria. Planted in 1976, these vines are the pride of Vumbaca. He focuses on native Gaglioppo and Greco Bianco vines, with an eye also to Magliocco and Pecorello.