This is the story of Iacopo Trapletti, who left Coldrerio, in canton Ticino in southern Switzerland, for the Springfontein Wine Estate, in South Africa, to learn the secrets of wine and how to apply them in his family's wine business. "Something had to change, so I thought the only way was to leave, to go abroad. New culture, new people, new language, new challenges," said the young winemaker. Iacopo Trapletti is in his early twenties. He doesn't know much of the world. But he knows it doesn't end in Coldrerio, where he was born and raised. And that is where his grandfather (first) and father (later) created and developed a company that pivoted from a fruit and vegetable business to a wine business. His life, he already knows, will flow along the rows of vines on their estate in the Mendrisiotto. But first, he has to get to know the world a little, test himself in other settings, steal some good ideas and learn English. And so, in January of this year, he left for South Africa. His ...
