In the early 2000s Beatrice Arweiler came to Lubriano almost by accident, visiting a friend's newly restored country house in the hills between Lake Bolsena and Orvieto. She bought an old ruin with four hectares of land, and in 2007 she left Rome for good to rebuild it, reaching back to a family tradition in which her grandfather and great-grandfathers had made wine in the German Rhineland.
The Region
Corvagialla sits in Lubriano, in the province of Viterbo in northern Lazio, on land that was once ancient Etruria. The vineyards overlook the dramatic Calanchi dell'Alta Tuscia and lie less than two kilometers from Civita di Bagnoregio, about fifteen kilometers from Lake Bolsena, and roughly 130 kilometers from Rome, in volcanic terrain where Lazio, Tuscany, and Umbria meet.
Vineyards & Farming
The estate covers four hectares, with vines trained to Guyot and planted to varieties native to the area. Reds come from Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo; whites from Grechetto d'Umbria, Trebbiano, and Vermentino. Corvagialla has been certified organic since 2018.
Winemaking
At Corva Gialla, Arweiler farms and makes wine alongside winemaker Gian Marco Antonuzzi. Since 2013 the estate has produced spontaneously fermented, unfiltered wines with no sulfites added, letting the volcanic soils and indigenous grapes speak with as little intervention as possible.
The Wines
The range runs from a Pet Nat and bright rosato to skin-contact whites and structured reds such as the Riserva, all built around native grapes and the estate's volcanic terroir. Corvagialla also presses extra virgin olive oil from the surrounding groves.
