Cantine San Marzano

Cantine San Marzano is a major cooperative winery based in San Marzano di San Giuseppe, in the heart of Puglia’s Primitivo di Manduria appellation. Founded in 1962 by 19 local vine growers, it has grown into one of southern Italy’s most influential producers, now uniting more than a thousand growers farming roughly 1,500 hectares of vines. A turning point came in 1996, when the co‑op shifted from selling bulk wine to bottling under its own label, pairing long-standing Apulian traditions with modern oenology and rig…