Matteo & Mara

Matteo Bartoli together with his wife Mara Sartore and his brother Massimiliano, are the founders of Vino Vero. The opening of Vino Vero was inspired by Matteo and Mara’s experience as partners of a biodynamic winery in Tuscany. Vino Vero opened in 2014 and was the first wine bar in Venice solely dedicated to natural wine.  Thanks to the opening of Vino Vero Lisbon we have further expanded our knowledge, contacts, and outreach and we strive to continue to nurture our love for all that is natural.

Stella

Our head wine connoisseur could not have a more suitable name. She radiates light and her welcoming bright smile complements the most elegant of Japanese hospitality, with an attention to the finest standards of service. Stella is an interpreter of oriental cultures and languages, a course of study which drawn her closer to the aesthetics of nature, with its strength and energy, influencing her careful selection of wine makers who work in a symbiotic relationship with the ‘terroir’.

Ronny

Lucio Dalla sang about a Berliner who gets lost in Bologna. Ronny about eight years ago got lost in Venice and decided to stay to start a new life. Passionate about natural wines, the immense Italian cuisine, and a “Rock n ‘Roll Lifestyle”, he began working in several ‘slow food ‘restaurants in the city and tasted any spontaneously fermented wine and indigenous yeasts that could be found. Always looking for interesting combinations, particular tastes, and the glass of happiness.

 

Camilla

The passion for catering is Camilla’s “family vice”, and the passion for wine was passed on to her by her father. She started working in a restaurant in the Piedmontese Langhe, here she learned the secrets of hospitality and customer care. She returned to Veneto and specialized in bar tendering, and then moved again in search of new opportunities. Wine has always been a pleasure for her and over time it has become a passion, to be a host in Venice makes her very proud, because growing up she has realized that this profession is made up of people and experiences, and that having the opportunity to meet customers from all over the world enriches you and that you never stop learning!
Sharing is Caring 🙂

Nicola

Up to the age of 25 Nicola didn’t quite know what he wanted to do when he grew up, then after many jobs, and after a not-too-lucky work experience, he became passionate about catering.
He went back to work in Venice in a restaurant and immediately the world of artisanal wine, and that of “real wine”, captivated him thanks above all to 3 people who made me discover and deepen it. From that moment all went very fast. He graduated as an AIS sommelier, he participated in a couple of harvests, with an ever-growing desire to learn and get to know new producers, places, and territories.
He thinks that the experience in Vino Vero will help him to improve his growth and hopes he will also be able to bring something of his own to the group.

Esmeralda

Her intrinsic attraction to manual genius immediately prompted her to go down the road of artisanal. She was naturally leavened and baptized with entrepreneurship at Forno Brisa bakery in Bologna, her vision continues to ferment and thrive at Vino Vero where she takes care of social media.

Giulia

Ever on the hunt down (for new wines). After her pilgrimage in Florence, Beijing, and Venice, Giulia came to Lisbon to launch Vino Vero. She transferred her passion for contemporary art into the essences and shades of natural wines.

Massimiliano

Of Florentine origins, it is here where he developed his great “nose”, he lived most of his life in the tropics where he worked as a scuba diver by managing his own diving centre “Herradura Divers”. Moving to La Floresta, a small town in the surroundings of Barcelona, he discovered his passion for natural wine. It was wine that finally brought him back to Italy after his long pilgrimage. He was the creator of the “cicchetto gourmet”, but thanks to his spirit and energy, a fundamental pillar to the history of Vino Vero.