La Colombera has been farming the Colli Tortonesi hills since 1938, when Piercarlo Semino's grandparents first rented land in Vho and planted crops. 

Today, the estate is run by Elisa Semino alongside her father Piercarlo and her brother Lorenzo, who left a career as a professional snowboard champion on the Italian national team to come home and work the land. That kind of story tells you something about how seriously this family takes what they're building. 

In the 1990s, when Timorasso was a near-forgotten grape, Piercarlo and Elisa were among the first five wineries in the region to believe in its revival. 

La Colombera has become one of the benchmark producers for the variety. In the cellar, the approach is minimal: indigenous yeast fermentation, extended lees aging, no herbicides, and only sulfur added before bottling.