Collection: Omina Romana

[Wine inspired by history from approximately 2,500 years ago]

Omina Romana is a family-run winery founded in 2007 on the initiative of the Berner family. The Velletri region, about 40 km south of Rome and surrounded by the green volcanic hills of the Castelli Romani overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, was chosen as the location for their new project: to create a new winery that would express the highest quality in its products through knowledge, science, consistency and passion.

Omina Romana is situated in a position that allows it to fully exploit the characteristics of its terroir: the winds from the sea a few kilometres away, the mountains behind the Alban Hills and the caldera to the west of the volcano, create an excellent environment in which the temperature difference and volcanic soil allow the cultivars to reach their full potential.

More than 2,500 years ago, the Etruscans, who settled in what is now Lazio alongside the ancient Latin peoples, planted vines. For them, wine was the noblest embodiment of the power of nature.

But despite their winemaking, the ageing process was a divine secret. For the ancients, the success of a vintage depended on the gods' "good omens" (ômina in Latin), so a warm, stable summer was considered a divine sign of a good harvest.