CELLAR TERRITORY WINES AWARDS NEWS FLAVORS CONTACTS EN TERRITORY Home Territory LAND OF LIVES AND LIFE The long history of the Contini winery also passes through the territory that hosts its vineyards, and not only for the beauty of the vegetation and the wonder of the coasts. A recent discovery takes us back in time to 2000 BC a few steps from Tharros , the ancient Phoenician-Punic-Roman city that has now become a fascinating open-air museum, where it was unearthed in loc. Sa Osaa pre-Nuragic settlement in which the remains of food substances, including a large quantity of grape seeds, remained miraculously intact in the wells. The seeds belonged to the wild vine, a native plant present in Sardinia, and proved to be similar to the varieties of Vernaccia grown in the Oristano area. This shows that the domestication of the vine and the winemaking practices were already known in Sardinia from about 2000 BC contradicting the previous theories that support the importation of the art of winemaking by the Phoenicians around 1000 BC. Poco lontano, a circa 2 km dallo stagno di Cabras tra le dolci colline che ospitano i vigneti del Sinis, sorge la necropoli di Mont’e Prama. Scoperta da un contadino nel 1974, nel corso degli scavi successivi, si allargò a decine di tombe e migliaia di frammenti statuari in calcare arenaceo. Le statue, battezzate con il nome de I Giganti di Mont’e Prama, sono le uniche che il mondo nuragico abbia mai restituito. Rimaste sepolte per secoli, queste maestose sculture alte 2 metri potevano pesare fino a 400 chili e raffigurano arcieri, guerrieri e pugilatori con naso e sopracciglia marcati e grandi occhi concentrici. Gli studi recenti collocano i Giganti di Mont’e Prama tra le più antiche statue del bacino del Mediterraneo, addirittura antecedenti ai kouroi della Grecia Antica, dopo le sculture egizie. PRIVACY POLICY CREDITS Contini winery spa | Via Genova, n. 48-50, 09072 | Cabras - Oristano | VAT number 00115530958 tel. 0039 0783-290806 | fax. 0039 0783-290182 | info@vinicontini.com × Informativa

Our long love story with wine WINERY TERRITORY WINES AWARDS NEWS FLAVOURS CONTACTS IT Discover all our wines ALL RED WHITE ROSÈ VERNACCIA DISTILLATES SPARKLING NEW LOOK! Nieddera Rosato 19 NOVEMBER WE'RE DOING OUR MAKEUP AGAIN! Visits to the cellar suspended for renovations. OTHER NEWS Can you remember your first kiss? It all began back in 1898 Mamaioa, wow, organic! Something to be proud of Here’s to you, come and visit us Newsletter Sign up and be the first to receive news, tips, recipes and pairings. Please, accept terms and conditions Invia richiesta The joy of eating together Once upon a time in Sardinia, 2,000 years ago PRIVACY POLICY CREDITS Azienda Vinicola Contini s.p.a | Via Genova, n. 48-50, 09072 | Cabras - Oristano | P.Iva 00115530958 tel. 0039 0783-290806 | fax. 0039 0783-290182 | info@vinicontini.com × Notice