How many years has this family been making wine?
Da quanti anni: dah KWAHN-tee AHN-nee. 'Da + time expression' = for how long.
A great conversation opener with any family winery. Italian winemaking families often have centuries of history and are enormously proud of their heritage.
Da quanti anni means 'for how many years'. Produce is third-person singular present. Questa famiglia is 'this family'. In Italian, 'da + present tense' expresses how long something has been happening.
La cantina è sempre rimasta in famiglia?
Has the winery always stayed in the family?
Asking about generational continuity — a source of great pride.
Chi ha fondato la cantina?
Who founded the winery?
Opens family history storytelling.
Quante generazioni lavorano qui?
How many generations work here?
Generazione — generation. Often two or three generations work together.
Italy has wine estates that have been in the same family for over 500 years — Antinori in Tuscany has been producing wine since 1385. This continuity of family ownership is rare in the wine world and contributes enormously to the consistency and identity of Italian wines.