About Us

Growing up I heard many stories about my dad’s farm life in Orsara di Puglia, Italy. Some of the most interesting and inspiring were of the days he and his family would make their own wine. The name 7 Stelle has many connections to my dad and the city he is from. The word Orsara comes from the Latin words Ursus and aria. When combined, the Latin words translate to the place of bears. I first learned the meaning behind the city name while I was in Orsara di Puglia many summers ago. Each night, the city was covered in stars, the Big Dipper shining the brightest. When we were coming up with a name for the wine, I wanted it to have a connection to my fathers family roots.

I remembered the Big Dipper in the sky and then it clicked! The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major, meaning “greater bear”. So all those years ago, I was staring up at the “greater bear” shining over the “place of bears”. Not only does the “greater bear” hold the 7 stars that make up the Big Dipper, both my dad and my mom were born on the 7th. His home in Orsara di Puglia was numbered 7. He was born into a family of 7; two brothers, two sisters and his parents. Every time I look into the sky and see those 7 stars, it connects me right back to Orsara and thus 7 Stelle came to be.