OUR STORY
The name Trocchio Wines was inspired by Tim’s wife; Teresa Di Trocchio. Trocchio in the Italian dialect of the people of Lenola in the Provence of Latina means wine press. So “Di Trocchio” means “of wine the press” in the same way as Smith, Baker or Carpenter would have been used long ago to identify a person by their trade. The wine press that is used in the making of all Trocchio Wines belonged to Teresa’s Father; Giuseppe Di Trocchio (pictured) who came to Australia in the 50’s. The image of the wine press, or Trocchio, used on our labels is a freehand sketch by Rachel Watt, the daughter of friends of the family. The sketch is of the wine press used by Giuseppe to make wine in the traditional way he was thought in his home town in Lenola.
Immigrants in the 1950’s were resourceful people and with little money would fashion tools and machines to replicate those used in their homeland. Wine related examples include tree branches used for trellising or vine stakes; old washing mangles were hooked up to washing machine motors to form the basis of a grape crusher. The trocchio was made in Noble Park in 1974 by Giuseppe and his close friend Franco De Fillipis. Franco was a toolmaker at the time and turned the shaft and made the base. The trocchio made by the two friends from Lenola is still used today to press Trocchio Wines.
