L'Insieme

L'Insieme was founded in 1997 by Elio Altare. The project includes 6 other wineries: Mauro Veglio, Gianfranco Alessandria, Corino, Grasso, Morando, Caviola and Revello. Each winery chooses their best crus and makes the L'Insieme wine with those grapes. 

For every bottle produced, 5 euros goes to the fund. And each year on November 11, the fund is given to a charity. The beneficiaries include many types of charities, and the fund has given to over 42 different causes so far. 

What is the significance of November 11th? It's St. Martin's Day. St. Martin is the patron saint of warriors and winemakers, and a guardian of the unfortunate. He symbolized charity and compassion.

Altare L'Insieme. 
Revello Fratelli L'Insieme. 
Gianfranco Alessandria L'Insieme.
Silvio Grasso L'Insieme. 
And check out the L'Insieme website! 

If you want to learn more, Dan Gorge wrote about L'Insieme on his blog.