Poggio Argentiera is today composed of two estates in Tuscany’s Maremma. The head office, with cellar and winery, is close to the Maremma Natural Park in the coastal region of Grosseto. The other vineyard area is found in the hilly area to the north in the Scansano district, towards Monte Amiata. Since 2009 the estate has adopted organic farming, following a natural and non-intervention approach in the cellar. Most of the wines are not fined or filtered, no addictives or other chemicals are added with the exception of the smallest possibile amount of sulphites. Even though Poggio Argentiera is a young winery, it has already acquired an impressive record of awards and critical acclaim, both in Italy and worldwide. Gianpaolo Paglia, an agronomist and PhD in plant genetics born and bred in Maremma, and Justine Keeling, an English marketing manager, bought the estate in 1997. They started making Morellino di Scansano, with the existing 6 hectares of old, quality producing vineyards, whilst at the same time planting new vineyards using local varieties such as Sangiovese and Alicante.