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    90 years

    Passion & Commitment

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    90 years

    Passion & Commitment

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    90 years

    Passion & Commitment

  • 90years

    90 years

    Passion & Commitment

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    90 years

    Passion & Commitment

PASSION AND COMMITMENT

For the last 90 years 


The rich land in the Maggia Delta has been cultivated for the past 90 years. And since 1942, when Emil Bührle acquired the Terreni alla Maggia, it has been a central responsibility of the family to ensure that this wonderful and fertile land is used and protected sensibly and sustainably.

It is the green oasis on the west bank of Lake Maggiore. For 90 years the fertile land in the Maggia Delta has been used agriculturally and protected. The plans for the future have been made: step by step and consistently, we are preparing to change over to organic production.

90 years of commitment to the environment
90 years of commitment to agriculture

«The microclimate of the Maggia Delta is a great fortune. The biodiversity is therefore almost unique. We want to preserve it. We have started the gradual conversion to natural and organic production.»

Fabio Del Pietro, Agronom ETH, Direktor Terreni alla Maggia

Let's look back in time

Learn more about what happend the last years... 

1532

Francesco Orelli built the
Castello del Sole,
which was then called Sonnenhof

1900

Little Osteria opens
at the Castello

1930

Farm Terreni alla Maggia
is established

1942

Terreni alla Maggia
owned by the Bührle family,
today family Anda

1945

The foundation stone
for the present Castello
del Sole is laid

1948

Wine production on the Terreni alla Maggia started,
today there are 11 hectares of vines
(75% Merlot, Kerner, Chardonnay)

1975

Until the mid-80s conventional production
sites (field cultivation, cattle breeding,
chicken farm, pig breeding, wine and fruit growing)

1989

Maggia Delta becomes a bird sanctuary on the
initiative of the Bührle-Anda family
(formerly WWF, now Bolle di Magadino)

1997

Rice is newly cultivated

2001

Maize and durum wheat are added

2006

For the first time barley for beer production

2019

Inauguration of the 33-minute tour
of the Terreni and Castello gardens

2020

First Terreni Gin in the shop

2020++

Conversion to near-natural
production and organic products

The Living Circle – is a hand-picked group of first-class hotels and restaurants in incomparably beautiful locations, run by dedicated hosts. Rice, vegetables, fruit and a whole array of exquisite products – including wine, of course – is whisked fresh from our own farms directly to your table. That is how we define luxury. That is The Living Circle – luxury fed by nature.

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