In 1950, Cantine Cooperative Riunite della Provincia di Reggio Emilia (United Cooperative Wineries of the Province of Reggio Emilia) was established. The Cooperative would not only reflect the outstanding wine produced in agricultural Emilia, but also a desire to join forces which transformed small village wineries and individual wine producers into a business of international standing with sound financial foundations. Year after year, the hard work and perseverance of people from the Emilia region enabled Riunite to become a large business with 1,500 members, 5 grape crushing plants and one of the most modern bottling plants in the world. By expanding its corporate base, Cantine Riunite has since gone on to embrace partner producers that work in some of Italy's best-known winemaking areas. It is a strategy that has allowed Riunite to make its mark on the Italian, European and international markets with a wide range of products that represent the time-honoured winemaking tradition in Italy, and Emilia in particular.
