130 Years Underground. *
* A Night Over the Embers.
On July 23, Coppo—Canelli, 1892, arrived in Chia with four wines.
No 0.75-liter bottles. Only magnums.
Four courses cooked in the Josper oven. Just one evening.
July 23, 2026 · 7:30 p.m.
La Gardiana — Veridia Resort, Viale Mediterraneo 13, Chia
120 € per person, wine tasting included
On this vacation, you'll enjoy six great meals.
The restaurant by the harbor. The farmstay with the suckling pig. The trattoria recommended by the owner of the house. The spot on the cliff with the perfect sunset.
They're all good. None of them are wrong.
And they'll all be open tomorrow, next week, and next year, too. Just the same.
In three months, you won't remember any of them. Not because they were mediocre—they weren't. Because none of those evenings had a date.
They were dinners you could have over and over again. And a dinner you can have over and over again, no matter how good it is, leaves you wanting more.
July 23 is a specific date.
Our journey has been anything but ordinary. At every stage, we’ve focused on staying true to our values and creating space for thoughtful, sustainable work.
What began as a passion has evolved into something more. We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished so far and even more excited about what lies ahead. What sets us apart isn’t just our method, but the intention behind it. We take the time to understand, explore, and create with a purpose at every stage.
It's not the dish you remember.
It's the fact that it won't be back.
Ask someone about the best dinner of their life. They won't describe a sauce to you.
It will tell you who was there. Where. Why that night could never happen again.
Memory does not focus on quality. It focuses on uniqueness.
That's why a whole vacation filled with excellent dinners can leave you with nothing, while a single evening can stay with you for years.
Two houses that do the same thing: wait.
Beneath the village of Canelli lies an upside-down city. Tunnels carved into the tuff that descend forty meters beneath the hill. Darkness, silence, and a temperature that never changes. Down there, for 130 years, Coppo’s wine has been waiting.
In Chia, within a protected nature reserve, there’s a small cell. Beef from cattle raised on extensive pastures. Fish from small-scale fishing. We dry-age both—it’s our signature, and it’s the only thing we do that no one else here does.
They, too, are waiting. Weeks, not decades. But they are waiting.
Two very distant homes that have chosen the same calling: to steal time from time itself.
The Josper doesn't wait for anything.
It works in minutes. In just a few minutes, it undoes what tuff has built over decades and what the cell has built over weeks.
It's not a pairing. It's a comparison between two opposing ways of using time, which end up on the same plate and in the same glass.
Their attention to detail and commitment to quality were truly remarkable. We've already recommended them to others.
- Former customer