Boutique Washington producer Va Piano Vineyards has bought a 21 hectare (52 acre) plot in the Walla Walla Valley on the Washington/Oregon border from SeVein Ownership Group, which it intends to use to boost its Italian and Bordeaux varieties. 

The new plot, which will be renamed Giovanoni Estate after owner Justin Wylie’s Italian grandmother, is situated in the middle of the SeVein vineyard, on a north-facing, gentle sloped at around 900 to 1,100 feet above sea level. It lies adjacent to the Seven Hills Vineyard ridge and shares similar loam soils.