Ali Rosato Donna & laura- 2023

  Founded in 2004 by Canadian Lia Tolaini-Banville, Donna Laura Wines is a tribute to her Aunt Laura, whom she met at the age of six on her family’s annual summer vacation to their ancestral home in Italy. Laura was mother to three boys and immediately bonded with her young niece. Over the years, and many visits with her aunt, Lia gained an appreciation for Italian culture, history, music and most of all—art. After graduating from university, she returned to live in Florence to study art and spend as much time as possible with Aunt Laura and her family in nearby Lucca. After she married her sweetheart in Canada and returned to live there, Lia continued to visit Aunt Laura with her own children so that they would also have an opportunity to get to know this special and incredibly wise woman who was so dear to her. Aunt Laura died suddenly of a heart attack in March 1996. In 2004 an opportunity arose to honor her legacy; Lia started her own winery, and it was only natural that she would