Casa Divina Provvidenza takes its name — "House of Divine Providence" — from its own unusual history: the estate near Nettuno, on the Lazio coast south of Rome, was originally Church-owned land, tended by friars who made wine for the Vatican. In 1821, the Vatican State ceded the property to the Cosmi family, who have now farmed it for three generations.
The coastline here is shaped by a hard local rock called "Macco," which forms natural caves along the shore and beneath Nettuno itself — used as wine cellars for centuries, and later as shelters during the Second World War. Olive and pine trees still frame the vineyard today. The estate's focus is squarely on rediscovering Lazio's own native grapes, particularly Cacchione, a variety unique to this stretch of coast, alongside Bellone, Cesanese and Montepulciano — a rare commitment to indigenous varieties in a region often overshadowed by its international-grape neighbours.