The hands shape every aspect, embodying both roots and willpower. Through timeless gestures, they unveil secrets lost to time, reinterpreting them with a modern flair. Hands, like gazes and silences, tell stories. In their lines and curves, one can trace the journey of a life — the sweetness, the toil, the struggles, and the imprints of our encounters with the world, shaping us in ways both seen and unseen. >> * excerpt from the book: “I Remember It as a Happy Day”. What metaphorically strikes about Graziano Merotto’s hands is the profound knowledge of a territory, the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, and the signs of a peasant work that has translated, for over 50 years, into “Making wine”. It’s the wisdom of a lifetime, the fruit of a passion born in youth and then transformed into a profession: creating wines capable of leaving a trace. Graziano’s hands are generous, hands that retain the humility and wonder of times past, immersed in nature and preserving the knowledge of the artisan, even in a technologically advanced context.