Simbenia – Technology and forms of winemaking in amphora from the Nuragic to the contemporary age

On Saturday 13 December 2025, in the Conference Hall of the Peschiera Mar'e Pontis in Cabras, the Mont'e Prama Foundation hosts the public presentation of Simbenia – Technology and forms of winemaking in amphora from the Nuragic to the contemporary age , a scientific initiative of the University of Sassari, developed within the innovation ecosystem e. INS – Ecosystem of Innovation for Next Generation Sardinia, financed by the PNRR – Spoke 2, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5, with the support of the European Union – Next Generation EU.

The project is curated by Antonella Camarda and Anna Depalmas, professors of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sassari, and is based on the collaboration with the designer and industrial craftsman Antonio Arcadu, who led the translation of the archaeological research into contemporary ceramic prototypes, created through 3D modeling and artisanal production processes.

Arcadu is also the author of the reconstruction of the amphora inspired by the Sant'Imbenia typology, used in the experiments conducted together with three wine-growing companies: KOX (Luxembourg), Gostolai (Oliena) and La Torretta Bio (Rome), protagonists of an international experimentation that made it possible to compare techniques and vines in different contexts.