Wine to Milk

The context

In Moroto, in Uganda's Karamoja region, the Charity Sisters Children's Home takes in children from 0 to 3 years old. They come from families in conditions of extreme vulnerability, together with their caregivers, for as long as it takes to reach a stable state of health. Missionary sisters run it, under rules that don't allow direct requests - which is why ISP in Africa, present in the area since 2022, carries out periodic assessments, to make sure food and milk are enough.

For the youngest children, milk isn't one option among others. It's often the only alternative to breast milk, in a context where food insecurity and alcoholism among mothers make it common for newborns to not get enough to eat.

How it works

At Hotel La Posta, two euros from every glass of our house Champagne, Henriot, go to the Wine to Milk project.

From winter 2026/2027, a second path joins it, at the same rate: two euros for every glass of Misto Mare, the label Alois Lageder designed for the project, on the list in all four Case.

At the end of the season we count the glasses poured and turn that figure into powdered milk for the Charity Sisters Children's Home.

A kilo of powdered milk costs 3.70 euros: about 33 baby bottles, two weeks of nourishment for a child over one year old. Every glass poured at the table, every bottle uncorked, becomes a few days of nourishment for someone 6,000 kilometres away.

Why we do it

There's something honest about this gesture: it asks nothing extra of the guest, it doesn't interrupt dinner, it doesn't call for a separate donation. It's already inside the glass. It works because it's simple, and because it ties together two places that share the same Foundation - La Posta in Tuscany, the Charity Sisters Children's Home in Uganda - through the same everyday act: pouring a drink for someone who needs to be nourished.