The best wineries in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Azienda Agricola Colutta dr. Gianpaolo produces DOC Colli Orientali del Friuli wines of quality, in the vineyards of Buttrio, Manzano and Premariacco, for a total area of about 30 hectares, and the noble family can boast a farming tradition of about 1,000 years. The company has adopted the most strict and traditional cultivation techniques (implant systems with a high number of plants/ha, very strict pruning, essential fertilizing etc.) resulting in a low production per hectare of vineyard: all in favor of the concentration of aromas and taste in the cluster. In effect, grapes determines almost completely the quality of the final product: wine is made in the countryside!
In order to enhance even more these features, we proceed with a refined, though ancient, winemaking method, which allows us to guarantee every year the high quality of the limited bottles available. If you ever pass in Friuli, we will be glad to have you as a welcome guest, to lead you in our vineyards, to make you visit the winery and then taste the wines of the latest vintage.
Founded by father Knight Emiro Bortolusso, created from a long tradition of wine–growers, it is located in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the Municipality of Carlino (UD), in the DOC "Friuli–Annia" area, recently established, but with a viticulture vocation known and appreciated since the Roman period, as witnessed by historians of the period and by the discovery of wine amphoras in many archaeological sites. The name Annia comes from the old Annia street, built by the Roman Praetor Titus Annius Rufus in 131 BC to connect Aquileia to Concordia Sagittaria to the Via Emilia. A small town in the Friuli plain close to the lagoon of Marano Lagunare, which with its climate characterizes wine. Sons Sergio and Clara, in family management, currently lead 40 hectares of vineyards, not forgetting the tradition of their father who left them a wealth of experience, following a modern technology which ensures constant quality improvement. The environment in which the winery is located is of highly evocative nature, as it borders the wildlife oasis of Marano Lagunare, whose importance has global significance for the species of water birds that frequent it. The main objective of the company is to produce quality wines vinifying only its own grapes.
It is 1921: grandfather Ignazio founded the winery.
The Antonutti family became part of the history of wine in Friuli.
Franco followed in his father’s Ignazio footsteps with foresight and a sense of the future: the horizons of the market of the company become more extensive, the production processes most modern and efficient, the quality of the wines recognized and rewarded.
To Franco, Adriana succeeded: in her, the same creative and visionary spirit of her father, and also the passion of winemaker who shares with her husband Lino and their children Caterina and Nicola: together they form a cohesive team that brought the Antonutti Wine House to be recognized as one of the most interesting and innovative companies in the Friulian winemaking.
The company is located in the eastern hills of Friuli, one of the valuable DOC of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in one of the most beautiful hilly areas that embrace the Abbey of Rosazzo. You are captivated by this landcape: many terraced vineyards, not far from the sea, that receive gentle breezes and filtered brightness.
The Cantarutti company was founded in the late 60s, just at the time when the viticulture and the oenology of Friuli began to talk about themselves. It was the foresight of Alfieri Cantarutti which convinced him to believe and invest in these now famous hills; thanks to the enthusiasm of that period and to the bond to traditions, the company now boasts 54 hectares, all planted with vines; those same feelings were transmitted to his daughter Antonella, who together with her husband Fabrizio runs the company; Antonella deals with determination and perseverance with the commercial and administrative tasks, while Fabrizio engages in production, harvesting and winemaking. In addition to careful and cautious varietal choices, very accurate works in the countryside are implemented, combined with sophisticated winemaking techniques that lead the company to the production of wines of particular value, appreciated on the national and international markets. The style is increasingly recognized and the personal strong mark, along with an enthusiast, knowledgeable and motivated staff, allows the company to grow and constantly improve.
Among the wines, in addition to the already known Pinot Gris, Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, together with the native Ribolla Gialla, Tocai Friulano, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Schioppettino and Pignolo, you can find Pinot Noir, real pride and untouchable gem of the company, with which they obtain, in alternate vintages, stunning red grapes for red wine making or the sparkling wine making of two vintages: EPILOGO and PROLOGO. In 1999, while in the markets the presence of POEMA (a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon) had already established, there was a first sign of change: Antonella launched in the national and international market her wine: CANTO, consisting of the union of Tocai Friulano, Pinot Blanc and Sauvignon. Since June 2003, other two selections Grand Cru were produced: PINOT GRIS RONCO SAN MICHELE and MERLOT RONCO SAN MICHELE, flagships on the international scene. In 2006 it was the turn of THE SPIRIT OF GHOST. Not to forget, and to remember, one of the best white wines from Friuli: TOCAI FRIULANO.
The philosophy of producing more and more personal and extraordinary wines went on with the 2005 vintage, when the collaboration with an American company specialized in the use of refrigeration and its applications began: the result of this project, the TERRE DI ROSAZZO line of excellence, was presented to the market and to the press in the early spring of 2008.
The annual production is of about 130,000 bottles; the domestic market is maintained by a network of agents, while the international one (Canada, U.S., Japan, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland), takes advantage of the collaboration of attentive and capable importers, which ensure a steady growth and an increasing and more and more prestigious presence.
The estate has belonged since the 17th century to the family of Maria Teresa Calligaris, mother of Giovanni Foffani, now sole owner and manager of the winery, that has been producing wine since 1789.
The country house, in the square of the medieval village of Clauiano recognized as an example of pre Venetian architecture in Friuli, continues with the adjacent agricultural buildings and a park towards a vineyard in the countryside behind.
Giovanni Foffani, engineer, is now totally devoted to agriculture and takes all decisions directly in relation to the production. His wife Elizabeth, Woman of Wine, deals with Public Relations and welcoming. His sons Guglielmo and Lorenzo collaborate in the technical tasks and in communication.
In January 2008, his grandson Diego was born, who in the picture with his father Lorenzo and his mother Giulia is close to his first Christmas tree.
Georgio Gregorat and Katia Gardel cooperate in the management.
In the 18 hectares of vineyards which, in Pra di Corte, mark the boundaries companys, the daily work is an effort, but at the same time a pleasure. Because making wine in a land with a high vocation to viticulture like Corno di Rosazzo is not everyone’s cup; but the beautiful result of a constant commitment, which from the vineyard, with the harvest, arrives at the winery. Without ever losing sight of the dictates handed down by the family tradition, first of all the harmony and the overall mood.
Between the the areas of the Collio DOC and Isonzo del Friuli, Azienda Agricola Casa Zuliani is located in one of the historic wine regions of Italy, dedicated to the cultivation of the vine since pre–Roman times.
A renowned area, where benevolent natural features combine fortunate weather conditions. Fruit of the happy meeting is the generation of noble grapes, which are sublimated in the creation of fine wines.
Founded by Zuliano Zuliani in 1923 and, nowadays, run by the direct heirs, the company fully expresses the typicality of this generous land. Wines of high level, inexplicable in words ... unforgettable in tastings.
The accurate clonal selection, obtained in collaboration with the most important Friulian nurseries, and the detection of the best suited lands translate into an annual production of 100,000 bottles, absorbed mainly by the demand of the markets of Europe, North America and the Far East.
Since 2000, Casa Zuliani shows itself with a renewed image, willing to highlight the internationalization of the company next to the high quality standard of its products, both in organoleptic and of reliability terms.
In 1850, in the beautiful and harmonious hills of Collio, in Zegla, the Sturm farm was founded.
For more than two centuries, from generation to generation, from father to son, the passion for the wine art has been handed down, to the present day, where we meet Oscar Sturm.
With regard to the business management, this has always been family–run. Oscar Sturm now leads the company using the precious help of his colleagues: his wife Dunja (Sommelier) and his children.
The vineyard surface now amounts to 10 hectares, all of property. This organizational aspect is extremely important for a variety of transactions and accurate controls that are put into practice during the entire production cycle, towards commercialization, to guarantee the quality of our wines.
Under the chemical point of view, the soils are of sandstone of Eocene marl. This type of soil is particularly suitable for the cultivation of the vine.
The vine training systems used in the company are two: "Guyot" and "Capuccina". On each strain there are not more than 10/12 buds per fruit. In the vineyard, during the summer months, a thinning of grapes is carried out to select the best grapes for winemaking and to achieve a further concentration of the components of the berry.
With these techniques of vineyard management, aimed at reducing yields, we produce an average of 9 t/ha of healthy and ripe grapes. The grapes are harvested strictly by hand, in order to preserve the integrity and the peculiarities of the organoleptic characteristics.
The winery is completely underground, ensuring in this way a constant temperature throughout the year.
The winery presents a beautiful harmony between stainless steel containers (equipped with automatic temperature control) and French oak barrels (for the fining and the aging of red and white wines). It houses modern equipment and machinery, such as the horizontal pneumatic press (for the soft pressing of the grapes), the wine refrigerator, not "invasive" filters, the stemmer (to prevent the passage to must of the bitter tannins present in the stalk, etc.).
Special precautions and care are paid in hygiene and cleanliness which are essential to prevent the development of potential sources of pollution.
The objective of the Bastianich winery is to absorb the history and culture of the area, creating unique wines that tell the place but, at the same time, demonstrate to stand out for their body, structure and balance. Vespa White and Vespa Red were baptized with those names for the constant presence of wasps, attracted by ripe grapes. These blends are made in an area known for its single–varietal grapes. The focus, in this way, shifts from the vine to the terroir, namely the set of environmental and anthropogenic factors. Il Calabrone presents a red blend made with only the best vintages and partially dried, de–stemmed by hand grapes. It is put on the market five years after the harvest. Native varieties, such as Friulano (formerly known as Tocai Friulano), are not assembled with other varieties, to emphasize the uniqueness. The place of honor goes to Tocai Plus, a particularly complex wine made with grapes from the late harvest and dried grapes, all from a single vineyard with vines of 60 years.
The Cà de Mocenigo Farm is located in Caneva just before the hills that form the watershed between the ancient homeland of Friuli and the joyful Marca Trevigiana, in the territory of the High Livenza.
The hills of Caneva are of alluvial origin and formed from a clay–moraine soil that allows low production of high–quality specifications.
In addition to the optimal composition of the soil, the vineyards of Caneva also enjoy a "unique microclimate" determined by the proximity of the forest of Cansiglio.
This forest, (the third largest in Italy) with its more than 1000 meters above sea level, protects from cold northern winds and creates a constant ventilation, with considerable fluctuations in temperature between day and night.
These factors, combined with the favorable exposure to the south, south–east of our vineyards, allow to obtain high–value grapes and wines of unmistakable aromas.
The vineyards of the "Buiatti Livio e Claudio" Farm are situated in the "in Mont e Poanis" locality, in the Eocene hills between the towns of Buttrio and Premariacco. The family business is led by Claudio Buiatti and his wife Viviana continuing, with great passion, the work of their ancestors who, already at the beginning of the twentieth century, cultivated vines in Buttrio. In recent years, the care and effort spent to achieve the highest quality results were supported by a focus on the type of intervention in the vineyard. Implant systems with a high number of plants per hectare, strict pruning, essential fertilizing and grassing of the vineyards are some of the cultural practices to obtain grapes with large concentrations of flavoring; these are fermented in a rigorous manner, producing wines of excellence that the Buiatti lords, kindly, make taste to those who wish to visit their winery.
We are one of the oldest wineries in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Founded in 1788 by Domenico Blasig in Ronchi dei Legionari, the Estate of Blasig passed was handed down generation after generation keeping with constancy and commitment the same vocation: preserving the typicality of indigenous grapes, to take care of the vineyards with dedication and to focus on quality, with deep passion for the craft of the winemaker.
Typical wines. Sense of taste. Value of the team. This is our philosophy. An approach that we have inherited from the past, which renews itself continuously with the focus on innovation and orientation to quality, without betraying the awareness of our centuries–old experience and with the desire to preserve and pass on the vocation of excellence inherited from our ancestors.
The company is family owned and has an area of about 60 hectares, of which more than 15 are planted with vines; the flagship of our wine production is Ramandolo, the first Friulian cru, a wine with unique characteristics appreciated by everyone for its elegance and finesse.
The other wines we produce are Piccolit, Refosco, Cabernet, Merlot, Tocai, Pinot Grigio and Moscato Rosa.
Even today that I have 40 vintages behind, I have always to bow before your age, oh thousand–year old marl on steep slopes of the mountain, where nothing else can be grown, I could talk about your ideal life for the strains and boast of that unique micro–climate, of that place that is a cru, that is like having the highest honor: they ensure compliance.
The name of the Company derives from the Coos family which at the beginning of the 19th Century produced wines on the Hills of Ramandolo: 5 generations at least of passion for the fruits of this land. A company that now is run by a dynamic Ltd. founded on friendship that has acquired the knowledge of the times, the seasons and the actions that lead to excellence.
Here is the philosophy of this Group of friends: to give a sense to tradition and to the techniques of the past, to the research of the original, authentic Ramandolo, experimenting new paths and ancient materials. Today the company has modern equipment and new wine cellars, but still harvests by hand (there is no alternative, due to the narrow terraces on steep slopes), according to the stages and the times of the past, vinifying only the native grapes (Because everyone has the grapes he deserves, they say in these parts), according to a wisdom that is the soul of Ramandolo, the depth, the future.
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Via Orsaria, 32 33044
Manzano (Udine)
Azienda Agricola Colutta dr. Gianpaolo produces DOC Colli Orientali del Friuli wines of quality, in the vineyards of Buttrio, Manzano and Premariacco, for a total area of about 30 hectares, and...
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via Oltregorgo, 10 33050
Carlino (Udine)
Founded by father Knight Emiro Bortolusso, created from a long tradition of wine–growers, it is located in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the Municipality of Carlino (UD), in the DOC...
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Via D'Antoni, 21 33037
Pasian di Prato (Udine)
It is 1921: grandfather Ignazio founded the winery. The Antonutti family became part of the history of wine in Friuli. Franco followed in his father’s Ignazio footsteps with foresight and a...
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Via Ronchi, 9 33048
San Giovanni al Natisone (Udine)
The company is located in the eastern hills of Friuli, one of the valuable DOC of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in one of the most beautiful hilly areas that embrace the Abbey of Rosazzo. You are...
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Piazza Giulia, 13 33050
Trivignano Udinese (Udine)
The estate has belonged since the 17th century to the family of Maria Teresa Calligaris, mother of Giovanni Foffani, now sole owner and manager of the winery, that has been producing wine since...
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Via Prà di Conte, 1 33040
Corno di Rosazzo (Udine)
In the 18 hectares of vineyards which, in Pra di Corte, mark the boundaries companys, the daily work is an effort, but at the same time a pleasure. Because making wine in a land with a high...
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Via Gradisca, 23 34072
Farra d'Isonzo (Gorizia)
Between the the areas of the Collio DOC and Isonzo del Friuli, Azienda Agricola Casa Zuliani is located in one of the historic wine regions of Italy, dedicated to the cultivation of the vine since...
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Loc. Zegla, 1 34071
Cormons (Gorizia)
In 1850, in the beautiful and harmonious hills of Collio, in Zegla, the Sturm farm was founded.For more than two centuries, from generation to generation, from father to son, the passion for the...
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Via Darnazzacco, 44/2 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
The objective of the Bastianich winery is to absorb the history and culture of the area, creating unique wines that tell the place but, at the same time, demonstrate to stand out for their body,...
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Via N. Sauro, 9 33070
Caneva (Pordenone)
The Cà de Mocenigo Farm is located in Caneva just before the hills that form the watershed between the ancient homeland of Friuli and the joyful Marca Trevigiana, in the territory of the High...
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Via Lippe, 25 33042
Buttrio (Udine)
The vineyards of the "Buiatti Livio e Claudio" Farm are situated in the "in Mont e Poanis" locality, in the Eocene hills between the towns of Buttrio and Premariacco. The family business is led by...
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via Roma, 63 34077
Ronchi dei Legionari (Gorizia)
We are one of the oldest wineries in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Founded in 1788 by Domenico Blasig in Ronchi dei Legionari, the Estate of Blasig passed was handed down generation after generation...
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Largo Armando Diaz, 8 33045
Nimis (Udine)
The company is family owned and has an area of about 60 hectares, of which more than 15 are planted with vines; the flagship of our wine production is Ramandolo, the first Friulian cru, a wine...
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Via Pescia, 7 33045
Nimis (Udine)
Even today that I have 40 vintages behind, I have always to bow before your age, oh thousand–year old marl on steep slopes of the mountain, where nothing else can be grown, I could talk about...
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Via Ramandolo, 5 33045
Nimis (Udine)
The name of the Company derives from the Coos family which at the beginning of the 19th Century produced wines on the Hills of Ramandolo: 5 generations at least of passion for the fruits of this...
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