The best wineries in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Zorzettig, a name linked to for generations to the winemaking activity of the Friulian land. Once farmers and then owners of lands, to come to the three brothers Livio, Francesco and Giuseppe, who founded in the mid–80s three companies, continuing separately the common path in the world of wine. Giuseppe gave his name to the Zorzettig Cav. Giuseppe farming company that covers the hills of Spessa, a few kilometers from the Longobardic town of Cividale, in the heart of the eastern Hills of Friuli.
The passion and energy of Giuseppe and Antonietta, tireless wife and mother as well as company’s cornerstone, were handed down to their children Roberto, Annalisa and Alessandro, together with the desire to continue to ride the way of love for the land. Many are the innovations introduced during these years, from the innovative vinification techniques to a modern equipment, all actions characterized by the respect for the values of the tradition and the constant pursuit of quality.
The untimely death of Roberto, who guided the company’s technical choices, gave way to Alessandro and Annalisa, who now deal with the agronomic part, the first, of the production and the sales network, the second.
The support in the cellar is assured by Fabio Coser.
The wines of Zorzettig, the result of selected grapes from vineyards owned harvested exclusively by hand, are vinified and aged in the ancient underground wine cellar and in the adjacent barrel room. The production of Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC wines, white and red grape varieties, both local and international, is of about eight hundred thousand bottles year round.
Valchiar was founded 16 years ago. Since then, it has seen a steady growth in its range and especially in the quality of its produce.
This allowed us to achieve
prestigious awards from the most important guides and a quick penetration of the wines in the Italian and international markets.
In 2006 the new winery was inaugurated, a modern and spacious premise located in a beautiful natural setting.
The next goal is to increase production substantially in compliance with the quality standards achieved through new vines that will start soon to bear fruit.
As with many of the areas of production of great wines, also on the eastern hills of Friuli the Romans were those who brought the culture of vine and wine, and testimonials of it can be found still today in the names of the villages of the area. If this is not enough, from the hill on which Torre Rosazza stands, it is possible to see the not too far Aquileia, once an important Roman imperial garrison.
From that first contact with wine–growing, the area of Rosazzo was discovered to be particularly suited, and the attention towards wine was handed down through the centuries, especially by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Rosazzo, the true point of reference for the wine culture of northern Italy.
The territory of Torre Rosazza came to belong to this privileged micro–zone of the eastern hills of Friuli, which today is recognized under the "Rosazzo" name.
For centuries the rows of vines have decorated the landscape, alternating with olive trees, which emphasized the presence of a particular temperate micro–climate, that allowed their cultivation. After a historic freeze that decimated the olive trees, at the beginning of the latest century, agriculture chose to focus on planting vines instead of trees, and so the viticultural vocation of the land emerged with even more force.
Another crucial moment for the wine in these areas was experienced in the seventies, when the Italian winemaking discovered the huge heritage at its disposal, and more careful cultivation techniques and vinification based on traditional knowledge that combines a sound scientific basis, capable of sublimating the quality of the grapes in more and more excellent wines, began to take hold.
In this period Torre Rosazza was founded: the company was acquired in 1979 by Genagricola, which immediately embarked on a process of study and zoning of 90 hectares of vines, to identify the qualities of each individual land and to find the plots that for exposure and geological properties could better interpret the vineyards of the area.
To guide choices in the cellar, in recent years Walter Filiputti started a journey that Torre Rosazza is still riding. It was he, for example, to introduce (probably for the first time in the whole Friuli) the usage of the barrels for the long aging of red wines, and he started the line of Ronchi, Cru di Torre Rosazza. In these years, Altromerlot was produced, too, a wine emblem of Torre Rosazza, and identified even in the name of a production concept at that time different from the current one, and inspired by the most refined French winemaking techniques.
Currently the wine company’s management is entrusted to the oenologist Luca Zuccarello, assisted by Mario Zuliani.
It was 1920 when Giuseppe Stanig started the winemaking activities in Albana di Prepotto.
More than ninety years have passed and the company ia now managed by the grandsons Federico and Francesco with the same love, the same enthusiasm and the same respect for the traditions tied to the land and the wine that is still produced with manual labor and with passion.
Located in the heart of the Eastern Hills of Friuli, the company covers an area of about 9 hectares on which the typical grape varieties of Friuli and some Friulian native gems such as Schioppettino di Prepotto are grown.
The Roberto Scubla farm was founded in 1991 with a few existing old vines, to which new plants were added, up to 12 hectares of vineyards. The vineyards are all located on the sides of a completely sunny hill in the southern part of the eastern hills of Friuli, the deletion place for wines with extraordinary harmonies of aromas and flavors.
The limited production allows a great care of the grapes harvested by hand and wines; this has made that in recent years the main Wine Guides have been particularly generous in attributing excellent valuations and the highest level to some wines.
This is with no doubt an incentive to try to improve with new experiences in care, primarily, of the vineyard, whose product is the true basis for a careful elaboration of the value of the fruit and then of the wine.
The first information on the production of wine in the RoncSoreli date back to the early twentieth century.
The farm, mainly engaged in the production of quality wines, stretches over 72 hectares of property that develop between the towns of Prepotto, Cividale and the Corno Rosazzo.
The 43 hectares of vineyards occupy the hill facing east–southeast of the village of Novacuzzo in the Municipality of Prepotto. The vineyards, which with the hill top touch the Bosco Romagno Natural Park, go down to touch the banks of the river Judrio, the natural border with Slovenia and the Collio of Gorizia.
At the foot of the hill the ancient village of Novacuzzo stands, with adjoining villa and the original wine cellar.
Ronco dei Pini is located in Prepotto in the Eastern Hills of Friuli, on the border with Slovenia and the Collio of Gorizia, in the hill consisting of ponca soils.
Angelo Novello and his children, for generation expert farmers of the lands of eastern Veneto, bought the property from the Counts Rieppi of Prepotto almost forty years ago, after many years in which they had already frequented it and had been fascinated by the quality of the wines and the beauty of the area of the Eastern Collio of Friuli.
In 1990, Vito Novello, purchased the shares of his brothers and started the Ronco dei Pini business. The new company, which owes its name to the pine forest that is located on top of a hill, began a journey of renewed quality, which underwent a marked acceleration after 1997 with the full entrance into the family business of the sons of Vito, Giuseppe and Claudio.
Processing methods to get the wanted quality start from the low yields per hectare combined with a particular focus in the winery (maceration of red and white grapes combined with the technology of cold and temperature control). The aging of red wines, occurs both in tonneau and in barriques. The results of this commitment and passion soon arrived, and today Ronco dei Pini is recognized and appreciated by major national and international magazines in the industry.
Among the Eastern Hills of Friuli and Plessiva in the Collio of Gorizia, the vineyard is divided between Prepotto and Spessa di Cividale.
Claudio Novello runs the company in first person, assisted by his brother Giuseppe and by the enotechnicians De Noni and Stramare in the winery.
The Rocca Bernarda company, of property of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1977, overlooks a magnificent panorama that from the closest vineyards stretches to the characteristic surrounding countries. Its dominant position allows to launch your gaze to the city of Udine. The company has, in effect, a special position because it is situated on the hill of Rocca Bernarda with at its feet the village of Premariacco.
The main purpose of the company is to produce fine wines in accordance with the ancient tradition, has the goal to make them enjoy and to distribute them on the international market. On this front, the company has always been open to new contacts facilitating knowledge of wine even in different markets. Wine lovers have the opportunity to carry out visits directly on the farm and therefore to come into contact with this reality that is more and more intensely seeks to carry forward the combination of tradition–innovation. Tradition, as already mentioned, involves the production of wines that can be tasted and appreciated by visitors allowing them to understand the production process and to enjoy all the taste of the wines of the eastern hills. Innovation concerns the direct contact with buyers and those who want to learn about this activity and how they do the work inside of it, and the production of wine that goes on for generations in this place. This can be done through the updated website and also by contacting directly the company via e–mail.
The estate of Borgo Conventi is located in the extreme eastern part of Friuli, in the province of Gorizia, on the road that leads from the town of Gradisca to Farra d’Isonzo.
Borgo Conventi is located in Collio Goriziano, a hill (the Collio, in effect) that stands like an island in a sea of infinite shades of green.
Our company is small, famil–run.
The vineyards are located in the municipality of Prepotto, one of the most suited areas in the Eastern Hills of Friuli where viticulture has a long history. Currently, we are completing a new business complex with a new winery and a wide tasting room.
We produce our wines with love and respect of the oldest traditions, guaranteeing a typical and genuine product, today as in the past.
The Perusini company is among the 50 “happy few” registered by Veronelli in the Gotha of the historical Italian winemakers. In effect, in the latest century, when the fashion of French wines was still prevailing, Giacomo Perusini, grandfather of the current owner, began the selection and preservation of some indigenous grapes (especially Piccolit).
After his untimely death in World War I, his work was continued by his wife Giuseppina Perusini Antonini, painter, writer, but also skilled businesswoman, who begans the revival of regional wines in the domestic and international market. Her son Gaetano, professor at the University of Trieste, continued and expanded research on agriculture and traditional varieties, while the other son Giampaolo went on in particular with the selection of Ribolla Gialla.
Now the castle of Rocca Bernarda, historic home of the family, has passed by bequest of Gaetano Perusini to the Order of Malta together with part of the company, but the family tradition continues in the remaining part on the hill of Gramogliano lapped by the river Judrio until 1918, the border between Italy and the Austro–Hungarian monarchy.
The company now is run by Teresa, daughter of Giampaolo. Like her uncle and her sister, art historian but also passionate winegrower. In the company management, today, she is helped by her husband and sons Carlo, Tommaso and Michele. So, the family tradition continues on the hill of Gramogliano known for centuries, as the one of Rosazzo and the Rocca, as the cru hors class of the eastern hills of Friuli.
Midolini is not only the name of a historic family of Friuli and its winery, but a story about passion, love and dreams that have become reality. Located in Manzano in the province of Udine, between Attimis and Buttrio, the Midolini farm covers an area of 100 hectares, owned by the family, in the Hills, of which 70 are devoted to vineyards with the Colli Orientali del Fiuli designation of origin. To date, 32 hectares are cultivated with vines. Midolini has always aimed at the production of quality wines with a very low yield of 40 hectoliters per hectare, about 90,000 bottles produced. Passion, elegance and quality are the predominant characteristics of the Rosacroce Midolini wines. The Midolini family offers also a flagship product, of the highest standard and unique: Asperum, a sweet and sour balsamic sauce obtained cooking a great must of the Doc grapes of the eastern hills of Friuli, since June 2007 registered in the list of the agri–food products defined traditional with a special decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. The "balsameria", that started with only 25 small barrels more than fifty years ago, just for fun and for the passion of Lino Midolini, has now become the world’s largest with about 2,300 small barrels, a record that earned him the prestigious quote in the The Guinness Book of World Records since 1998. Asperum is made with native Friulian grapes (such as Refosco and Tocai) and is aged in small barrels made of 7 different precious Woods until 30 years of age. The Midolini company produces also Grappa cru from Chardonnay grapes. In its 50 it is a distillate of great strength but at the same time of great harmony.
It was 1973 when Joseph Ceschin acquist among the hills of the eastern hills of Friuli 35 acres to devote himself to his dream that in 1960 the port in Friuli : wine.
For him it was a beginning, a spring , as the name he gave to his company : The Viarte .
It took many years of work to carry out the works of terracing and planting of 21 hectares of vineyards , while the rest was left in the woods for both aesthetic reasons and to maintain the right balance bioclimatic .
And finally , in 1984 the first bottles , synthesis of a blend of modernity and tradition, in which the vinification in steel , typical of white wines alternates , the use of oak barrels .
And now his son Julius , who decided to develop the potential of the companys and rich experience of his father, he traces the steps in 2003 with the acquisition of a further 6 hectares of hilly land .
At the proposal of grapes fruit of synergies between the different grapes , supports and strengthens attention to indigenous varieties increasingly expression of the territory , to give unique sensations and inextricably linked to these beautiful hills.
A new and at the same time old name, for this company in Ipplis di Premariacco, already Azienda Agricola Livio Zorzettig, La Tunella today, an ancient name whose first traces were found already in 1830 in the Austrian cadastre maps, indicating even then lands cultivated with vines, where now there are the vines of the company. A new designation and a new corporate profile, all devoted to quality, "to do a few things to do the best" and "wine is made first and foremost in the vineyard" are the main themes of the new corporate philosophy. A philosophy that is implemented in the selection of lands, in the high density of planting, in the form of cultivation of compact vines, in the low yield per plant and in manual harvest. The same philosophy that is then followed in the winery where the winemaking and aging techniques follow the teachings of an ancient and immutable story, that of the great wine from Friuli. We had the opportunity to enjoy the first fruits of this new philosophy, already fully enjoyable, with just a few relations between the freshness and softness of regular wines, wines that seem biased toward the latter feature just as if you had gone too far in wanting to do well, but the direction taken appears to be the right one.
La Sclusa Farm is located in Cividale del Friuli (UD) in the DOC area of the eastern hills of Friuli. It is possible to visit the winery, to taste the wines and to stay overnight at the farmhouse “Agriturismo Corte San Biagio”, owned the company.
The winery is located 40 km from the Ronchi dei Legionari airport and 15 km from Udine Train Station.
On the hills of Spessa, south of Cividale town, a Latin and Lombard gem, in the heart of Friuli, we find La Sclusa farm. Its vineyards are rooted in marly soils typical of these areas, the eastern hills of Friuli, which have always been synonymous with fine wines, for natural vocation. Here, the Zorzettig family of Sclusa (curious name that originates from an area downstream of the company), devote themselves with passion to the culture of the vine, combining family tradition, experience and modern winemaking techniques, to obtain from excellent grapes fine wines, unmistakable for flavors and richness of aromas. Recently, the company has made available a farmhouse accommodation with comfortable rooms.
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Via Strada Sant'Anna, 37 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
Zorzettig, a name linked to for generations to the winemaking activity of the Friulian land. Once farmers and then owners of lands, to come to the three brothers Livio, Francesco and Giuseppe, who...
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Via dei Laghi, 4/c 33040
Torreano (Udine)
Valchiar was founded 16 years ago. Since then, it has seen a steady growth in its range and especially in the quality of its produce. This allowed us to achieve prestigious awards from the most...
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Località Poggiobello, 12 33044
Manzano (Udine)
As with many of the areas of production of great wines, also on the eastern hills of Friuli the Romans were those who brought the culture of vine and wine, and testimonials of it can be found...
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Via Albana, 44 33040
Prepotto (Udine)
It was 1920 when Giuseppe Stanig started the winemaking activities in Albana di Prepotto.More than ninety years have passed and the company ia now managed by the grandsons Federico and Francesco...
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Via Rocca Bernarda, 22 33040
Premariacco (Udine)
The Roberto Scubla farm was founded in 1991 with a few existing old vines, to which new plants were added, up to 12 hectares of vineyards. The vineyards are all located on the sides of a...
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Località Novacuzzo, 46 33040
Prepotto (Udine)
The first information on the production of wine in the RoncSoreli date back to the early twentieth century. The farm, mainly engaged in the production of quality wines, stretches over 72 hectares...
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Via Ronchi, 93 33040
Prepotto (Udine)
Ronco dei Pini is located in Prepotto in the Eastern Hills of Friuli, on the border with Slovenia and the Collio of Gorizia, in the hill consisting of ponca soils. Angelo Novello and his children,...
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Via Rocca Bernarda, 27 33040
Premariacco (Udine)
The Rocca Bernarda company, of property of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta since 1977, overlooks a magnificent panorama that from the closest vineyards stretches to the characteristic...
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Via Colombara, 13 34072
Farra d'Isonzo (Gorizia)
The estate of Borgo Conventi is located in the extreme eastern part of Friuli, in the province of Gorizia, on the road that leads from the town of Gradisca to Farra d’Isonzo. Borgo Conventi is...
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Via Brolo, 43 33040
Prepotto (Udine)
Our company is small, famil–run. The vineyards are located in the municipality of Prepotto, one of the most suited areas in the Eastern Hills of Friuli where viticulture has a long history....
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Via del Torrione, 13 – Loc. Gramogliano 33040
Corno di Rosazzo (Udine)
The Perusini company is among the 50 “happy few” registered by Veronelli in the Gotha of the historical Italian winemakers. In effect, in the latest century, when the fashion of French wines...
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Via delle Fornaci, 1 33044
Manzano (Udine)
Midolini is not only the name of a historic family of Friuli and its winery, but a story about passion, love and dreams that have become reality. Located in Manzano in the province of Udine,...
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Via Novacuzzo, 51 33040
Prepotto (Udine)
It was 1973 when Joseph Ceschin acquist among the hills of the eastern hills of Friuli 35 acres to devote himself to his dream that in 1960 the port in Friuli : wine. For him it was a beginning, a...
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Via del Collio, 14 33040
Premariacco (Udine)
A new and at the same time old name, for this company in Ipplis di Premariacco, already Azienda Agricola Livio Zorzettig, La Tunella today, an ancient name whose first traces were found already in...
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Via Strada Sant'Anna, 7/2 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
La Sclusa Farm is located in Cividale del Friuli (UD) in the DOC area of the eastern hills of Friuli. It is possible to visit the winery, to taste the wines and to stay overnight at the farmhouse...
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