The best wineries in Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
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.
Azienda Agricola La Tunella S.S. is a family-run winery that produces high-quality wines using only the best locally sourced grapes. Their vineyards are carefully tended to, using traditional and sustainable methods, resulting in wines that are rich and complex in flavor. The winery is committed to preserving the natural environment and ensuring the well-being of their employees, making it a true reflection of their passion for winemaking.
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.
More than forty years ago, Guido Cozzarolo, the founder, planted the first vine cuttings (now model vineyards) in the land adjacent to the company’s seat in the eighteenth–century villa in whose garden a majestic century–old magnolia with white and fragrant flowers stands.
The La Magnolia company now has more than 20 hectares of land owned, of which three quarters are cultivates with grapes. The winery with modern equipment produces 1000 hectoliters of fine and appreciated red and white wines, all (with the exception of Franconia) with Colli Orientali del Friuli designation of controlled origin. The winemaking techniques are basically the same that are handed down from generation to generation, even if they are reinterpreted in the light of the current wine science.
Beside the knowledge to produce a wine of high quality, an expression of undisputed prefessionalism and mastery, in Guido and in his family (his wife, his daughter Cristina and his son Alfredo) the pleasure of a familiar and direct approach with customers and wine lovers remains.
The Guerra Albano Farm has been located for several generations in the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC in Montina, near Cividale del Friuli.
Grandparents have handed down their passion for viticulture and winemaking to their children and grandchildren, and only through direct experience in the vineyard, in the wine cellar, and with customers, they have come to the satisfying current results.
In 1992, the first bottling, and over the years they went to a gradual crescendo in quality, thanks to the introduction of new winemaking techniques and modern machinery, while respecting tradition, and a more accurate care in the vineyard.
In recent years, the winery was enriched by oak Barrique, which are used both for white wines (The blend Trauli, Verduzzo, Piccolit) and red wines (The blend Gritul, Merlot, Refosco P.R.).
The company’s rooms (cellar, storage of bottles, and tasting room) are open to all visitors, and here the holder Dario Guerra with his family welcomes cordially customers to taste his wines.
Ermacora Vini is a family-owned winery that has been producing high-quality wines for generations. They use traditional winemaking techniques and cultivate their grapes with great care and attention to detail. Their vineyards are nestled in a beautiful landscape with a variety of soils and microclimates, which allows them to produce a diverse range of wines that showcase the unique characteristics of their terroir. The winery is known for its full-bodied, complex red wines as well as its crisp, refreshing whites. Overall, Ermacora Vini is a testament to the passion and dedication that goes into making exceptional wines.
There is an absolute novelty in the world of Friulian wine: wine aged in clayey amphorae of Roman type. The idea was made concrete by the Crosato Giovanni farm, which is located in the heart of the Eastern Hills of Friuli, a land that has always been perfectly suited to exceptional wines.
Giovanni Crosato, oenologist and wine producer, wanted to create a different product, away from modern technology, paying close attention to the language of the land: "Rosso d’Argilla" a new product, special and elegant at the same time, is the result of an ancient art that intrigues and fascinates, in short, a "different" wine. Rosso d’Argilla is only the first example of the philosophy of aging in amphorae; the Scacco Matto sparkling wine, the sweet dessert wine CRETA and the new BRUT NATURE called "THIS IS IT", belong to the new line of products made according to the same technique.
The new winery, located in Cividale del Friuli in via Fornalis 50, built with all the attention to the production of a natural wine that reflects the traditions accompanied by the technological novelties that are offered, stands out for the particular use of space: an area of work (barriques, wine cellar and amphorae cellar) and a welcoming environment where you can taste wines paired with cold dishes typical of the Friulian localities.
The Sottomonte Estate is located in Buttrio, 12 km south of Udine, in the district of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC, a hilly environment with a strong winemaking vocation.
The estate covers 110 hectares almost entirely cultivated with vineyards and has been belonging to our family for over 500 years. In the ancient documents preserved in our archives there are numerous historical records such as that with which, in 1140, ten colonies of Buttrio were given as dowry to a convent of Benedictine monks so that they could obtain oil and wines: the Sottomonte Estate, until a few years ago had still ten colonies. Of particular interest is the seventeenth–century Family Palace, newly renovated and now house of a hotel and restaurant: Palazzo d’Attimis Maniago with its stables.
A particular source of pride is the exclusive use of grapes grown with their own vineyards, 70% consist of vines born in the fields of clonal selection of the Estate.
Therefore, vineyards are perfectly set and wines are really typical. A "great" wine, for that matter, comes with no doubt from a "great" vineyard.
Recently we have expanded our wines with the "Casali Maniago" line.
Our company is located in the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC. It has 14 hectares of vineyards. It covers more or less 14 hectares of vineyards in the hills, protected to the north by the Preapls and exposed to the south to the positive atmospheric effects of the Adriatic Sea, creating a ventilated and dry climate. The terrain consists of marly–arenaceous rocks of Eocene origin, and therefore ideal for the breeding of vines in the hills. It is rich in calcium, potassium, discreetly of phosphorus, magnesium and many other trace elements. The density per hectare, on average 5,000 vines, allows us to achieve a proper balance between quantity and quality in the product. We have equipped the cellar of the most modern equipment for winemaking, from fining to storage of wines, but we are aware that the most advanced technology can not replace nature, as good wine finds, as indispensable presuppositions, the high clonal selection of our vines, the quality of the soil, the special microclimate, but also the maximum commitment and passion of us and of our employees. Our production is currently composed of about 65% of white grapes and 35% of red grapes. We aim, however, to reach gradually a production of the same amount of white and red grapes.
Training system: Guyot and spurred cordon.
Planting system: 2.5 m between each row; 80 cm between plants.
Harvest by hand.
These choices limit the amount of grapes produced per plant in favor of a more high concentration of quality, in this way raising the sugar level, creating a more intense color and enhancing the aroma and flavor typical of each variety.
Our current production of about 50,000 liters.
Paolino chased a dream. He did it for seventy–seven years. Danilo and Gabriele fulfilled it in 1991: because also dreams are handed down from father to son. In this way, today in "Colli di Poianis" every blade of grass has again the name of a time. From these 11 hectares of vineyards, wonderfully exposed in the south–east and cultivated with great passion and awareness, in 1981 we won the prestigious "Risit d’Aur" for creating one of the first new vineyards of Schioppettino, aiming to the enhancement of native grape varieties rewarding in this way also the wisdom and foresight of Paolino.
Located in one of the most suited areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and precisely in Faedis (Udine) in the Eastern Hills of Friuli, the Colle Villano is a family–run farm.
The company was founded from the attachment to the territory. The DOC wines that arise from these vineyards became ambassadors of Friuli in the world: they represent quality, ability, care.
Each year more than 100,000 bottles spread throughout Italy and around the world.
Particular attention is given to the care of the vineyards, where the entire production is followed, respecting the surrounding environment and always trying to obtain perfectly healthy and mature grapes.
In the winery, the work is done with the aid of modern technologies while respecting and continuing the tradition of Friuli.
There is a tasting room where we will be happy to let you taste our products, trying to make you fall in love with this beautiful land. At the eastern borders of Italy. In the center of the popular D.O.C. C.O.F. production area.
Cantina Principi di Porcia winery is a family-owned winery dedicated to producing high-quality wines. Their vineyards are carefully tended and their wine-making process is based on traditional methods combined with modern technology. The winery offers a wide range of wines, including whites, reds, and sparkling wines, all made with passion and a commitment to excellence. The tasting room provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere for visitors to sample their wines and learn about the winery's history and production methods.
On the label of my bottles you can see, new, in the complex and important Friulian winemaking reality, the figure of the Canus: the senex with gray hair and deep wisdom. He inspired me, placing myself under the wing of a regional tradition that identifies my family with the nickname of Grisn (white haired). This feeling of belonging to the land where the vineyard is located, has pushed my entrepreneurial spirit to confront with a past that is famous for the quality of the product. Thus, among the sweet thinning out of the eastern hills of Friuli, wetted by the waters of the river Judrio, which marks the border with the equally generous lands of Collio, my grapes produce wines of the most genuine tradition. From the vineyards that in the late summer of 2004 celebrated our first vintage, aware of the safety of the steps taken, I look, like the Canus, away; with the right pride of the founder.
Six hectares among vineyards and orchards, out of which two are destined to the cultivation of apples and small fruits according to the organic agriculture method.
It is the perfect place for a relaxing holiday surrounded by nature, but also for the discovery of the historic and wine and food traditions of our territory.
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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)
Azienda Agricola La Tunella S.S. is a family-run winery that produces high-quality wines using only the best locally sourced grapes. Their vineyards are carefully tended to, using traditional and...
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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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Via Cormons, 169 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
More than forty years ago, Guido Cozzarolo, the founder, planted the first vine cuttings (now model vineyards) in the land adjacent to the company’s seat in the eighteenth–century villa in...
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V.le Kennedy, 39/a 33040
Torreano (Udine)
The Guerra Albano Farm has been located for several generations in the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC in Montina, near Cividale del Friuli. Grandparents have handed down their passion for...
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Via Solzaredo, 9 33040
Premariacco (Udine)
Ermacora Vini is a family-owned winery that has been producing high-quality wines for generations. They use traditional winemaking techniques and cultivate their grapes with great care and...
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Via Castelmonte, 1 - Fornalis 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
There is an absolute novelty in the world of Friulian wine: wine aged in clayey amphorae of Roman type. The idea was made concrete by the Crosato Giovanni farm, which is located in the heart of...
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Via Sottomonte, 21 33042
Buttrio (Udine)
The Sottomonte Estate is located in Buttrio, 12 km south of Udine, in the district of the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC, a hilly environment with a strong winemaking vocation. The estate covers...
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Case Colloredo, 8 33040
Faedis (Udine)
Our company is located in the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC. It has 14 hectares of vineyards. It covers more or less 14 hectares of vineyards in the hills, protected to the north by the Preapls...
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Via Poianis, 34/a 33040
Prepotto (Udine)
Paolino chased a dream. He did it for seventy–seven years. Danilo and Gabriele fulfilled it in 1991: because also dreams are handed down from father to son. In this way, today in "Colli di...
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Via Antonutti, 38 33040
Faedis (Udine)
Located in one of the most suited areas of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and precisely in Faedis (Udine) in the Eastern Hills of Friuli, the Colle Villano is a family–run farm. The company was founded...
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Via Zuiano, 29 33080
Azzano Decimo (Pordenone)
Cantina Principi di Porcia winery is a family-owned winery dedicated to producing high-quality wines. Their vineyards are carefully tended and their wine-making process is based on traditional...
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Via Gramogliano, 21 33040
Corno di Rosazzo (Udine)
On the label of my bottles you can see, new, in the complex and important Friulian winemaking reality, the figure of the Canus: the senex with gray hair and deep wisdom. He inspired me, placing...
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Strada di Planez, 60 33043
Cividale del Friuli (Udine)
Six hectares among vineyards and orchards, out of which two are destined to the cultivation of apples and small fruits according to the organic agriculture method.It is the perfect place for a...
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