The best wineries in Capriva del Friuli.
Villa Russiz farm has a story of great insights and generosity, passion, commitment, tradition and sentiment. The great insight is that of the French Count Teodoro de La Tour, who, in 1869, saw in the sunny hills of Collio a great place to live along with his Austrian wife Elvine Ritter von Zahony, and especially to give new home to his passion for the cultivation of the vine and to modern winemaking techniques that, right in France, had already at that time great development.
Teodoro de La Tour took first the essence that has made great wines of Collio in the world: the extraordinary microclimate can offer the greatest benefits in the encounter between the cool winds of the Julian Alps and the sea breezes from the nearby Adriatic Sea, both sweetened by the perfectly exposed hills of Capriva del Friuli.
This gave rise to what is still the fundamental basis of Villa Russiz: new varieties more suited to the area and able to develop the quality at the highest level, a wonderful wine cellar with great vaults completely underground, a passion and an unwavering commitment to the care of details, from rows, to the winery, to the bottle.
The meticulous passion for winemaking is today more than ever alive in Villa Russiz, in the 94 hectares that make up the farm, of which 40 are devoted to vineyards, with special attention to maintain the number of plants per hectare between 4,500 and 7,000, ensuring then grapes of great concentration.
The wines of the Villa Russiz Foundation are all part of the Collio designation of controlled origin, as well as the three cru, Sauvignon de La Tour, Gräfin de La Tour and Graf de La Tour, spearheads of a production that from experience have been able to grasp the ideas for modern research of the highest quality, for a coherent development path and to great wines of international level.
Villa Russiz has been and remains a symbol of passion and feeling. The passion of Elvine Ritter, who after her husband’s death in 1894, decided to devote herself completely to the orphans and the
abandoned girls; later, with the outbreak of the World War I, the project was suspended because of the war that involved also Villa Russiz.
In 1919, the noblewoman Adele Cerruti gave back to Villa Russiz its function. In 1926 the Institute was officially recognized as a non–profit organization and after the Italiy–Austria agreement, the Foundation passed to the Italian Government, under the direction of Adele Cerruti, under the name of Regina Margherita Orphanage.
Villa Russiz, to date, is an educational center that offers different types of services for the protection of childhood and the development of the socio–relational dimension in children. It focuses on the welcoming of children aged 3 to 14 who have family problems, moved away from their household, by decree of the Juvenile Court, and entrusted to the Social Services.
From IPAB (Istituto Pubblico Assistenza e Beneficenza) after a century, it has regained the legal configuration of Foundation, in accordance with the will of the donor Elvine Ritter von Zahony and her executrix Countess Adele Cerruti.
In January 2009, the Villa Russiz Foundation was created with the same institutional aim that has been with us for over 100 years: to assist, educate and give a home with love to the less fortunate children.
In the Collio of Gorizia area, precisely in the municipality of Capriva del Friuli, the Russiz Superiore estate is located. The story of the company began at the end of the thirteenth century and its name stems from the denomination of the hills where vineyards extend.
The eagle of Russiz Superiore derives from the crest that was of the princes of Torre Tasso, among the first lords of these lands, who came in Friuli in 1273. A noble emblem, noble wines, noble families that succeeded in time until we come to Marco Felluga. Today, his son Roberto runs the company with the entrepreneurship and passion he inherited from his father. Of the 100 hectares of the property, 50 are cultivated with vineyards, with a vine density of more than 6,000 plants per hectare and a production of white wines exceeding the red ones. Both varieties find in these gentle hills an environment with special geo–morphological and climate characterics.
These are wines for everyone. Full and light, immediate and deep, plain and to discover. Then, for everyone, not in the sense of a carefree ease, but of a certain satisfaction for ordinary people and for more or less "brainy" connoisseurs. Marco Perco found a precious formula, which makes of the essential raw material a fixed point and to follow, the timing of maturation that allow an expression in a clear voice, with intelligible language and yet full of subtleties, which are important but not essential to interpret for the delight of the interlocutor.
By virtue of its centuries old experience, Attems has chosen to invest in the future, both in the vineyard and in the winery.
After the modernizing of production facilities, the number of hectares grown with vines was increased. In addition, a new vinification and conservation plant was built, specially designed to enhance the characteristics that the territory gives to its fruits.
The winemaking process begins with the harvesting of the grapes for separate parcels. To follow, the steps of pressing and maceration take place, using techniques that limit the contact with oxygen, in order to preserve to the maximum the aromatic properties of each variety. Fermentation is managed at a controlled temperature with different times depending on the vines, allows to reach the right level of complexity. Each stage of the production process is personally followed by the technical director Gianni Napoletano, who since the spring of 2001 has been leading the company from success to success.
Attems reaps the rewards of a priceless combination of factors: an ancient family tradition, an ideal area for the production of great white wines and advanced technology. Therefore, Attems can ensure the excellence of its wines, characterized by a great wealth of aromas, a complex, elegant flavor and a long finish: perfect expression of this territory.
The Mario Schioppetto Farm is one of the historical companies of Collio. On the hills of Capriva del Friuli, Mario Schiopetto has been producing wines since 1965. Nowadays, the children Maria Angela, Carlo and Giorgio continue the family tradition, each of them covering in the company the role most suited to their abilities, with the goal of creating a common wine of quality.
The wines produced by the company, in effect, must express in the best way the area in which they are produced, but always maintaining a very strong personality and reflecting the characteristics of the company: refinement, elegance and respect for tradition.
The Castle of Spessa stands, elegant, in the heart of the Gorizia Collio area. Its origins date back to the thirteenth century. For centuries the castle was the residence of the lords of the Friulian nobility. In effect, from the sixteenth century, illustrious families owned Spessa: the Dorimbergo first, then the Rassauer and the Della Torre Valsassina, even boasting a descent from Charlemagne, owned it for more than 300 years. It was the then Count Luigi Torriani to welcome, in 1773, in Spessa, Giacomo Casanova, the famous adventurer and writer.
Over the centuries, eminent personalities have stayed here, such as the famous Mozart’s librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte, and Emanuele Filiberto d’Aosta. The atmosphere that still surrounds the manor evokes the splendor of that time: the nobility, the arts, the prestige and also the human stories of famous people who have enjoyed in the past centuries its hospitality.
In 1987 the Castle of Spessa, together with the vineyards that surround it, were bought by the Pali family, who gave it new life and made of it the heart of the Castello di Spessa Resort hotellerie complex, with a Golf Course of 18 holes, Hosteria del Castello, Winery, Casanova Wine Store, Hotel and La Tavernetta gourmand Restaurant.
Pali Wines is a brand that contains three major labels: the wines of Castello di Spessa Doc Collio, the wines of Boatina DOC Isonzo and the brandies distilled from the marc of Spessa grapes by De Mezzo Distilleries.
The vineyards of the Vidussi company, run by the Montresor family that operates in Verona, lie in the heart of Friulian Collio. The quality level of the farm produce is very satisfactory.
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Via Russiz, 4/6 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
Villa Russiz farm has a story of great insights and generosity, passion, commitment, tradition and sentiment. The great insight is that of the French Count Teodoro de La Tour, who, in 1869, saw in...
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Via Russiz, 7 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
In the Collio of Gorizia area, precisely in the municipality of Capriva del Friuli, the Russiz Superiore estate is located. The story of the company began at the end of the thirteenth century and...
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Via Mazzini, 26 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
These are wines for everyone. Full and light, immediate and deep, plain and to discover. Then, for everyone, not in the sense of a carefree ease, but of a certain satisfaction for ordinary people...
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Via Aquileia, 30 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
By virtue of its centuries old experience, Attems has chosen to invest in the future, both in the vineyard and in the winery. After the modernizing of production facilities, the number of hectares...
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Via Palazzo Arcivescovile, 1 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
The Mario Schioppetto Farm is one of the historical companies of Collio. On the hills of Capriva del Friuli, Mario Schiopetto has been producing wines since 1965. Nowadays, the children Maria...
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Via Spessa 1
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
The Castle of Spessa stands, elegant, in the heart of the Gorizia Collio area. Its origins date back to the thirteenth century. For centuries the castle was the residence of the lords of the...
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via Spessa, 18 34071
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
The vineyards of the Vidussi company, run by the Montresor family that operates in Verona, lie in the heart of Friulian Collio. The quality level of the farm produce is very satisfactory.
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Via Garibaldi 4 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
Via Spessa 18 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
Via Moraro 13 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
Via G. Mazzini 48 34070
Capriva del Friuli (Gorizia)
