The best wineries in Lombardia.
In April of 1959 what would later become the Consortium for the Protection of the Oltrepò Pavese Wines started to operate.
Everything began from a conference at the end of which it was decided to lay the foundations for an organization of producers. Even at that time the importance to create sharing, to look to the future, to defend an identity was understood. Everything started from an association of producers, officially established on August 4th, 1960 (ten years before the Doc), which was designed to enhance and protect the wines of Oltrepò Pavese. Its slogan was: Here the wine wine.
In 1977, the Consortium became Oltrepò Pavese DOC wines Voluntary Consortium and had as its first president Antonio Giuseppe Denari, illustrious and visionary protagonist of one of the most important historical moments of the wine production of the Oltrepò area. Since then, the consortium has expanded its areas of intervention, in cooperation with institutional bodies starting from the Ministry of Agriculture.
Among its actions of protection of the Oltrepò wines, the Consortium fights for the protection of the products and their quality, with particular attention to their origin. No coincidence that from the 2007 harvest the Metodo Classico bubbles of Oltrepà Pavese obtained the DOCG. Today the Consortium helps manufacturers to explore new scenarios, making communication and marketing, exporting the territorial that the Oltrepò wine can express. With this purpose, they have developed targeted communications campaigns, and others are under study.
The consortium produces events and tastings but is also co–protagonist of events on a local, regional, national and international levels.
Oltrepò Pavese is a designation spread over 13,500 hectares of land.
The Colli Mantovani DOC Consortium is placed in a land of famous battles and a cultural meeting point between Veneto and Lombardy.
The moraine hills of Mantua are located at the foot of the hills, which border with the provinces of Brescia and Verona, crossed by the river Mincio and extend to the south of Lake Garda. The geography of the area of the Colli Mantovani DOC Consortium, the mild and ventilated climate for the influence of the lake, the nature of the moraine and clayey soil form an ideal environment for the vine.
Today more than a thousand hectares of specialized vineyards cover the hilly area in the municipalities of Ponti sul Mincio, Monzambano, Volta Mantovana, Cavriana, Solforino and Castiglione delle Siviere.
The Garda Colli Mantovani Wine has gained the recognition of the DOC in 1976.
In this area the local wineries produce, in addition to the Garda Colli Mantovano DOC and the Garda DOC, also Sparkling wine, Raisin wine.
The Consortium for the protection of Franciacorta with its unmistakable logo – a crenellated “F”, the symbol of the ancient medieval towers that characterize the area, was founded on March 5th, 1990 in Corte Franca, in the province of Brescia, as aggregation of a group of winemakers who shared passion and common stimuli, primarily interested in the protection, enhancement and promotion of the Franciacorta wine–growing and of the territory as a whole. It is an inter–professional organization, independent, able to provide the support services, of image, of aggregation, strong and equal for all.
To the Consortium, which since 1993 has its headquarters in Erbusco, in the heart of Franciacorta, the three professional categories of growers, winemakers and bottlers who are interested in the production chain of the designations Franciacorta DOCG, Curtefranca DOC and Sebino IGT adhere. There are companies of all sizes, from small, family–run businesses, to structured and well–known in the world companies. The member companies of the Consortium of Franciacorta represent almost the totality of those active in the area and are on the market especially with the main product of this wine–growing area: Franciacorta, the first and the only Italian brut produced exclusively with the second fermentation in the bottle to have obtained from 1st September 1995 the DOCG, the Designation of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin.
Ente Vini Bresciani represents and manages the general interests of the common D.O.P. Garda Classico, Valtnesi, Garda Bresciano, S. Martino della Battaglia, Botticino, Capriano del Colle, Cellatica and finally I.G.P. Valcamonica, Ronchi di Brescia, Benaco Bresciano and Montenetto di Brescia.
Together with the associated Consortia (Botticino Consortium, Cellatica Consortium, Valtnesi/Garda Classico Consortium, Montenetto/Capriano del Colle Consortium and Valcamonica I.G.T. Consortium), where everyone maintains autonomy and individuality, and also thanks to the fundamental consociation with the Chamber of Commerce of Brescia, Ente Vini Bresciani manages the policy of the Designations and takes care of the Specifications, promotes the knowledge of the Wines and their aware consumption enhancing their territories of origin, their history and their ability to interpret the present and the future with the style of each single company in the respect for tradition.
Thanks to the experience gained in over 40 years of activity, Ente Vini Bresciani has employed highly experienced and trained in the wine sector operators and, directly or in cooperation with public institutions such as the Province of Brescia, research organizations such as the Provincial Wine Center or Regional Consortia in the wine sector like AS.CO.VI.LO, offers to the Consortia of Wine Protection qualified performances for the realization of informative activities promoted by the Consortia themselves.
Ente Vini Bresciani, for some promotional activities, works directly with the Franciacorta Consortium and the Lugana Consortium.
The Garda Classico D.O.C. coincides largely with the area that overlooks the Brescia side of Lake Garda. A territory where the cultivation of the vine has ancient origins, which lie even in pre–Roman times. This deep–rooted tradition in 1967 resulted in obtaining the "Garda Bresciano" D.O.C., later integrated into the Garda D.O.C.. Since 1996, the area has obtained the recognition of the word "Classico" granted, as known, only to the wines of old and established tradition. Today, the Garda Classico D.O.C. is a sub–area which has 550 hectares of vineyards, worked by about eighty producers for a total of about 3,500 tons of grapes produced each year. The production is currently more than 2 million bottles.
Garda Classico is synonymous especially red wines, and in particular with Groppello, the native vine that is a real exclusive wine of the area as it is cultivated in appreciable quantities only in the hills of Valtnesi, the productive "heart" of the area. From this particular grape variety, Garda Classico Groppello D.O.C. and the Garda Classico Chiaretto D.O.C., the two most known and appreciated products of the Riviera, are made.
In the Garda Classico D.O.C. Consortium, recently also the small San Martino della Battaglia D.O.C. merged, which covers mainly with the municipalities of Pozzolengo, Sirmione, Desenzano, Lonato and partially coincides with that of the Garda Classico. Recognized in 1970, this D.O.C. of 65 hectares of vineyards, on which a few dozen producers operate, brings the original contribution of a white wine, San Martino della Battaglia D.O.C. and a dessert wine, the San Martino della Battaglia Fortified wine.
Moreover, the types protected by the Consortium which fall into the Benaco Bresciano Typical Geographical Indication should not be forgotten: there are about 150 thousand bottles that companies use mainly for single–variety production that contribute to further enrich the profile of a dynamic segment, that is growing, which in recent years, thanks to the establishment of the Wine and Dine Route of Garda, is experiencing a new development of wine tourism.
Tenuta La Gatta was built 500 years ago. It was originally a Dominican convent, now is the temple of the Triacca wines.
Already for several years, the Triacca family has been welcoming at the former monastery, in Bianzone, its Swiss and German customers. Over the past two years a national and international interesting tourist movement is developing.
The didactic and tourism routes that we offer to the interlocutors have always origin from the vineyards, the thirteen hectares surrounding the estate express the greatness of viticulture in Valtellina. It continues with a visit to the barrel cellar with as many as three hundred oak barrels surrounded by an authentic atmosphere of the past.
On the ground floor La Gatta has a modern and highly functional wine store through which you have direct access to the sixteenth century wine cellar. It can host up to 54 people, who may be accompanied in the visit/tasting by multilingual operators or serve themselves the desired wine with an automatic system.
This is done by using a badge that is issued at the reception.
Visitors also have the opportunity to follow the tasting with the videos that are hanging on the walls and choose to pair wines with selected cheese.
For a more careful and demanding public we offer, instead, professional and customized wine tastings (eg. vertical tastings, historic vintages) that take place in one of the four vintage halls of the Estate. The rooms are well suited to themed evenings, meetings, conventions, exhibitions, courses and cultural and gastronomic deepenings.
In particular, the rooms have been restored to enhance La Gatta as a tourism destination, to create the ideal hospitality for all types of visitors.
Finally, for those who enjoy walking it is possible to make two routes, of short and long duration, among the terraces that surround the estate.
Tenuta La Gatta is easy to reach and is located at the foot of the Retico slope and close to the highway 38, has ample parking, suitable for also for big coaches.
Nino Negri is a winery that is highly passionate about producing high-quality wines that reflect their commitment to tradition and innovation. They have a wide range of award-winning wines that express the unique terroir of their vineyards, using sustainable and organic farming practices. The combination of modern winemaking techniques and the knowledge of the local winemaking traditions ensures that each bottle of wine produced by the winery is a true expression of their dedication to excellence.
Company of centuries–old rural traditions, Ricci Curbastro stands among the prominent realities of Franciacorta, thanks to an extensive and competitive range. We highlight the two Extra Brut, which reveal a cheerful and “snappy” structure, but not without character. Worth to be emphasizes is the step forward, compared to the last edition of the Brut Rosé, that shows grace and proportion of taste.
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P.za Vittorio Veneto, 24 27043
Broni (Pavia)
In April of 1959 what would later become the Consortium for the Protection of the Oltrepò Pavese Wines started to operate. Everything began from a conference at the end of which it was decided to...
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Via Calvi, 28 46100
Mantova (Mantova)
The Colli Mantovani DOC Consortium is placed in a land of famous battles and a cultural meeting point between Veneto and Lombardy. The moraine hills of Mantua are located at the foot of the...
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Via G. Verdi, 53 25030
Erbusco (Brescia)
The Consortium for the protection of Franciacorta with its unmistakable logo – a crenellated “F”, the symbol of the ancient medieval towers that characterize the area, was founded on March...
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V.le della Bornata, 110 25123
Brescia (Brescia)
Ente Vini Bresciani represents and manages the general interests of the common D.O.P. Garda Classico, Valtnesi, Garda Bresciano, S. Martino della Battaglia, Botticino, Capriano del Colle,...
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V.le della Bornat, 110 25123
Brescia (Brescia)
The Garda Classico D.O.C. coincides largely with the area that overlooks the Brescia side of Lake Garda. A territory where the cultivation of the vine has ancient origins, which lie even in...
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Via Nazionale, 121 23030
Villa di Tirano (Sondrio)
Tenuta La Gatta was built 500 years ago. It was originally a Dominican convent, now is the temple of the Triacca wines. Already for several years, the Triacca family has been welcoming at the...
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Via Ghibellini, 3 23030
Chiuro (Sondrio)
Nino Negri is a winery that is highly passionate about producing high-quality wines that reflect their commitment to tradition and innovation. They have a wide range of award-winning wines that...
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Via Adro, 37 25031
Capriolo (Brescia)
Company of centuries–old rural traditions, Ricci Curbastro stands among the prominent realities of Franciacorta, thanks to an extensive and competitive range. We highlight the two Extra Brut,...
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