Even if it still autumn, today is a cold sunny day: a perfect day for wine tasting in a winery. We choose a winery in the Grave del Piave, along the ancient roman road via Claudia Augusta, built by romans to connect the german city of Augsburg with the roman-venetian city of Altinum, the village who will origin Venice few centuries later. In the 47 … Continue reading Treasures in the cellar
The “Rive”, the banks, are one of the best parts of the terroir of DOCG Prosecco Conegliano-Valdobbiadene. The DOCG protocols state that wines producted in this area may be exclusively appealed as “DOCG Prosecco – Rive”, because of their specific and unique features of orientation to sun, soil, difficulty of production, and, definitely, quality of the grapes. Among the many roads that drives … Continue reading Le Rive del Prosecco
This November the winter seems to arrive earlier. After a day of heavy rains and winds, low temperatures, the nature seems to ask to the terroir of DOCG Prosecco to “go to bed” for some months. The Mount Cesen, about 4,900 ft over the sea level, overlooks the valley of DOCG Prosecco, the first snow of the cold season covers the top of the mountains … Continue reading Mount Cesen: the guard of the DOCG Prosecco hills
The Molinetto della Croda (Little mill on the rock) is an old water mill over the creek Lierza, near the waterfall few kilometers from the village of Refrontolo, in the Prosecco DOCG area of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene. It is a must-go place, expecially in autumn, if you are touring in the Feletto hills. You can visit the interiors of the buildings, the typical millstone and the various … Continue reading Refrontolo: the Mill on the rock
Follina is one of the most famous villages of the DOCG Prosecco region, just between Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, close to Pieve di Soligo. Human traces dating back to the middle Paleolithic have been found in this area, though a stronger human impact is due to the roman and medieval periods when the roman road Via Claudia Augusta passed here and the Abbey was established ten … Continue reading Follina: a trappist abbey in “The name of the rose”
The sun is still shining on the DOCG Prosecco lands even though October is ending and the nature is quietly preparing for winter months. Some shoots for keeping in minds these nice days. Continue reading Autumn impressions
The Feletto hills span from Conegliano to Pieve di Soligo, in the heart of the Prosecco DOCG area of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene. Among the many surprises you may discover, the church of Saint Peter is one of the best. The mild autumn helps enjoy this piece of Tuscany with wineyards of Prosecco DOCG, olive trees and cypresses. The Pieve (Pleban church) of San Pietro, dating to the … Continue reading Lost churches on the DOCG hills: San Pietro di Feletto
The Prosecco DOCG area near Conegliano, Colfosco and Susegana has many castles. Most of them belongs to the Earls of Collalto, a dinasty started arount the year 1000 A.C., who ruled the region of the Marca Trevigiana for a long time. The two main castles were located on hills overlooking some fords allowed crossing the Piave river probably since the roman age. The most famous … Continue reading Discovering the castles of Collalto Earls
Inside the area of Prosecco DOCG, within the hills of Feletto, driving from Conegliano, two tiny villages appears: Rolle and Arfanta. This is the hart of the Prosecco DOCG region, where the terroir, the hills, the orientation of the sun get the best grapes from the vineyards. This is also one of the best places where to hike, walk, get lost with your car and … Continue reading Tiny villages on the Prosecco DOCG heart: fall is here
Borgo Malanotte is a small village in the Grave, in the DOC Treviso area. It looks like the time was stopped here, in its streets. A venetian Villa looks the Borgo, just few steps from it, surrounded by the vineyards in the gravels of The Grave del Piave. “Grave” in the local dialect means a terrain made of gravel. Well actually the word sounds more … Continue reading Prosecco vineyards on the gravel: Le Grave
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