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DOCG, Valdobbiadene, wine, winery

Prosecco Canello, when micro winery pairs with tradition

There is a road you shouldn’t miss when you come in the Prosecco area. When you reach Valdobbiadene, after visiting some of the most important Prosecco wineries, after climbing the Mount Cesen, you must head to Santo Stefano, Guia, Combai, Miane and finally to Follina. This road will reveal to you the real nature of the Prosecco hills, one of the three hearts of the … Continue reading Prosecco Canello, when micro winery pairs with tradition

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DOCG, Restaurant, Valdobbiadene

Le Rive del Prosecco

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

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DOCG, Monument

Refrontolo: the Mill on the rock

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

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DOCG, Monument

Follina: a trappist abbey in “The name of the rose”

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”

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The ruins of the older Collalto Castle, in the village of Collalto
Autumn, DOCG, Monument

Discovering the castles of Collalto Earls

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

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prosecco DOCG vineyards in Feletto Conegliano
Autumn, DOCG

Tiny villages on the Prosecco DOCG heart: fall is here

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

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