Conegliano Valdobbiadene is an area situated in the province of Treviso between Venice and the Dolomites. This area includes fifteen minicipalities: Conegliano, San Vendemiano, Colle Umberto, Vittorio Veneto, Tarzo, Cison di Valmarino, San Pietro di Feletto, Refrontolo, Susegana, Pieve di Soligo, Farra di Soligo, Follina, Miane, Vidor, Valdobbiadene and it is where Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG is produced.
In the Valdobbiadene area, we can talk about heroic viticulture because the steep hills can reach up to 70% of slopes and they do not allow mechanisation and work must be done by hand. As a matter of fact, it takes 800 hours of manual work per hectare compared to 150 hours in plain.
Conegliano Valdobbiadene is the beating heart of a much larger area which represents the world of Prosecco, a varied landscape of nature ad flavours which includes three denominations: Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG and Prosecco DOC. Our goal is to tell you the story and the evolution of the people and of the wineries.
History and Evolution
The hilly area of Conegliano Valdobbiadene boasts a very ancient tradition linked to the viticulture whose first records date back to Romans. At the end of the VI century, the bishop of Poitier, Venanzio Fortunato, who was born in Valdobbiadene talked about his hills as ‘The land where the wine flowers forever at the foot of the mountain’.
Afterwards, the production of white wines in the area of Conegliano Valdobbiadene is witnessed by the presence of several documents dated back to ‘Statuti Coneglianesi’ of 1282. The most important steps are:
In the Valdobbiadene area, we can talk about heroic viticulture because the steep hills can reach up to 70% of slopes and they do not allow mechanisation and work must be done by hand. As a matter of fact, it takes 800 hours of manual work per hectare compared to 150 hours in plain.
Conegliano Valdobbiadene is the beating heart of a much larger area which represents the world of Prosecco, a varied landscape of nature ad flavours which includes three denominations: Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG and Prosecco DOC. Our goal is to tell you the story and the evolution of the people and of the wineries.
History and Evolution
The hilly area of Conegliano Valdobbiadene boasts a very ancient tradition linked to the viticulture whose first records date back to Romans. At the end of the VI century, the bishop of Poitier, Venanzio Fortunato, who was born in Valdobbiadene talked about his hills as ‘The land where the wine flowers forever at the foot of the mountain’.
Afterwards, the production of white wines in the area of Conegliano Valdobbiadene is witnessed by the presence of several documents dated back to ‘Statuti Coneglianesi’ of 1282. The most important steps are:
