Friuli Venezia Giulia

In this little Region in the very eastern part of Northern Italy, bordered by the Alps to the north and by the Adriatic Sea to the south, viticulture has mainly developed in the southern belt.

Here, four production areas can be identified as representing some typical DOC wines of this territory: the hilly area, with the Collio and Colli Orientali DOC wines, which is the homeland of the Chardonnay, Pinot, Sauvignon and Friulano grape varieties; the plain area, where local and international varieties are grown side by side; the coastal area in the most southern part of the Region and, finally, the rough and inaccessible area of the Karst plateau.

In this region, which is a land of white wines, vineyards extend over about 19,000 hectares* and production totals over one million hectolitres* of wine, more than a half with Origin Denomination.

*2007 figures from the “Corriere Vinicolo” (wine news)