COLLAVINI’S SPARKLING WINE FOR YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON
In Corno di Rosazzo, a historic wine-producing area of Friuli, stands the villa of the Counts Zucco-Cuccagna, the heart of the Collavini winery.
On the surface it might seem like just another winery, but what other winery can boast of having invented a new sparkling wine method?
We know we have intrigued you, so we leave you to read on!
The history
First of all, we need to take a step back and talk about Ribolla Gialla, a grape variety with a very ancient history. It is thought to have been introduced by the Roman legions in Friuli and from there, finding a clay soil rich in minerals, it has never moved.
Starting in the second half of the last century, the history of Ribolla Gialla joined that of Collavini, the winery founded by Eugenio Collavini in 1896. It was at ...