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FRIULI IS HEAVEN FOR WHITE WINE LOVERS BUT NOT ONLY! 

 

The region Friuli Venezia Giulia produces excellent wines. Especially white wines.  It's heaven for white wine lovers! 

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This northeastern corner of Italy is almost the most important white wine producer, covering 20.000 ha of vineyards where 76% of white wines are produced. It has the highest proportion of white wines of any region except for the neighbouring region Veneto. 

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A LARGE VARIETY OF LOCAL WINES AND NOT ONLY

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The main international white grape varieties are: Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Sauvignon  as for the local wines the increasingly appreciated wines such as: Friulano, Malvasia and Ribolla Gialla.  

The main international red wines are: Merlot, Cabernet but also the typical local wines such as Refosco del Peduncolo Rosso, Schioppettino and Terrano. 

 

 

ALREADY THE ROMANS PRODUCED WINE HERE

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The wines of this area have been appreciated since centuries. The tradition goes as far back as to the Roman Empire period. It is said that Livia, the wife of Emperor Augustus, owed her respectable age by drinking each day a glas of 'Pucinum'. Which might be the nowadays  'Terrano' a red wine produced in the wine region 'Carso', where the roots of the grapevines manage to work their way through the rugged karst rock.

 

 

WHAT MAKES THE WINES SO SPECIAL 

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More than half of the region consists of wine regions. In total there are eight wine areas. Each area is unique because of the diversity of soil (pebbles, sandstone, marl, earth, clay, and karst rock) or location (flat land, hilly areas, close to the sea, near a river). The most common areas are Collio and the adjacent Colli Orientali. This hilly area has a real micro-climate that benefits from many hours of sunshine, mild temperatures arriving from the Gulf of Trieste and cool winds arriving from the Alps.