Italian Wine from the Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Region of Veneto

  • About Veneto Italy
    Veneto is among the foremost wine-producing regions; both for quality and quantity. The region counts over 20 DOC zones and a variety of sub-categories. Many of its wines, both dry and Spumanti, are internationally known and appreciated. The three most well known DOCs are Bardolino, from the town with the same name and surrounding the shores of Garda Lake, Valpolicella, and Soave.

Bianco di Valpanera IGT

Bianco di Valpanera IGT
$19.98
Valpanera Friuli Aquileia
 
Friuli has built a growing reputation in Italy and abroad for white wines made by relatively small wineries and estates.
 
This Friulian style white favors the exquisitely fresh and fruity, with delicate fragrance and flavor that express clear varietal character.
 
Award Winning Wine
  • Country: Italy
  • Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • District: Friuli Aquileia
  • Vintage: 2008 IGT                                                                   Indicazione Geografica Tipica 

Winemaker: Societa Agricole Valpanera

Refosco d.P.R. DOC

Refosco d.P.R. DOC
$22.98
Valpanera Friuli Aquileia
 
The wine of Casanova...Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), famous for his amorous exploits, wrote in his book “Historie de ma vie’ The good woman served a delightful meal of excellent fish dressed with olive oil, and gave us some Refosco to drink that I found exquisite”.
 
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is a sub-variety of the Refosco grape and derives it name from its red stems or peduncolo rosso. The grape has a long history and was praised by Pliny the Elder in the first century for the quality of wine it produces. Today it is found in the DOC of Friuli Aquileia.
 
Award Winning Wine
  • Country: Italy
  • Region: Friuli–Venezia Giulia
  • District: Friuli Aquileia
  • Vintage: 12007
    DOC
    Denominazione di Origine Controllata 

Winemaker: Azienda Agricola Valpanera

Refosco d.P.R. DOC Riserva

Refosco d.P.R. DOC Riserva
$44.98
Valpanera Friuli Aquileia
 
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso (d.P.R.) is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is a sub-variety of the Refosco grape and derives it name from its red stems.
 
The grape itself has a long history in Italy and was praised by Pliny the Elder in the first century, for the quality of wine it produces. Today it is found in the DOC of Friuli Aquileia.
 
Award Winning Wine
  • Country: Italy
  • Region: Friuli–Venezia Giulia
  • District: Friuli Aquileia
  • Vintage: 2005
    DOC
    Denominazione di Origine Controllata  

Winemaker: Azienda Agricole Valpanera

Refosco d.P.R. DOC Superiore

Refosco d.P.R. DOC Superiore
$34.98
Valpanera Friuli Aquileia
 
Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso (d.P.R.), is a red Italian wine grape grown predominately in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy. The grape is a sub-variety of the Refosco grape and derives it name from its red stems or peduncolo rosso.
 
Pliny the Elder, who died in the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, wrote about Livia, wife of Augustus; that she liked one particular red wine. That wine was Refosco, which at that time was called “Pucinum”, and she would drink no other wine. She lived to be 86 years old, an extraordinary age in Roman times.
 
Award Winning Wine
  • Country: Italy
  • Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • District: Friuli Aquileia
  • Vintage: 2006
    DOC
    Denominazione di Origine Controllata  

Winemaker: Azienda Agricola Valpanera