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TREVISO PROVINCE THE WINE ROAD WINE AND ITS ROADS

Exploring a wine’s origins, understanding the product, visiting the vineyard and then sampling the wine in a traditional cellar, tasting the local delicacies while an expert illustrates the different production phases is an intense experience that a lot of people are really getting into. The journey becomes a profound experience that engrosses you, leaving you transported by your senses. In there are over 100 ‘Wine Roads’ and because, by strange coincidence, the most prestigious wine is produced exclusively in historic and beautiful areas, the Marca Trevigiana, with its ‘Piave Wine Road’, has also been able to create a route in which the pleasure of the senses goes hand in hand wonderfully with cultural enrichment and aesthetic enjoyment, in its respect for traditions and for the local environment.

Leonardo Muraro President Province of

 THE PIAVE WINE ROAD

‘Civilisation,’ wrote a historian, ‘follows river courses.’ Of the ten rivers that wind their way across the region, the Piave represents the source of a cultural system that has, for centuries, witnessed a loving nurturing of the countryside in an environment full of history, myth and symbolism. The names of great wines are linked to this river due to the favourable composition of the surrounding land, ideal for growing magnificent vines; but also thanks to the presence in the past of enetianV society, which brought important ideas, values and skills to the area. Hectares of vineyards prosper around the beautiful villas and barchesse (the rustic wing of the villa) that once belonged to the noble families of the Serenissima Republic. Today the vineyards are natural laboratories where studies and research have led to the creation of important wines, respecting the ancient laws of nature though with a modern twist. Each wine is produced with the same dedication and is wholly imbued with the culture of the Treviso region, which is clearly revealed all along the ‘Piave Wine Road’ through the delightful historic centres, full of monuments and remains of its Roman and medieval past, ancient churches and majestic villas.

Committee Promoter The Piave Wine Road

 PREMISE ‘The Piave Wine Road’

‘…when in winter you tap the wine, make sure that in your heart there is a song for every goblet; and make sure that in the song there is a memory of the autumn days, of the vine and of the press… ’

Gibran Kahlil Gibran

After you have explored the zones that the most conspicuous production is road map, a guide and the desire to taste, stretch from to , that of red wine. Ancient cultures, the because this itinerary, branching out for along the traditional White Wine Road, the agricultural world with its strong values about 150 km, is full of surprises and has discovery of wine produced in the Marca and the peculiarity of the landscape remain plenty of discoveries up its sleeve. Trevigiana will lead you to the environs of the cornerstones of this road. Freeing The route includes sites full of significance the Piave river. Although the vineyards of themselves of any shadow of doubt, red and great evocative value, many of which  the Piave also produce excellent whites, wine lovers should arm themselves with a are little known by the general public. The area of the Piave DOC covers a vast plain that is confined to the south by the sea, to the north-west by the hills of Conegliano and , its length crossed by the Piave river, whilst to the north-east it borders on the region of . There are three areas to head for with the aim of better understanding the various settlement periods and different traditions, and there are also plenty of opportunities to take a breather. The first(A) has as its protagonists the vineyards that once belonged to the Serenissima . The route snakes along both the left and right banks of the Piave and is historically important for its Roman past, which had its heart in the city of , the starting home to renowned wine businesses. point of our oenological journey. This first Defined as the ‘Doges’ vineyards’ zone, stretch finishes at . The second it encompasses the southern and central itinerary (B), which goes from Roncade parts of the to the right to , is again scattered with of the Piave. Finally, the third part (C) beautiful homes once owned by the travels from Cimadolmo, taking you back Venetian patrician families that are now to Oderzo and covers the Raboso area.  This area also has its share of Veneto villas, form of a large loop, with a deviation that but what really touches the heart of the connects to Ponte di traveller is the atmosphere on the Piave Piave. A preliminary description providing left bank, with its ancient traditions, views information about the direction to take will that take in the river, isolated little churches be annotated with detailed information that house precious frescoes, and other about the sites of major interest, including gems such as the town of Portobuffolé. details, interesting facts and anecdotes.  The road is unidirectional and is in the THE PIAVE DOC CONSORTIUM and its role in promoting wines from the Piave area

The Piave DOC Consortium was established in August 1959, thanks to the fortunate intuition of a group of wine producers who set themselves the following arduous task: ‘Protecting wine-growing in the “Piave Wines” production zone, encouraging the diffusion of suitable vines and achieving improvement in oenological and wine-growing practices, spreading knowledge and commercial development of these wines.’ This was, and is, a group of producers who have always of technical assistance. The outcome of this Today the Piave Consortium supervises believed in quality, uniting under a joint label policy is their constant presence on today’s all three phases of the productive within the DOC area. market and the firm radicalisation in the process (production, transformation and They have developed a system of socio-economic fabric that has determined commercialisation) and it makes up two autonomous control that guarantees respect a close and synergic link between the wine thirds of both the wine-growing area, and of for wine production and provides structures and its area of origin. the wine produced and distributed.  THE PLAINS

Let’s take a look at this area, which enters the province of Treviso from the Venice lagoon, before reaching the foothills of the Pre-. This plain is the bed of a river: the Piave. In Italian the gender given to this river is still uncertain. For decades the masculine has been used, but originally it was feminine. This is true not only for the Piave, but also for the , the Livenza and many other tracts of water. Returning to the landscape, the plain has a soil composed took place between the 1980s and 1990s, transformed the adjacent zones into a of sand, gravel and clay and is sprinkled the plain, still fertile in parts, offers the vast garden. with veins of deep water. It is this unusual visitor panoramic views. The Piave bed is an environment conformation of the land that gives the The villages situated along the river have perfectly suited to agriculture. In the vines their characteristics. Despite the maintained the feel of times gone by and old days in this area, man specialised in  powerful process of industrialisation that the inhabitants’ passion for nature has breeding livestock, breeding silkworms and growing vines. In fact you can and its foghér (hearth). This rural image of It is from here that the ‘wine-villa’ liaison still come across the ancient isolated the Marca Gioiosa marries splendidly with is born, and in this area ‘visiting villas’ farmhouses in amongst the vineyards, the remnants of Venetian domination, signifies ‘visiting wines’: today most of the with their beautiful arched porticos and with the Veneto villas representing aristocratic homes have created their own caneva (cellar), which occupied the most a heritage of great architectural and wine labels of a high standard. important place alongside the kitchen cultural significance.  PIAVE WINES From Merlot to Raboso

The following vines come under the controlled denomination of origin (DOC) ‘Piave Wines’ or more simply ‘Piave’: Cabernet, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot (Nero, Bianco and Grigio), Raboso, Tocai and Verduzzo. The production zone covers a vast part of the eastern area of the province of Treviso. Here, as in other zones in the Veneto, the tradition of planting different vines alternating on the same row was widespread. However, in order to optimise and rationalise the introduction of the monoculture For the most part, these wines are dry production, in more recent times wine vineyard has taken precedence. For and best accompany meat, roasts, fowl, growers have modified their vineyards, example, many areas have been set aside game; in other words typical dishes from profoundly changing the productive for Merlot, which by far enjoys the most the Veneto cuisine. Raboso del Piave is an 10 profile of this zone. In the last 25 years, significant production in this area. excellent example, an authentic standard bearer of the wine and middle of the 20th century when the production and oenology of this land. vine pest epidemics reached their peak and Its long history includes legends about destroyed great swathes of vines. the origins of its name. There are those Added to the problems of vine pest were who believe that its name derives from war and economic crisis. the eponymous tributary of the Piave. Fortunately, today it is possible to A more imaginative hypothesis is that, guarantee safe harvests and efficient protective measures, at least since 1945. considering the powerful astringency and We have now entered a completely acidity of the grapes, the wine’s name different era. Wine makes culture. originates from the adjective rabioso It makes cinema. It makes fashion. (angry), used in Veneto dialect to indicate A cornucopia of publications helps the a particularly acerbic fruit. Whatever the general public to navigate a universe origin, it is a native vine whose first traces that until recently was considered the of cultivation go back to the beginning of WINE: A QUICK WORD ABOUT HOW HABITS CHANGE exclusive domain of experts. Evidence of the 17th century. The plant is exceptionally this can been seen at the Vinitaly show in strong, considering that it managed to Until the 1950s, wine was considered on , where wine is no longer the major survive virtually unscathed during the the one hand a luxury item and on the protagonist, but is one part of the specialist years of the vine pest epidemic that struck other a simple drink. world that surrounds it. This includes wine Italian vineyards in the first half of the The latter was considered to be of low guides, competitions, sommelier and wine- 20th century. Its flavour is robust and, if quality and had the task of accompanying tasting schools, and challenges between young, goes well with typical Italian hors food or engendering drunkenness. restaurants with prestigious wine lists. d’oeuvres. When it has aged, it is the There was also a ‘black period’ for wine Basically, those who have more, give more. perfect accompaniment to game. producers between the end of the 19th Not to mention packaging and design: 11 corkscrews, decanters and thermometers, good red wine. Thus we can say that constant and really special glasses and goblets. Daily consumption, in these quantities, moderate red wine consumption is a real The connoisseur is not easily satisfied: determines a growth of HDLs, in other panacea: it contributes to more elastic they want the best. ‘Cantine Aperte’, which words good cholesterol, to the detriment arteries, dilated coronary arteries and was created inconspicuously in the 1990s, of LDLs, or bad cholesterol. Furthermore, blood with lower cholesterol. is now an eagerly awaited event. alcohol limits the aggregation of For a whole day, the last Sunday in May, platelets, thus keeping the blood more wine lovers from all over the world come fluid. The protective action of red wine together to enjoy exemplary wines from against the rise of cardiovascular diseases local cellars. is linked to the presence of polyphenolic compounds. Their content depends IS RED WINE REALLY GOOD on the variety of grape, the position FOR THE BLOOD? and type of terrain of the vine and the A glass of red wine a day keeps the processes of wine making. Certain acids doctor away and is good for your blood! are included amongst the polyphenolic The health properties of this ‘nectar of the compounds, such as caffeinic acid, gods’, extolled by poets and writers since anthocyanins (which give colour to the antiquity, are at the centre of numerous wine), flavonoids, catechins, procyanides, studies by research institutes that have tannins and resveratrol. tried to define its clear benefits. These compounds have significant So, what are the properties of red wine? antioxidant properties, meaning that Rule number one, drink in moderation: they counter the free radicals responsible under 30g of alcohol for men and 20g for aging, and the resveratrol even 12 for women a day, which is two glasses of performs an anti-tumour action. A FEW TECHNICAL TERMS The “Grave” These gravel beds consist of pebbles of various sizes and arise from when the Piave flooded. They penetrate the sandy-clayish plain. Ray or Bellussi layout This is a form of cultivation that presents numerous analogies with the Sylvoz method and is widespread in the fresh and fertile ground of the Veneto and Emilia Romagna. It was created in 1882, in Tezze di Piave, by the Bellussi brothers. The classic Bellussi layout consists of four canes supported by a pole (replacing the cordon), each of which gives place to a permanently reclined wire running the length of the rows. This design means that, seen from above, the vineyard rows look like rays. 13 WHERE IS THE GraPROVINCEnde Guerra OF TREVISO? PROVINCE OF

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Vittorio • Veneto

Located in the Veneto region, • Conegliano in the North-East of Italy, just a • Valdobbiadene few kilometres from Venice, the Province of Treviso can be easily reached by: Oderzo Venice • • Motorways: PROVINCE OF A27 VENICE-BELLUNO PROVINCE OFF TREVISO (exit at North and South, Conegliano, Treviso • Castelfranco North and South, Rome Veneto), A4 - (exit ) PROVINCE OF Airports: (Treviso), Marco Polo (Venice) Railway lines: Venice-, Venice-Belluno, Vicenza-Treviso 14 'BEBMUP

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‘…those who live on the flood bed are well aware that every now and then the river presents the bill: it is the price you pay for the privilege of living along the banks and the flow of water, on a terrain that is as treacherous as it is seductive, with its attacks and enchantments. The flood bed, stony here, sandy there, is full of woody areas alongside cultivated fields, lush vineyards, sloping green glades. In autumn the vines turn red, the beeches and poplars turn yellow And here is the beautiful Opitergium looking out of place. The centre of the Roman and, starting from the highest branches, (from the Veneto dialect “terg”, meaning area, with its wonderful mosaics that date the rust-coloured foliage of the hornbeams begins to curl and here and there the faded Square) that, standing on the borders of back as far as the 1st century BC, was recently hedges show the redness of their berries…’ East Veneto, is the nerve centre of this renovated by the architect Toni . An highly agricultural land. With a series of unusual and stable balance exists between (‘L’ira del fiume’ in La carrozza del nonno by Tommaso Tommaseo Ponzetta) stratifications that are all clearly visible, ancient and modern Oderzo. The original 16 Oderzo displays all of the epochs with nothing settlement was founded between VI and 'BEBMUP

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.BSPDDP V BC by the Veneto people. Following the got its breath back, constructing defensive construction of the Postumia consular road walls and new housing. (148 BC), connecting Liguria and , It should be noted that the city was the land ended up under Roman political- able to get back on its feet thanks to the military influence and was involved in tenacious spirit of its people. the battle between Pompeo and Caesar. After being fought over for many years The latter bestowed Opitergium with by the Ezzelini, Caminesi and , Roman citizenship (48 BC) and declared it came under the domain of the it a municipium. It was under the reign of Serenissima Republic in 1389. It was Augustus during the 1st century AD that during these centuries that it took on its the city enjoyed its moment of greatest present countenance with the beautiful splendour, both economical and cultural. palaces built within the city walls. Oderzo was pillaged and rebuilt on The square, behind which runs the river many occasions: first by the and Monticano, was recently restored with (167 AD), then by ’s new paving in material typically used in (452 AD) and then by Teodorico’s the Veneto (trachyte, Istrian stone and Longobards (461 AD). Following these cobblestones). Within the vast urban terrible devastations, the inhabitants space, the tranquil rhythms of the citizens headed towards the coast with the aid of are enlivened by the famous Wednesday the bishop Magno and founded the city market. On one side of the square is the of , in honour of the Byzantine Cathedral with its renowned paintings by Emperor Heraclius, immediately followed , Bellunello, Palma il by the city of Equilium (which today is Giovane and others; on the other side is the 18 ). During medieval times, Oderzo long façade of Palazzo Saccomani; on the opposite side is a row of traditional old houses. Interesting places to visit are the Civic Museum and Palazzo Foscolo, where the Alberto Martini picture gallery is housed. The journey continues through the countryside to the south of . In Borgo Cavalier, take a moment to visit the small and charming Roman church that has some frescoes inside. There is a wood nearby surrounded by vineyards, while to the north there are two further villas of architectural interest. Villa Foscarini Cornaro, built around the middle of the 16th century, is a remarkable example of architecture with a beautiful Italian garden. Villa Revedin, set in name probably derives from “motta” or Venetian villas, Villa Morosini and Villa a delightful centuries-old park, was built by “muttera”, meaning a steep slope. Rietti Rota, the latter incorporating the noble Venetian Morosini family and is Of strategic importance during the Middle various outbuildings, annexes, outhouses, testimony to the splendour of the glorious Ages, the small town had the function of barchesse and a small church dedicated to Serenissima Republic. acting as a buffer between the Patriarch Saint Anna with an altarpiece attributed to Towards the end of the 18th century it was of Aquileia, the , Treviso the School of Tiepolo. home to personalities from all over Europe. Council and the bishopric sea of Ceneda. The vineyards are always an integral part Now we come to Motta di Livenza, whose The traveller can also find other important of the landscape and, together with the 19 woods, mingle with other cultivations. We have included a detour towards Cessalto, so that you can take a look at Villa Zeno, also known as ‘Donegal’, one of three villas designed by Palladio in the province of Treviso. The other two are Villa Barbaro in Maser and in Fanzolo. From Cessalto you go on to , where there is another villa belonging to the Zeno family, before continuing towards Campo di Pietra and , crossing an area densely cultivated with vineyards. In Salgareda, its name deriving from willows (called salghèri or salgàri in Veneto dialect), you’ve got to taste the towards , the stage of the of Santa Maria del Pero. This Benedictine biscuits made for dunking in wine. They great battle of Solstizio in June 1918. monastery was founded in the 10th century are called ‘ossi da morto’ (dead man’s You then head in the direction of and was probably abandoned in ’s bones), perhaps because of their shape. Monastier, whose name derives from the era. Today it is the site of an important On reaching , you can find remains of a Benedictine monastery. agricultural business. the small villa that was home to the writer In the early the friars here The Veneto villas continue to remain as a Goffredo Parise (1929-1986) and now provided a valid contribution to the backdrop to the final stretch of road before houses the ‘Centro Cultura G. Parise’; upgrading of the area. reaching Roncade. you then move on to the state road for Arriving at San Pietro di Novello, you leave 20 Treviso, deviating shortly afterwards the main road once more to visit the Abbey THE MADONNA DEI MIRACOLI SANCTUARY AT MOTTA DI LIVENZA The “Medjugorje del Piave”. It was the 9th of March 1510 when, in the middle of a wheat field, a beautiful maid dressed in white appeared before Giovanni Cigana. The old man immediately realised that it was the Madonna speaking to him and that she was giving him an important task. He ran through the field to pass on the instructions he had received to his fellow inhabitants. They had to build a church on the site of the apparition. his close relationship with Sansovino. AN IDEA ABOUT THE It was a particularly gifted member of the It was mainly for the latter reason that TRANSFORMATION clergy, not to mention a figure of great his presence during the planning and OF THE RURAL LANDSCAPE humanistic prominence, who would construction of the church and convent monitor the entire event. was of such importance. The first transformations of the landscape Father Francesco Zorzi, Provincial Superior The church, finished in record time in 1513, date back to the Roman age with the of the Frati Minori Osservanti at the San is built along sober lines with a traditional creation of important communication Francesco della Vigna Friary in Venice was feel. Over five centuries later, it remains routes, particularly the Postumia road famous not only for being the favourite one of the main centres of popular religion linking and Aquileia. advisor to Pope Clement VII, but also for in the Veneto. To guarantee safety along the main arteries, 21 numerous settlements were established the importance attributed to irrigation, with with a radical penetration all over the a drawing by Cristoforo Sorte from 1556 in territory thanks to the Roman custom of which the irrigation ditches drawing from assigning land to veterans. the Piave are clearly visible. After the fall of the these The development of a more efficient lands were gradually abandoned and the agricultural system created a more precise wood, that had become less dense, began landscape, such as the organisation of an to grow again- and this was not all. Some of enclosure system. It is also interesting to the land was newly covered in marshland observe how the whole right bank of the and swamps. Piave was cultivated much more intensively In the communal age and with the increase than the left, where marshy and unfarmed of the population, the need to cultivate zones were still widespread. vast areas returned and the land was once In fact, according to 16th-century accounts, more deforested and reclaimed. Obviously, on the right-hand side of the river there the first centres of agricultural renewal was a series of rural towns while on the were situated close to monasteries and other side the diffusion of settlements was the main communal dominions. Thus, the less significant. From the second half of the period preceding Venetian domination 15th century there was a sizable increase can be considered a time of reclamation in the acquisition of land by Venetian and cultivation, as well as an era in which patrician families, a trend that continued important works of water clearance with sporadically until the mid 18th century. deviations and reorganisations of the Many communities along the Terraglio and land took place. Prints, drawings and the lower part of the Marca were involved 22 engravings from the time bear witness to in the construction of splendid villas. These villas were not only a place of relaxation and holidays (though that is what they became in the 18th century), but had a significant role in the change of the topography of the countryside. Enormous vineyards, placed at right angles to the villa, unravelled across the countryside. Despite essential deforestation, performed to make room for the new constructions and agricultural zones, the Republic of Venice adopted legislative actions to halt a continual and progressive erosion of forest land. At the end of the 16th century, the three- field system arrived: wheat, and wheat, intercropped with mulberries. The agricultural centres grew fruit trees while along the ditches trees for wood were planted and a small orchard was always present. During the 19th century the Treviso plains formed a landscape depicted as follows: vast marshland along the entire Sile river, 23 INTERPENETRATION BETWEEN THE VENETO VILLAS AND AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES At the end of the Middle Ages the old castles gave way to a new type of residence. The turrets and defensive walls were knocked down, the moats were transformed into fish ponds adorned with splendid sculptures and, more importantly, new airy buildings were constructed. The aristocrat felt the need to relax in an oasis of peace and at the same time felt the need to create an active economic centre many areas covered by fields, numerous based on agriculture consisting of barns, woods, and a clear presence of villas along wine cellars, stalls and oil presses. the roads penetrating the countryside. The villas constituted, at least between Finally, from the mid 20th century there the 15th and 18th centuries, an was an expansion of areas for seeding inexhaustible patrimony that turned with the loss of woodland and productive holiday making into an art. untilled land, while the diffusion of wine The villa architecture is still a unique production gradually developed into a phenomenon in the world today. 24 specialised culture. RADIOS AND TRANSISTORS region, is on show in the splendid setting TO SUIT ALL TASTES of Villa Navagero-Erizzo in Rovarè (). The museum, which for There is a huge collection of over 800 radio aficionados is a real find, is open to the public appliances that cover a period going from on the second and fourth Saturday of the 1925 to 1960, picked up, searched for, month (closed August). unearthed and collected with care over the years. Coming from Italy, , and Eastern Europe, you can see them on For information display at the ‘Bella Radio’ museum. Tel. 0422/895107 This unusual collection, one of its kind in the

25 LISON- techniques and specificities of the wines produced in the company of an oenologist or the owner. In the area of Motta di Livenza, the Piave Wine Road touches, albeit in a minimal way, the Lison-Pramaggiore DOC area, which is situated in the province of USEFUL ADDRESSES Treviso as well as those of Venice and Pordenone. Strada dei Vini DOC This region takes its name from the small Lison-Pramaggiore towns of Lison and Pramaggiore, both Tel/Fax 0421-200731 of them areas (together with Belfiore) of www.stradavinilisonpramaggiore.it local wine production. [email protected] The DOC title has been attributed to 14 vineyards and 4 other wines produced Consorzio Vini DOC in the area that the Consorzio Vini Lison-Pramaggiore DOC Lison-Pramaggiore promotes Tel 0421-799256 and protects, guaranteeing respect for Fax 0421-200066 standards in the business. [email protected] In the area numerous oenological events www.lison-pramaggiore.it take place (such as wine shows) and there are vineyards in all directions. In many cases, during the visit to the 26 wine cellars you can learn about the Fadalto

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.BSPDDP A VILLA OR A CASTLE? avenue leading to Villa Tiepolo Passi. After a short break, the route continues northward Various vicissitudes surround the story where other Veneto villas greet the visitor: of Roncade Castle. Given to the Collalto Villa Perocco, whose vineyards are clearly family by Ottone II, it was then destroyed visible opposite the building; Villa Gitta Caccianiga; Villa Valier Loredan; and the barchesse of Villa Pastega Manera. You then continue past Vascon to reach the village of Maserada sul Piave. The visitor will have the clear sensation of having entered a strange territory. This is the zone of the Grave di Papadopoli where, above the gravelly land, numerous vineyards have been planted. And here you see the Piave. From Ponte di off from Villa Giustiniani in Roncade, a small Maserada, the river can be admired in all town not far from Treviso, to the borders its beauty: here it broadens into a wide bed of the province of Venice. It continues branching out in various tracts of water that northwestward for a few kilometres, where the marvellous rose-beds along the garden rest and a walk along the irrigation ditch are walls of the villas feast the eyes, before in order before arriving at Cimadolmo and coming to Silea on the banks of the river starting the third part of the itinerary. 30 Sile. In the town of Lanzago the road, which by Cangrande della Scala to then be reconstructed by the Giustiniani family. The villa was built in the second decade of the 16th century by the Venetian nobleman Gerolamo Giustiniani and was situated at the centre of a large square enclosed by a high crenellated and turreted wall that in its turn was surrounded by a moat. The return to feudal architecture is not by chance and emphasises the power and greatness of one of the first and largest estates owned by Venetian nobility on the mainland. Crossing the austere protective threshold what appears, in all its beauty, is something that can be defined as one of the most innovative buildings in the Treviso countryside: a prime example of a Veneto villa in pure classical Templar style. This style would go on to be adapted by in masterly fashion. Flanking the villa, two barchesse house the wine cellars. 31 VENETIAN NOBLES DISCOVER THE COUNTRYSIDE It was a fertile plain that extended along the Piave banks, and the Venetians loved it for its excellent game. Slowly going up the Sile, they discovered that they could reproduce the same elegant and luxurious lifestyle that they were used to in the palaces along the Grand Canal. Furthermore, the countryside relaxed the mind and activities in the open air were a form of relaxation for the nobility who squabbled over who got to invite Carlo Goldoni rather than Antonio Vivaldi to their country residences. Unlike the ‘allotments’ underway on the banks of the Brenta, the properties of the Marca Trevigiana were enormously elegant whilst being more inhabitable and pleasant - and perhaps less pretentious - than their cousins on 32 the Brenta. Exemplary in this sense is Villa Tiepolo THE SILE AND THE MUSESTRE Passi in Carbonera, built at the beginning of the 1600s: surrounded by a leafy park, it The waters of the Musestre, one of the has an Italian style garden separated from most substantial tributaries of the Sile, are the road by a pool of water, the classic fresh, fast and clear and flow through the fishpond. countryside amidst vineyards and fields Also extremely beautiful are Villa Gitta where once the washing was hung out to Caccianiga, built around 1700 on the dry. The main activity of the inhabitants of ruins of a monastery, and Villa Valier Roncade was that of washing, transporting Loredan, which in the central salon still the laundry on boats to the larger urban preserves a cycle of frescoes attributed centres. In Treviso culture, the Sile, today to Niccolò Bambini (1657-1736). a protected natural park, was a river A curious fact: the barchesse of Villa of great importance. Navigable right up A TREASURE Pastega Manera have been converted to the region’s capital, it permitted trade YET TO BE FOUND into a school, Fabrica, thanks to a project between the lagoon and the hinterland and It is said that in a place not far from Biancade by the architect Tadao Ando. signs of this intense life of bygone times are (a small town near Roncade) the Altinati Here new communication and still visible. Towpaths are pathways where buried their treasure when they had to run contemporary graphic art ideas are the animals could pull the boats upstream. away from Attila’s Huns. The treasure has yet created. It is a research centre with Traces of the old mills and works (boatyards numerous workshops and courses and brickyards) can still be seen, as can to be found. In the 19th century a nobleman held by the most prestigious names in the traces left by the old gravel and sand international graphic art and illustration. quarries standing among the centuries-old but the escapade did not produce the desired willows, alders and oaks. results! However, this is just a legend … 33 Route C FROM CIMADOLMO TO ODERZO. THE PIAVE LEFT BANK, THE LAND OF RABOSO.

‘…When I am far away, I miss the light of dawn on the meadow, the red of the sunset beyond the acacias, I miss the coarse chirping of the magpies in the hornbeams and the garrulous one of the jays under the oaks, I miss the tapping of the woodpecker on the poplar trunk, I miss the owl that - when darkness falls - rests on the peak of the pine, ungainly and immobile …’

(“Amore per la casa di campagna” in La carrozza del nonno di Tommaso Tommaseo Ponzetta) fields of asparagus. In similar Bassano asparagus in Cimadolmo you move on style, the asparagus of Cimadolmo is to San Polo di Piave. Before entering the Going past Maserada and the Piave, it served, following customary tradition, town it is possible to return towards the is interesting to know that you have accompanied by boiled eggs or sprinkled Ponte di Piave across a stretch of road. entered the zone of the ‘sparesere’, with chopped herbs. A section of the road follows the 34 where the vineyards stand alongside After you’ve had a break and a taste of riverbank where magnificent views open 'BEBMUP

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.BSPDDP up among the vegetation. Bellussi method come from. San Polo di Piave boasts record numbers We now move on towards Mareno and of freshwater shrimp. then Vazzola, crossing an area that has They have even been immortalised kept the feel of earlier times intact. in the fresco in the Church of San The integral landscapes and the country Giorgio (dating back to the 8th century) villages, such as Visnà or Fontanelle, that depicts the last supper! Before maintain their original characteristics. leaving San Polo you have to visit Villa One of the most famous wine-making Papadopoli-Giol. In the vicinity, the Torre companies with its cellar open for wine del Castello di Rai deserves a visit and tasting is Villa Marcello, situated just don’t forget to stop off at Ormelle, from before Codognè, home to the beautiful where you can visit the Church of the Villa Toderini with its charming and Templars, built by the Knights of the spectacular fishponds. Order of the Temple of Jerusalem at the Then comes Gaiarine with its splendid end of the 12th century. But above all villas including Villa Altan. This was a don’t forget that this is the heart of the Here in the old dwellings and in the pleasant holiday home for the counts Raboso Piave wine-growing district. ‘cortivi’ of the 17th-century town, who bought the villa in 1426, and which Back on the main route, heading north traditional professions are brought back today is home to the Council Library. towards Tezze, make sure you take a short to life thanks to craft and agricultural It is here that you can see the remains of stop at Borgo Malanotte, a charming exhibitions and historical re-enactments. a wood and many others situated further example of rural architecture. The road winds through the vineyards south. Nearby, in Francenigo, the forge is The combination is an example of the that frequently catch your eye. definitely worth a visit. two cultural roots of the Marca: the This is where the most famous Piave This is an important example of industrial 36 patrician one and the popular one. wines from vines grown using the classic architecture that is still in use today. You have now reached the northernmost presence of paleo-Veneto burials. Heading sycamores in the background that looks like point of the wine road. You just have time off back towards Oderzo, you will find something from a painting by Guglielmo to visit the wonderful gem that is the town yourselves once again immersed in a Ciardi. of Portobuffolé on the banks of the Livenza landscape of particular beauty. All of this is accompanied by fields of vines river. Along the route, in Campomolino, It is in summer that this corner of the grown according to the classic Bellussi you can glimpse the “mutera”, or “motta”, Veneto countryside is at its best. Meadows, method until you get to Colfrancui and then also called the castellir, a circular geological woods, hedges and trees, and then the Oderzo, from where our itinerary began. form of artificial origin about 7 metres high. Prà dei Gai and the charming town of Similar structures generally reveal the Basalghelle, with a wood of oaks, limes and 37 the impetus and courage of those steeds and derives from interbreeding with Arab with a white mane that the Veneto people stallions. There were two types, one of Paflagonia (a region of Asia Minor) rode smaller breed more suitable for racing, the in the vain attempt of bringing succour to second a draughthorse. the city of Troy that had been under siege We also know that the term ‘Piave breed’ for years. transferred from the animal kingdom to This breed’s fame also reached Rome the human world as a popular emblem where, during the imperial circus games, during the Great War. one of the teams in competition was The misfortunes experienced in those given the name ‘veneta factio’. years by the people from the banks of the Not to mention the battles against the Piave did nothing other than reinforce Galls in which the horses and horsemen their proud spirit already hardened by THE ‘PIAVE BREED’ HORSE: were distinguished for their valour. floods and famine. SOME FACTS AND The horse went on to be an important ‘There was no more than one river in SOME LEGENDS item together with amber and wool Italy, the Piave: the master vein of our life’. in the export lists at Porto Equilium. Gabriele D’Annunzio ‘O Artemis, who watchest o’er sea-beat offers us yet another fascinating Limna and the race-course thundering legend that sees the friendship between THE PAPADOPOLIS: A CANDIA to the horse’s hoofs, would I were upon a splendid white wolf, which escaped FAMILY MAKES ITS FORTUNE thy plains curbing Venetian steeds!’ death at the hands of poachers, and a AT SAN POLO DI PIAVE (Euripides, Hippolytus, 228-231) herd of white horses. The great Athenian tragedian was not However, apart from the legends, the real When they moved to Venice in the 1700s, the only Greek writer to mention Veneto Piave breed is documented with certainty they were a well-off Cretan family. 38 horses. The first was Homer. He wrote of from the beginning of the 9th century Then they gradually managed to obtain Venetian citizenship and finally a noble title. Thanks to his successful financial initiatives, Angelo Papadopoli, the head of the family, was able to acquire many estates along the Piave left bank. In particular, he organised an estate in a modern way and turned it into a flourishing agricultural business, with wine cellars, stables and even a spinning mill. Spiridione, the last of the Papadopoli family and a character with bizarre tastes, had a villa built on his properties in Romantic 19th-century style on the site of an ancient castle belonging to the Da Tolentino family. The first version of the villa-castle was greatly extended in the Tudor style and you can still admire its pinnacles, buttresses and bow windows today from the thick of a garden full of rare and beautiful species of trees that is one of the most successful examples of 19th- century landscape gardening in Italy. 39 THE PIAVE CARIOTI ‘carioti’ were put to use again. JESUS’S SHRIMPS This character became a regular presence The carter employed to transport stones, in the panorama of those regions, You throw them into boiling water flavoured gravel or sand and who appeared in economically linked to construction with large quantities of garlic cloves. this area in the first decades of the 19th development at the end of the First World A splash of white wine and a touch of century bore the name of ‘carioto’. At the War. Indeed, it was possible to see him paprika and the freshwater shrimp is ready beginning of the 20th century when the walking undaunted with a cigar in his to be served. It is not known whether Piave underwent significant exploitation to mouth and wearing a heavy cloak along the Giovanni di knew about culinary arts excavate building material, the removal of dusty roads that led to the river. when he painted the beautiful fresco of ‘The which required lots of muscle power, the RABOSO IN TIMES OF YORE Last Supper’ in the church of San Giorgio Raboso was a wine more commonly found on the left bank of the Piave. There the raboso grapes were generally mated with sycamores, elms and occasionally even mulberries. The grape was late to mature and harvesting could continue well into November. It is said that the drinkers of this wine ended up, with the passing of time, having a purplish- brownish skin tone, the famous ‘siera da Raboso’ (Raboso colouring). Its flavour was astringent, the colour so strong that 40 it dyed the lips. at San Polo di Piave (1466), but it is a fact The chipped brick tower stands on a small that the long table is disseminated with the hill and is protected by dense vegetation. red river crustaceans that stand out in the In reality it is all that remains of an imposing painting with their long claws. It is not only castle belonging first to the Patriarch of the fresco, interesting as it is, that catches Aquileia, before being passed on to the our attention, but also the little church of Ezzelini, and finally the Counts of Collalto. San Giorgio itself, which is a real jewel. It recalls the fall in 1411 at the hands of Although its origin is uncertain, it is Pippo Spano’s Hungarian commanders. definitely old, as witnessed by the However, in Ormelle, again making a small archaeological finds from nearby: a small detour on the right, is the Church of the Roman sarcophagus from the 2nd century Templars which today is one of the few AD that today stands at the main altar. traces of this order, suppressed by Clement The building stands within the cemetery. V in 1312. The transformations over the centuries are clearly visible, from the Roman times to the The simple Roman building, dating back apse rebuilt in the 17th century. to the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th, still preserves traces of the characteristic red crosses of the THE RAI CASTLE TOWER knights of the Temple, which are painted AND THE CHURCH OF THE in some of the arches that crown the side. TEMPLARS A few metres from the apse, amidst the From San Polo going north towards cypresses runs the river Lia that gives the Vazzola, stands the tower of what was the place a feeling of timeless serenity. Castle of Rai. 41 CONEGLIANO WHERE erected to substitute the humbler houses that originally occupied the street. ART AND CULTURE MEET Of the many priceless façades that charac- terise the town centre, the visitor’s atten- On the watershed between the lowlands tion is immediately drawn to that of the and the foothills, and disputed by the Cathedral, which is famous above all for peoples of Treviso, Cima’s superb “Holy Conversion”. The Sala Ceneda and Belluno, Conegliano differs dei Battuti (XIV-XV sec.), above the from other towns in Veneto for a number of cathedral’s portico, is home to a cycle of reasons. frescoes of significant worth portraying First and foremost its geographical position, scenes from the Old and New Testaments which has quite rightly earned it the and splendid Renaissance Palazzo nickname Pearl of Veneto, combined with Sarcinelli, now a cultural centre and the beauty of its urban structure and the exhibition venue, hosts important art rolling surrounding countryside. shows. By returning down the picturesque Conegliano is world famous as being an road along the remains of the old walls, one important centre for Italy’s wine and grappa comes to the medieval castle (10th production, in addition to the place in century). Part of the old fortress is still which the famous painter Cima, well known visible and the inner gardens are home to for having captured the enchanting local the superb Campana tower, which now landscape on canvas, took his first steps as accommodates a Public Museum and a an artist and drew his first inspiration. small but fine picture gallery and the Between 1400 and 1600, in Contrada Saracena Tower, currently home to a Granda, now Via XX Settembre, the heart characteristic restaurant. of the medieval city, handsome homes of 42 the aristocrats and wealth merchants were A SHORT STOP AT PORTOBUFFOLE’ TO UNDERSTAND WHO GAIA WAS

Gaia, the wife of Tolberto dei Caminesi di Sotto and daughter of ‘good Gherardo’ magistrate of Treviso, immortalised by Dante in canto XVI of Purgatory, lived in a dwelling in the centre of Portobuffolè where she appears to have died in 1311. Gaia’s fame was the subject of a dispute among academics, offering opposing moral evaluations. Dante’s oldest commentator, Jacopo della Lana and all of his followers, defined her as Renaissance architecture enjoyed a past as from a warehouse built two centuries a ‘woman of such power concerning an important river stop, predominantly for earlier. Standing above all the buildings is amorous delights, whose name was the transport and trade of salt. the Roman Communal Tower, 28 metres notorious throughout Italy’. The public buildings constructed under high, the last survivor of the seven towers Others described her as a pious woman Venetian domination are concentrated in that formed the defensive of the castle. though, and their number certainly Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II: first the Saint Mark’s lion stands at every corner to equalled those of their opponents. In any Dogana (customs house), from the end of demonstrate that the symbol was dear to case, Portobuffolé deserves a lengthy stay. the 14th century, then the Monte di Pietà the inhabitants even after the fall of the Standing on the banks of the Livenza, as (pawnshop), from the 15th century and the nissima Republic in 1797. 43 the name suggests this small jewel of Loggia Comunale converted in the 1500s LA MARCA IN 19TH-CENTURY PAINTING 19th-century Veneto painting has immortalised the rivers thanks to the mastery of Guglielmo Ciardi. On the top floor of a Veneto villa immersed in the countryside was the artist’s huge studio. It is here that Guglielmo’s masterpieces were created, as were those of his children Beppe and Emma. The views of the Treviso countryside, intact corners of landscape in which the Sile ripples in the breeze of autumnal winds, or reflects the light of a spring sky, the work of the peasants, the views with the mills, the liveliness of market days, are part of a world that, from Ciardi on, has been depicted with great lyricism. A natural light is diffused on the canvas concealing a productive knowledge, recalling a higher Veneto landscape 44 painting tradition. THE PIAVE AND THE ZATÈRI

The waters of the Piave are treacherous. On the surface it all looks idyllic, but the undertow is perilous. And the story of the rafts is also the story of small heroes who found themselves battling against the river’s whirlpools. ‘L’Arte de la Zataria e de Mercantìa di legnami’ was a company of those who worked in that particular job from 1492. From the Alps until the lagoon they went downriver with the rafts that sometimes reached the length of 25 metres and on which you could find produce of all kinds (from sacks of coal, copper or sulphur from the mines, to nails) as well as lots of passengers. The raftmen wore a black cap with a wide brim, rough wool knee-length trousers and clogs with nailed soles to protect them from waist; during the journeys they Who knew the river better than these slipping. However, their distinctive chewed on dried meat and juniper men? Today, nobody would be capable badge was a red sash tied to their berries. of taking on such an endeavour. 45 WINE CELLARS

Az. Agr. Bonotto delle Tezze Az. Agr. De Stefani Via Duca d’Aosta, 16 - 31020 Tezze – Vazzola (TV) Via Cadorna, 92 - 30020 (VE) Tel. 0438 488323 - Fax 0438 488323 Tel. 0421 67502 - Fax 0421 67836 www.bonottodelletezze.it www.de-stefani.it - [email protected] [email protected] Az. Agr. F.lli Corvezzo Az. Agr. Casa Roma Via Palù, 17 - 31040 Cessalto (TV) Via Ormelle, 19 - 31020 San Polo di Piave (TV) Tel. 0421 327203 - Fax 0421 328330 Tel. 0422 855339 - Fax 0422 802091 www.corvezzo.it - [email protected] www.casaroma.com Az. Agr. Frassinelli Gianluca [email protected] Via della Vittoria, 7 - 31010 Mareno di Piave (TV) Tel. 0438 30119 - Fax 0438 30119 Az. Agr. Castello di Roncade www.frassinelli.it - [email protected] Via Roma, 141 - 31056 Roncade (TV) Azienda Gambrinus Tel. 0422 708736 - Fax 0422 840964 Via Capitello,18 - 31020 San Polo di Piave (TV) www.castellodironcade.com - [email protected] Tel. 0422 855246 - Fax 0422 855044

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Tel. 0438 28598 - Fax 0438 489951 Via Maggiore, 25 - 31020 Rai - S.Polo di Piave (TV) www.rabosopiave.com Tel. 0422 855219 - Fax 0422 856222 46 [email protected] [email protected] 47 Az. Agr. Introvigne Antonio Az. Agr. Setten Davide Alcide Cantina Sociale di Orsago Via Roma, 275 - 31043 Fontanelle (TV) Piazza Aganoor, 2 - 31040 Basalghelle - Mansue’ (TV) Via Pontebbana, 24 - 31010 Orsago (TV) Tel. 0422 749106 - Fax 0422 749106 Tel. 0422 755288 - Fax 0422 755288 Tel. 0438 992108 - Fax 0438 992128 www.introvigne.com www.setten.it - [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Az. Agr. Sutto Vignaioli Cantina Viticoltori Ponte di Piave Sca Az. Agr. La Cantina Pizzolato Via S. Lorenzetto, 9 - 31040 Campo di Pietra Via Verdi, 50 - 31047 Ponte di Piave (TV) Via IV Novembre, 12 - 31050 Villorba (TV) Tel. 0422 857650 - Fax 0422 857657 Salgareda (TV) Tel. 0422 928166 - Fax 0422 629343 Tel. 0422 744063 - Fax 0422 804599 www.viticoltoriponte.com - [email protected] www.pizzolatowines.com www.sutto.it - [email protected] Conte Collalto [email protected] Az. Agr. Tessere Via XXIV, 1 - 31058 Susegana (TV) Az. Agr. Marcello Del Majno Via Bassette, 51 - 30020 Santa Teresina Tel. 0438 738241 - Fax 0438 735338 Via Spinada, 6 - 31043 Fontanelle (TV) (VE) www.collalto.it - [email protected] Tel. 0422 809201 - Fax 0422 809642 Tel. 0421 320438 - Fax 0421 320438 Furlan Ss Società Agricola www.agriline.it www.tessereonline.it [email protected] Vicolo Saccon, 48 - 31020 Saccon [email protected] Az. Agr. Villa Brunesca (TV) Az. Agr. Moletto Via Serenissima,12 - 31040 (TV) Tel. 0438 778267 - Fax 0438 478996 Via Moletto, 19 - ?10?5 Motta di Livenza (TV) Tel. 0422 800026 - Fax 0422 800282 www.furlanvini.com [email protected] Tel. 0422 860576 - Fax 0422 861041 www.villabrunesca.it La Di Motte Azienda Agricola Ss

www.moletto.com [email protected] Via Callunga, 9 - Motta di Livenza [email protected] Az. Agr. Zago Luigino Tel. 0422 863815 - Fax 0422 863815 [email protected] Az. Agr. Rechsteiner Vicolo Battisti, 12 - 31030 Candelu’ Via Frassenè, 2 - 31040 Piavon – Oderzo (TV) Maserada sul Piave (TV) Le Rive Di Bonato Gino Tel. 0422 752074 - Fax 0422 752155 Tel. 0422 98426 - Fax 0422 98426 Via Grave, 50 - Ponte di Piave www.rechsteiner.it www.luiginozago.it Tel. 0422 754137- Fax 0422 854812 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 48 Masottina Via Bradolini, 54 - 31010 San Fior (TV) Tel. 0438 400775 - Fax 0438 402034 www.masottina.it - [email protected]

Molon Ornella Traverso Via Risorgimento, 38 - 31040 Campodipietra Salgareda (TV) Tel. 0422 804807- Fax 0422 804510 www.molon.it - [email protected]

Tenuta Duca Di Casalanza Via Bianchi, 1/C - 31021 (TV) Tel. 041 5937554 - Fax 041 5937511 www.ducadicasalanza.com [email protected]

Tenuta San Giorgio Via Piave, 11 - 31052 Maserada sul Piave (TV) Tel. 0422 743135 - Fax 0422 743721 www.tenutasangiorgio.com [email protected]

Tenuta Santome’ Vignaioli Veneto Friulani Sca Villa Sandi Via Carboncine, 71 - 31030 Biancade Roncade (TV) Via Bruna, 36 - 31018 Gaiarine (TV) Via Erizzo, 112 - 31035 (TV) Tel. 0422 848189 - Fax 0422 848738 Tel. 0434 76305 - Fax 0434 768763 Tel. 0423 665033 - Fax 0423 665111 www.tenutasantome.com - [email protected] [email protected] www.villasandi.com - [email protected] 49 BIBLIOGRAPHY E. Ciaccia, Ulderico Bernardi, Il Piave dal AA.VV., Atlante del paesaggio Peralba all’Adriatico, Celio Libri, 1992 trevigiano, Ed. Provincia di Treviso, 2000 I. Feltrin, La via del Piave, Lungo il fiume AA.V.V., Marca Nobilissima, Ed. Grafiche tra natura arte e storia, C. Pavan Editore, Vianello Srl, Ponzano/Treviso, 2004 Treviso, 2002 E. Bellò, Razza Piave, il cavallo veneto M. Fregoni, Viticoltura di qualità fra storia e leggenda, Sismondi Editore, Edizioni l’Informatore Agrario S.r.l., 2004 1999. E. Bellò, Dal cavallo Piave ai bisonti delle A. Dominé, Vino, Gribaudo/Könemann, autostrade, Treviso 2004 U. Bernardi, La festa delle vigne, Santi L. Giardini, Agronomia generale, Patron Quaranta Ed., Treviso, 2003 Ed., , 1986 V. Boatto e altri, Studio delle tradizioni P. Pittaro, L. Plozner, L’uva e il vino, locali eno-gastronomiche correlate al Magnus Edizioni, Udine, 1982 territorio e ridefinimento del tracciato della Strada dei vini del Piave, T. Tempesta, Paesaggio agrario del Dipt T.E.S.A.F. Università di Padova Veneto, Suppl.n. 5 “Veneto agricoltura”, 2003-2004 1989 Z. Bocci, I vini veneti a denominazione T. Tommaseo Ponzetta, La carrozza del di origine controllata, Espro Editore, nonno, Santi Quaranta, 2000 Verona, 1980 G. Bruno, Lungo il Piave, sulla strada del vino rosso, Biblos Edizioni, 1983 50 I.A.T. SAN VENDEMIANO Via Liberazione, 133/a Tourisme O ce INFORMATION AND Tel. +39 0438.403213 - Fax +39 0438.403267 TOURISM OFFICES e-mail: [email protected] PROVINCE OF TREVISO Ideation I.A.T. VALDOBBIADENE Tourisme Office Piazza Marconi, 1 Head of Administration I.A.T. TREVISO Tel. e fax +39 0423.976975 Diana Melocco Piazza Monte di Pietà, 8 e-mail: [email protected] Supervision Tel. +39 0422.547632 - Fax +39 0422.419092 Elena Bisiol, Paolo Pagnani e-mail: [email protected] I.A.T. VITTORIO VENETO Project Planning Viale della Vittoria, 110 TESAF (Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi I.A.T. Tel. +39 0438.57243 - Fax +39 0438.53629 Agro-forestali dell’Università di Padova) Via Noalese, 63 e-mail: [email protected] Texts Tel. e fax +39 0422.263282 Giovanna Wurmbrand Stuppach e-mail: [email protected] Optimisation For information: Consuelo Ceolin I.A.T. www.provincia.treviso.it Maps Piazza Garibaldi, 73 http://turismo.provincia.treviso.it Sistema Informativo Territoriale Integrato Tel. +39 0423.529046 - Fax +39 0423.524137 Provincia di Treviso e-mail: [email protected] Distribution For tourist reservations Unità Organizzazione Turistica I.A.T. CASTELFRANCO VENETO Road Signs Via F. M. Preti, 66 AGENZIA TURISTICA DEL CONSORZIO Federico Nardelotto Tel. +39 0423.491416 - Fax +39 0423.771085 Tel. +39 0422 422891 / 301084 - Fax +39 0422 422749 / 301555 Photos e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.marcatreviso.it Maurizio Sartoretto, Lio Attilio Gemignani, Ruggero Piccoli, Az. Agr.Cecchetto, I.A.T. CONEGLIANO OPO Veneto, Paolo Spigariol, Mara Zanato, Via XX Settembre, 61 To visit the wine cellars: Tel. +39 0438.21230 - Fax +39 0438.428777 Layout e-mail: [email protected] Strada del Vini del Piave Eurekip.com C.C.I.A.A. - Via Toniolo, 12 Printed by I.A.T. ODERZO 31100 TREVISO TREVISOSTAMPA - Villorba (TV) Calle Opitergium, 5 Tel. 0422 591277 - Fax 0422 412625 Tel. 0422.815251 - Fax 0422.814081 [email protected] Thanks to all the Councils involved. e-mail: [email protected] 51 11/07

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