DE FAVERI Spumanti Bosco Di Vidor (Prov. Treviso, VENETO)
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D E FAVERI DE FAVERI Spumanti Bosco di Vidor (prov. Treviso, VENETO) Here we are in the country of Vittorio Veneto. Of sparkling wines (frizzanti and spumanti) which course you know the name, most likely from remind at the smell of flowers in springtime, Rome’s glamorous, yet somewhat out-of-fashion, especially in those wines coming from the hills street with its fancy restaurants and shops. But near Valdobbiadene and Vidor. who was Vittorio Veneto? Most people presume 75% of De Faveri’s Prosecco production today is he was a soldier. Actually, it is not a dead person DOCG and 25% is DOC. As an extra they also but a lively town that bears the name. It was near produce a Spumante Rosato Extra Dry (Glera Vittorio Veneto that the Italian troops fought their with 2% of Raboso) and one still wine from 100% conclusive and victorious battle in 1918, so who Glera, which is called VI.D.OR (Vite d’Oro, thought of a soldier was not so wrong, after all. Golden Vine) - a playful allusion also to its native town. To the west, the wide river Piave encircles a more Lucio and Mirella De Faveri started their activity peaceful, hilly landscape. Two small towns in 1978, buying 10 hectares of vineyards. Today dominate it: Valdobbiadene and Conegliano. In they have the care of 23 hectares. Passion for Wine Land, both names stand for the production Prosecco and the application of the most advanced of Prosecco, Italy’s famous sparkling white. It is oenological techniques in line with the old here, that you find the top producers, and De traditions, are the secrets of this company. Faveri certainly is one of them. As a matter of In the meantime their children Gioria and fact, De Faveri IS Prosecco. Their cellars are in Giordano started to show interest in the small the village of Vidor, not far from the borders of family company. Giorgia did receive her the magic Piave. University degree in 2010 with a 94 pages thesis about…Prosecco! In 2009 Prosecco laws changed and Prosecco became the name of the (much restricted and better protected) production zone, whereas yields per hectare reduced dramatically. The grapename changed into Glera, an ancestor of the former Prosecco grape. The classic sites Conegliano and Valdobbiadene became Prosecco DOCG, and Prosecco DOC now was reserved for wines coming from a restricted aerea: all of Friuli and the provinces of Treviso, Vicenza, Padova and Belluno in Veneto. Prosecco IGT disapeared completely. Glera is a robust and vigorous vine which prefers the hills. The Glera grapes are excellent for .