Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
Colli Orientali del Friuli is a wine region that is situated right in the northeastern corner of Friuli Venezia Giulia, where Cividale is the main town. It is an area that includes the overarching DOC Friuli Colli Orientali denomination as well as DOCG Ramandolo, DOCG Rosazzo, and DOCG Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit. In this … Read more
Some time ago, we went to Friuli Venezia Giulia to talk about not only grape varieties and winemaking in the Collio DOC area but also World War I history at #WinesOfItaly #LiveStream. My guest in this episode was Matej Fiegl from Fiegl Vini in Friuli. This was not my first wine producer guest from Friuli, … Read more
At #WinesOfItaly Blab on Tuesday, January 19th, my guest was Moreno Jep Ferlat from Ferlat Vini in Cormons, Friuli Venezia Giulia. He studied winemaking already at high school and then also at university, graduating in oenology. He has gained experience working in different areas in Italy and he also went to South Africa to work with winemaking there … Read more