2019 Villa Alpini, Pinot Grigio, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, ItalyVenica & Venica is a family owned estate in the Dolegna district of Collio, whose fantastic pinot grigio and sauvignon blanc we continue to enjoy! Located in the Friuli region of Italy's northeastern corner, the Venica family has owned the estate since 1930, and have a reputation as winemakers nearly as long. Brothers Gianni (agronomist) and Giorgio (cellarmaster) have been making the Venica wines since 1975, carrying on in the footsteps of their

From here the dairy production: from the milk milked every day in modest quantities and often mixed for practicality

Laurelwood and now Jory soil types provide excellent drainage

Aging in demi-muids for 18 to 20 months then mass assembly one month before bottling by gravity without filtration

joined the business in the late 1990s

and portions of slate

together these parcels form the origin and heart of the estate

the pride of the estate is the Roero Riserva from a vineyard in the Torion MGA planted in 1947

Grenache Noir and Barbera – several new varieties to the Love Rosé blend

is a passion that he acquired as a child

Since the family lives on site

at the helm

The cask is thereby unique