Bollini

Mother Nature has her favorite places. Special places where man and landscape are in ideal harmony. Neil & Maria Empson have chosen just such rare terroirs for their own Bollini range: premier appellations in northeastern Italy. Millions of years ago, melting glaciers wove diverse minerals into these Alpine foothills, endowing…... Read more

Bortoluzzi

The Bortoluzzi estate started off in 1982, although Giovanni Bortoluzzi’s winemaking vocation had begun long before. A mere 37 years old at the time, he was already at the peak of his career as consultant, bottler and ‘wine ambassador’ for a number of top growers in Friuli. Giovanni selected a…... Read more

Jermann

It is no exaggeration to say that Silvio Jermann has made Italian wine history. This is particularly true of his whites, spearheaded by such cult items as Vintage Tunina and Dreams. Heir to a traditional Friulian winery dating back to 1881, Silvio graduated from two renowned wine academies, Conegliano and…... Read more

Plozner

The Plozner winery was founded in the 1960s: a glorious decade, which saw Italy graduate from quantity to quality in wines. Its initiator, Lisio Plozner – an imaginative entrepreneur and inventor – was just the man for such pioneering years. He was the first to realize the viticultural potential of…... Read more

Villa Russiz

This vast property (250 acres, 100 of them under vine) was founded by a French-born count – Théodore de la Tour – in 1869. At the time, Collio was Austrian… and so was Théodore’s Vienna-born wife. De la Tour’s vineyards were as international as this high-society couple: in fact, they…... Read more