From Marina Grasso The neat rows of grain growing inevitably arouse curiosity. But more curious still is the sign L’Orto del Pane – The Bread Garden – which describes the small crops of ancient cereals grown by Franco Dal Piccol and his son Andro. Of course they know that you don’t grow bread: they craft […]
From Franco Adorni «Radicchio & Beans is a traditional dish of humble origins hailing from the lower reaches of the Piave River. Its origins are difficult to trace, as it dates back to a time when written recipes were a luxury only afforded to the nobility. The recipe described below is the version favoured by […]
From Marina Grasso Guizza is the name of the highest point in the vicinity of Conegliano. It sits at the entrance to San Pietro di Feletto, a strategic location since the time of the Lombards, to which the town owes its name (from the word vìzha, meaning forest). The Austro-Hungarian Empire also had a small […]
From Paolo Colombo Tòvena is a picturesque village near Cison di Valmarino sitting at the foot of the San Boldo Pass. In its central square, Piazza della Vittoria, there’s a monument to the victims of war which features an austere angel resting on a high white stone plinth, gazing down towards the valley with her […]
From Paolo Colombo Tòvena is a picturesque village near Cison di Valmarino sitting at the foot of the San Boldo Pass. In its central square, Piazza della Vittoria, there’s a monument to the victims of war which features an austere angel resting on a high white stone plinth, gazing down towards the valley with her […]
Visit Conegliano Valdobbiadene is the six-monthly magazine, published by the Consorzio di Tutela del Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore, in collaboration with the Strada del Prosecco Superiore, dedicated to wine and food and experiential tourism, which comes out twice a year, in spring and autumn. It is a guide to approaching the territory, full of ideas […]
By Paolo Colombo A house-museum dedicated to one of the most prominent poets of the second half of the twentieth century. But more than this, it’s a house which expresses a strong sense of place and vivid memories. These ideas were dear to Andrea Zanzotto, the great poet from the village of Soligo (1921-2011) whose […]
By Marina Grasso Asa che i dighe/che al contadinh le tramontà/che i ride dele tô fadighe/i se acordarà anh bei dì/co no ghe sarà pì la tô manh/alora sì/sarà finì anca al panh. (Let them say/that the farmer’s sun has set/let them laugh at your labours/they’ll notice one fine day/when your hand is no longer […]
By Paolo Colombo It’s often said that a little bit of the soul of a place is hidden in the origins of its name. In the case of this tiny hamlet of just a handful of stone houses, perched at 400 metres above sea level on Monte Doc, this seems to be particularly true. The […]
An organised walk through the UNESCO hills to enjoy the scenery, taste its wines and sample local delicacies. This is the format of Rive Vive: a food-and-wine themed walk among the “heroic” hills near Farra di Soligo. This year’s event – the eleventh in its history – will be slightly different, as it will take […]
Land, hospitality, tradition. These are the keywords that will guide the Primavera del Prosecco Superiore 2022. This annual spring event, which celebrates the wine that symbolises the Conegliano and Valdobbiadene Hills UNESCO World Heritage Site, finally returns after a long hiatus. The food and wine festival officially opened on 27th March to coincide with the […]
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By Marina Grasso “When I was fourteen, I found it thrilling to go out at night into the hills of Valdobbiadene, where I was born and raised, to tag my signature on abandoned walls with spray paints. One might question the legality of this – though I’ve never once defaced any buildings of value – […]
By Marina Grasso Photo Francisco Marquez The liberty style that Enrico’s grandfather Giovanni Canel chose for the trattoria he opened shortly after the Great War can still be seen in the trattoria. Subsequently, his father Giocondo, or ‘Condo’ for short, made many changes. These enhanced its profile so much that in the sixties and […]
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“Visit Conegliano Valdobbiadene” is the six-monthly magazine, published by the Producers’ Consortium for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore in cooperation with the Prosecco Superiore Wine Road association, dedicated to wine, food and experiential tourism. It’s designed to be a guide with which to approach the area, full of suggestions and ideas for excursions in the land of […]
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Heroism comes in many forms. The best-known definition when speaking about the tradition of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene hills refers to the challenging cultivation of vineyards perched on slopes whose gradient sometimes exceeds 30%. Working such hillsides is so arduous that it can rightly be defined as ‘heroic viticulture’. But there is another type of heroism […]
Words and photos by Giovanni Carraro The wooden millwheel kept in motion by the waterfall, the corncobs hanging on the old sandstone walls, the geraniums on the windowsills, the duck pond. All these things might come to mind when we imagine an old watermill from a book of fables, and they are all to be […]
Clinging to a hillside like an austere guardian and protector of the vines that surround it, the church of San Vigilio is one of the most fascinating buildings in the area. The church lies along the Sentiero delle Vedette (The Lookout Path), which follows the ridges of the hillsides from Col San Martino to Soligo, […]
“Visit Conegliano Valdobbiadene” is the six-monthly magazine, published by the Producers’ Consortium for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore in cooperation with the Prosecco Superiore Wine Road association, dedicated to wine, food and experiential tourism. It’s designed to be a guide with which to approach the area, full of suggestions and ideas for excursions in the land of […]
“Visit Conegliano Valdobbiadene” is the six-monthly magazine, published by the Producers’ Consortium for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore in cooperation with the Prosecco Superiore Wine Road association, dedicated to wine, food and experiential tourism. It’s designed to be a guide with which to approach the area, full of suggestions and ideas for excursions in the land of […]
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Photo by Gianni Marciano Orchids are among the most fascinating and admired plants, mainly as a result of their elegantly-shaped and sometimes even spectacular and intriguing flowers. Numbering thousands of different species, they are also one of the most delicate and unusual flowering plants. Indeed, it is precisely their delicate nature that often makes them […]
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“Visit Conegliano Valdobbiadene” is the six-monthly magazine, published by the Producers’ Consortium for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore in cooperation with the Prosecco Superiore Wine Road association, dedicated to wine, food and experiential tourism. On the occasion of the prestigious Fiftieth anniversary of the Denomination, the magazine has been completely renewed in its graphic design, which now […]
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Bugatti, Maserati, Jaguar, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo… These names conjure up memories of the heroic age of motor racing, when instead of electronics and aerodynamics, it was courage and daring that counted most. An era when the races were not only sporting events but also a social occasion. Such was the legendary Mille Miglia, the stage […]
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This profession has now disappeared, but for centuries it was a practice assiduously undertaken by the people of the Treviso foothills, especially in the area at the foot of the Cansiglio plateau. In olden days, the charcoal burner’s job was one of the hardest there was and required great sacrifice, with entire families being forced […]
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The Feletto is the hilly terrain that surrounds the settlements of San Pietro Vecchio, Rua, Bagnolo, Santa Maria and San Michele di Feletto. It is mostly covered by vineyards of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore. This breathtaking landscape is dotted with ancient villages like Borgo Anese, whose name derives from the wool workers who lived here […]
An extensive program of wine shows, some with more than 50 years of history behind them. Over 300 thousand visitors and tourists, who every year come to visit the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, and who stop in the local wineries, as well as the restaurants, hotels, farmhouses and taverns that dot the green tapestry […]
“Visit Conegliano Valdobbiadene” is the six-monthly magazine, published by the Producers’ Consortium for Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore in cooperation with the Prosecco Superiore Wine Road association, dedicated to wine, food and experiential tourism. In a zone where great tastes and beauty are to be found at almost every turn in the sinuous roads and pathways that […]
There are landscape paintings that need no explanation. Others, however, require a key to allow the observer to understand the interior journey of the artist. An artist whose concept of the panorama, the territory is connected by a line which becomes clear only once the overall vision of the work is understood. The work of […]
The dish we’re going to prepare in this edition is all about the autumn and the local area. It has been created and prepared by chef Marco Buosi from Ristorante Sansovino at Castelbrando. This dish came into being last year as part of the Cocofungo event and it combines veal fillet with an amalgam of […]
A wine with an ancient soul, deeply rooted in the area’s traditions yet in tune with changes in tastes and market trends. This is one of the key factors in the success of Prosecco Superiore, alongside the unique landscape, soil and climate in the hills provided by mother nature, always ideal for wine cultivation, and […]
In the Conegliano Valdobbiadene hills pan e sopressa is more than a snack, it’s a throw-back to a simpler time. Pan e sopressa is also an expression which means to be clear and direct, just like the two flavours themselves. It’s also representative of a way of life and it’s no accident that throughout these […]
Once upon a time there was a young Czech artist and illustrator with an exuberant and tumultuous soul. He was living in a splendid city, Prague, filled with intellectual and cultural stimulus but at the time – the 1950s – short on freedom. So, in 1959, fed up with the rules and restrictions, while working […]
From a necessary staple to a local speciality which is increasing in popularity, this autumn fruit has grown in the woodland areas of the Pedemontana in the north of the province of Treviso since the12th Century. Chestnut cultivation used to be one of the main agricultural activities in the territory but production has fallen drastically […]
Nothing dark at all about those ages, the Medieval times, an age of great social, cultural and scientific upheaval, a period of great development for the Treviso province. The Medieval Days event, held on the first weekend in October in Vittorio Veneto, is dedicated to one of the Treviso province’s most storied families, the Da […]
As part of its mission for life and faith in the Christian way, The Abbey of Santa Maria di Follina opens its doors to pilgrims and visitors keen to learn more about the principles and symbols of holy life. From September 9th 2017 the Abbey will be able to provide visitors with an even warmer […]
One of the main characteristics of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene area is its ancient charm. Add to this the timeless beauty of classic cars and we have the Centomiglia sulla Strada del Prosecco Superiore (100 miles on the Prosecco Superiore Wine Route). Now in its 12th year, the event – this year scheduled for Saturday September […]
Picturesque surroundings, like that of the small lakeside village of Revine Lake, a stone’s throw from the northern boundary of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Docg appellation, combined with the idea of creating a forum to enable artists to express their connection with the area. This was the basis for the inception, 12 years ago, […]
The radicèle Among the many wild plants that can be found in the fields and meadows of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene area, dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is definitely one of the most common. The English name comes from the French dent de lion meaning “lion’s tooth”. It has a large number of uses in the kitchen as […]
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“The possibility that a species has to find an environment depends on the same ecological network that has been woven into a particular environment, …. and it will be the very presence of a species which enables others to live there.” So it is claimed by the foremost experts on biodiversity. The concept of course […]
Rust and Peverel, s’ciopet and pissacàn, sparasi selvadeghi and bruscandoi. No, this is not the recipe of an ancient magical potion (but could also be, as we will see later) but a partial list of wild plants that can be found in the fields and meadows of the Trevisan area in springtime, which since time […]
Even at first sight, immersed in the beauty of Conegliano Valdobbiadene area, it is easy to see how this land, with its plethora of sinuous roads weaving through and up and down the many hills planted with vines, is exceptionally suited to the sport of cycling. It certainly does not compare to the constant cycling […]
It is almost time once again for one of the most famous wine festivals in the Veneto region: from 18 March to 11 June the hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG will be the focus of the event “Primavera del Prosecco Superiore“. For the last 22 years this oenological tourist attraction has successfully welcomed and entertained […]
by Marina Grasso \ pictures by Francisco Marques You could use the French, “sur lie” (“on the lees”) to describe it, or a more modern expression would be “re-fermented in the bottle.” But in the hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Docg, it is traditionally known as “vin col fondo” (“wine with sediment”), where “sediment” stands for […]
Tradition has it that the monks from the Abbey of Santa Maria in Follina brought wool production to the area. However it seems that the manufacture of simple, durable and waterproof woollen cloths began here before the monks arrived. What is sure is that they developed the tradition for follatura (fulling or tucking – from […]
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Precious sentinels of time. But also authentic masterpieces of scientific archeology, which combine tradition, art and modernity. These are sundials, so-called because their measurements are based on the position of the sun. They are the oldest time measuring instrument, and were used in ancient Egypt more than 4000 years ago. They are also very precise, […]
Our itinerary starts from the monument dedicated “to all Workers of the World” heading along via San Rocco to the junction with Via Col Zanin where a capital can be seen built into the façade of a building. Heading north, we follow a paved road and after 400 m we enter the small hamlet of […]
The succession of hills that rise and fall between Soligo and Col San Martino have been dubbed Small Mountains. They represent the ideal terroir for the vines that climb on their vertiginous slopes but also the right environment to enjoy hiking or mountain biking, offering as they do a unique view from the top of […]
Any tour of the area’s castles must surely start in Susegana, the “City of Two Castles”. The town is dominated by the Castello di San Salvatore built in the 13th Century and which became one of the largest in Italy. It is today and has always been home to the Collalto family, who resisted the […]
If Prosecco Superiore has become a model to be emulated in the winemaking world, then surely much of the credit must go to the close ties this wine has with its territory. One of the closer and most fruitful of these is that with the world of research and innovation. On July 9th 1876, just […]