Friuli-Venezia Giulia

**Friuli-Venezia Giulia** is a region tucked into the northeastern corner of Italy, between the Alps and the Adriatic where it borders Slovenia and Austria. It is best known as one of the country's finest sources of white wine. **Wines & grapes** — The reputation rests on crisp, textured whites from Friulano (the local signature), Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon, Ribolla Gialla, and Malvasia, along with aromatic Picolit dessert wines. Reds from Refosco, Schioppettino and international grapes are made too, and the region is a heartland of the amber "orange" skin-contact movement. **Character** — Cool air off the mountains and warmth from the sea give the wines both freshness and depth, with a purity and mineral cut that has become a Friulian trademark. **Good to know** — The top subzones Collio and Colli Orientali sit on a distinctive marl-and-sandstone soil that locals call ponca.

Wines

• Ballarin — Giuli
• Bianco — Giuli Ballarin
• Col Disôre Bianco Collio — Russiz Superiore
• Kaplja — Damijan Podversic
• La Tunella — La Tunella
• Malvazia — Sturm
• Merlot — Salatin
• Orange One — Paraschos
• Orange One Bianco Non Filtré — Paraschos
• Pinot Bianco — Vigneti Le Monde
• Pinot Grigio — De Lorenzi
• Pinot Grigio Collio — Gradis'Ciutta
• Ramato — Giuli Ballarin
• Red Angel On The Moonlight Pinot Nero — Jermann
• Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso — Rodaro
• Ribolla Gialla — Cantina Puiatti
• Ronchi di Cialla Rosso — Pilade Ballarin
• Ronco delle Acacie — Giuli Ballarin
• Ronco delle Acacie — Giulio Ballarin
• Ronco delle Mele — Ronco del Gnemiz