Bedin - 'Onorevole' Pinot Grigio 2022

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"Warm, golden-yellow colour with a distinctive, delicate pink hue. Pleasant nose, distinctly floral, shows intense varietal aromas. Beautiful silk-like texture. On the palate it is complex yet well-balanced, with great character and elegance. Pleasant and easy to drink.

 

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Bedin -   Società Agricola Colli Asolani

The history of the “Società Agricola Colli Asolani” dates back to the early 1900, when the great grandfather Giovanni Bedin started working as a nurseryman and growing his own vines. At that time in northern Italy the rural landscape was dominated by vines growing together with mulberries, whose leaves constituted the sole food source for silkworms.

Giacomo Bedin, the grandfather, inherited his father’s passion for the land and followed his footsteps purchasing the estate in Cornuda in 1948. Here, in the smooth fertile hills that overlook the sanctuary of “Madonna della Rocca”, he planted the first vineyards and passed down to his son Giovanni the constancy and resourcefulness of the past generations.

Giovanni Bedin combined the ever increasing viticultural activity with stock-breeding. Under his direction, in the late ‘60s, the company promoted the first edition of the “Mostra del vino” in Cornuda: a traditional wine exhibition that contributed to the strengthening of the relationship between the territory, its inhabitants and its quality wines, destined to become internationally-awarded excellences. Giovanni carried on the stock-breeding activity until the second half of the ‘80s and planted three hectares of vineyards altogether, introducing his sons to the art of winemaking.

Enrico Bedin, the current owner, and his brothers Luigi, Denis and Damiano joined the company and marked a turning point by gradually transforming it from a traditional farm to a modern winery, in line with prevailing market demands. The Bedin brothers, remaining faithful to the core values they inherited from their ancestors, enriched the estate with the acquisition of new vineyards and the construction of new winemaking, bottling and packaging facilities.

Today the “Società Agricola Colli Asolani”, with its 40 hectares of vineyards, is a modern winery, projected into the future but well-rooted in the past of his homeland. After four generations, the Bedin family still manages to transform its passion into a career, combining the careful attention to product quality with the efforts to enhance and promote the territory through the preservation of autoctone vines, rich in aromas and flavours of the local countryside.

 

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Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio

Pinot Gris is one of the most instantly recognised white grape varietals of the world. Known as one of the 'noble grapes' in Alsace where it is often produced as an off-dry to luscious sweet wines with a range of pear and stonefruit flavours. However, in Italy it is known as Pinot Grigio up in the Alto-Adige and Friuli regions of northern Italy. Here it is dry, light and refreshing with white and green fruit flavours. 

 

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Treviso

The winery is situated in Cornuda, a small town in the very heart of the Treviso province (the so called Marca Trevigiana), at the foot of the ancient sanctuary of “Madonna della Rocca” that dominates the countryside from the top of the hill. Located halfway between Venice and the Dolomites, this area is exceedingly rich in art, history and architecture and was the setting of some heroic battles of the First World War. Only a few km from the winery, the medieval village of Asolo offers to its visitors the emotion of walking through a sort of “widespread museum”: its romantic alleyways and arcades, its ancient and elegant houses, the castle and the imposing fortress that overlook the green Prosecco vineyards…

From the mountains to the plains, the landscape of the area offers delightful panoramic views as well as the chance of practicing plenty of sport activities. For those who enjoy cycling and hiking, there are plenty of natural, historical and artistic itineraries to walk/run along, admiring the noble villas, the memorial monuments, the ancient churches and monasteries. The area of the “Colli Asolani” is also famous for its culinary excellence: food and wine enthusiasts will certainly appreciate the local specialties such as famous radicchio di Treviso (a kind of red chicory), the fresh, sparkling Proseccos and the full-bodied red wines.