Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a wine region in Italy. Best known for distinctive whites, including Friulano, which often combines orchard fruit, herbs, and a gently bitter finish.
Where it is
Map data: Natural Earth
Places in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Carso
A limestone plateau around Trieste, known for dry Vitovska whites with firm acidity, citrus, and savory herbal notes.
Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit
A sweet wine from eastern Friuli made from Picolit, a naturally low-yielding grape, with concentrated apricot, honey, and balancing acidity.
Collio Goriziano
The hills along the Slovenian border above Gorizia, known for white wines from marl and sandstone slopes.
Delle Venezie
A wide appellation in northeast Italy covering Friuli, the Veneto and Trentino, used mostly for Pinot Grigio.
Friuli Aquileia
The flat lagoon country of eastern Friuli around Roman Aquileia, planted mainly to white grapes near the Adriatic.
Friuli Colli Orientali
The eastern hills of Friuli on marl and sandstone, running to the Slovenian border.
Friuli Grave
Across Friuli's broad gravel plain, white wines tend to be light-bodied and fresh, with citrus, orchard fruit, and subtle almond notes.
Friuli Isonzo
On plains beside the Isonzo River, the region is known for clean, aromatic whites with ripe fruit and fresh acidity.
Producers in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Ronchi di Cialla
A family estate in Friuli's small Cialla valley, revived in 1970 by Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi to grow old Friulian grapes such as Schioppettino.
Vie di Romans
A family estate in Friuli Isonzo, northeastern Italy, run by Gianfranco Gallo since 1978 and focused on single-vineyard white wines.
Zidarich
A Carso estate with a five-story cellar carved into the local rock, where some wines ferment in a vat made from local stone.