Wine Au Naturel

Jelena and Fulvio Bressan are some of Friuli's (in the northeast of Italy) finest winemakers. Champions of rare native grape varieties like Pignol, Schioppettino, and Verduzzo Friolano, Bressan's wines are made without chemicals or intervention in the winery except for a tiny bit of sulphur before bottling.  "The centuries-old spirit of the family lies here, where the slopes of the Collio Region fade gently and open up on the Isonzo River Valley, in a slice of land protected to the north by the Alps and open to the south to the hot winds of the Adriatic Sea; where a rare mixture of natural elements (geographic, geological and climatic) have created a unique and inimitable “terroir”." Here is the Bressan philosophy as written by Fulvio: I believe in the sure hand of my father and those who performed their labours among the same grapevines with commitment and dedication for ten generations before him. I believe in our land, unique, loyal, serene and aware of its surrou