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ITALY<br />

TERROIR<br />

recorded in official documents dating back to 1624. Across the Conegliano Valdobbiadene<br />

hills, founder Valeriano De Stefani identified a unique terroir for producing great wines<br />

in 1866.<br />

His son Valeriano, the second generation, inspired by his fussy wife Angelina, started a<br />

tradition to which the De Stefani family has always adhered: total and uncompromising<br />

devotion to quality. The third-generation Tiziano, after graduating in 1958 in oenology and<br />

viticulture at Italy’s most prestigious oenological school in Conegliano, began producing<br />

wines in the Piave Valley, near Venice, between the Adriatic Sea and the Dolomite mountains.<br />

Today, the company’s headquarters and cellars are located here in Fossalta di Piave.<br />

Alessandro De Stefani, the fourth generation, also graduated in oenology and viticulture<br />

from the same school and today, together with his wife Chiara, produces excellent wines.<br />

Their main guiding principles are to show the utmost respect for their old vines planted<br />

to a very high density and the indigenous grape varieties, in order to make wines that can<br />

convey emotions decades after they were crafted.<br />

The Rive vineyard is the jewel in the crown of Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene Docg.<br />

The Rive are the true ‘cru’ of a given region and its rich biodiversity. They are the highest<br />

quality terroir expression of the Prosecco hills. Some 35,000 bottles of De Stefani’s Rive<br />

are produced annually.<br />

THE DE STEFANI FAMILY, ORIGINALLY FROM REFRONTOLO, WHERE IN 1866, FOUNDER VALERIANO DE STEFANI<br />

IDENTIFIED A UNIQUE TERROIR FOR PRODUCING GREAT WINES<br />

40 WINTER 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE

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