THE GREGOLETTO FAMILY ALBUM RECOUNTS THE STORIES OF OUR WORK, THE WINES WE MAKE AND OUR LONG VITICULTURAL HISTORY.

1600. Extract of a legal agreement between the Gregoletto family and the Abbey of Follina. Page 46 certifies the first contract signed by one of our ancestors and the Abbey, dated 9^th of December 1600, for the cultivation of a vineyard and plots that until this day are still cultivated by us. From this document it can also be gleaned that at least from 1457 the vineyards on the hillside of Colzanin, where until today the Gregoletto estate is located, produced white grapes and of superior quality than those produced on the valley floor.

THE GREGOLETTO FAMILY ALBUM RECOUNTS THE STORIES OF OUR WORK, THE WINES WE MAKE AND OUR LONG VITICULTURAL HISTORY.

1700. The image of the tree and the vine does not only stand for the cadastral stamp certifying the extent, value and ownership of the land and its ancient agricultural activity, but also the deep bond our family has with this soil, which, after more than 400 years we still tend every day.

One of the clauses of the livello, or contract, that our ancestors were obliged to honour while leasing the soils, stipulated the Bene e Fedelmente - 'to do so in a diligent and faithful manner'. It has remained our goal ever since.

THE GREGOLETTO FAMILY ALBUM RECOUNTS THE STORIES OF OUR WORK, THE WINES WE MAKE AND OUR LONG VITICULTURAL HISTORY.

1803. The cadastral map of the Austrian armed forces, the so-called Kriegskarte, or War Map drawn up by Baron Von Zach, shows that even under very difficult circumstances the cultivation of the vines was uninterrupted.

THE GREGOLETTO FAMILY ALBUM RECOUNTS THE STORIES OF OUR WORK, THE WINES WE MAKE AND OUR LONG VITICULTURAL HISTORY.

1934. Certification of Fedeltà alla terra, or loyalty to the soil, an honour only given to families that have been working the same soils for more than 100 years.



1940. One of the first harvests and winemaking of the Gregoletto family



1965. The Merlot label from 1965.



1976. A Gregoletto label bearing the signature of actor Marcello Mastroinanni, who, for more than twenty years, was a loyal customer. From the private collection of Mr Peter Riegler.



1979. The cookery book Saggi di Cucina Veneta ed Accostamento ai Vini (''Samples of Venetian cuisine matched with wines'') by Angelo Serafin, and with a signed dedication by the legendary wine journalist Luigi Veronelli to Luigi Gregoletto and presented during a dinner on 23^rd of April 1979 at the Ristorante All'Amelia in Mestre-Venezia.



1980. A photo taken at the end of the 1980 harvest, a moment livened up by the food and sacred and profane songs by ''chef'' Annibale Perin.



1983. A photo taken at the Ristorante Da Gigetto in Miane: Rosita and Ottavio Missoni raise glasses with Luigi Gregoletto and Gigetto Bortolini, the proprietor of the restaurant.



1984. A tasting sheet of the Consorzio of Prosecco for the organoleptic examination and assessment in order to assign the official quality seal, without which the wine cannot be sold. Dated 20^th of May, 10.00am, memorandum no. 197 - sample B2 (24) - DENOMINATION OF THE WINE: Prosecco DOC still, vintage 1984 - AZIENDA VINICOLA LUIGI GREGOLETTO. Total score: 100.
The comments at the bottom of the sheet say: ''Qualified for the seal, and with commission's highest compliments''.
It is signed by Prof Tullio de Rosa, author of numerous publications, among which the Tecnologia dei Vini Spumanti, or the technology of sparkling wines, first edition 1961.



1985. A calendar of the Rauscedo Cooperative Vine Nursery from 1985. The month of January shows our Borgo America vineyard near Conegliano. The calendar has a dedication written by the renown oenologist Piero Berton from Valdobbiadene, saying: ''here awe marries the past, where expectation and assurance are the future's light, Gregoletto in the shape of silence entrusts treasures to those dedicated to the art of enology.''



1989. An envelope headed with 'Garinei and Giovannini present', stamped with the date of 21 January 1989 containing a headed greeting card dated 23 December 1988, with which Pietro Garinei, the famous Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter, requests 12 bottles of Verdiso to be delivered to his office in the Sistina theatre in Rome.



1991. A copy of an article published in the local newspaper Gazzettino di Treviso, which describes stage actor Alberto Sordi's enthusiasm for a wine he referred to as 'Gregoletto' Download an excerpt of the video of the evening here



1991. A bottle of Gregoletto's Prosecco DOC Conegliano Valdobbiadene with a personalised Thun und Thun Collection label made for the Thun und Hohenstein Family.



1996. A publication of the Academia Italiana della Vita e del Vino, the Italian Academy of the Grape Vine and Wine, titled Regional History of the Grape Vine and Wine in Italy, Veneto, by Antonio Calò, Lamberto Paronetto and Giampiero Dorato and published by Unione Italiana Vini, Milan. A quote from page 446: '...the history began a long time ago because of the efforts of Carpenè and thus the Società Vini Superiore was founded in Valdobbiadene, but also other producers drew national and international attention after the second world war and .....not highlight the value, passion, talent of each and everyone, in the region of Valdobbiadene/Pieve di Soligo. And therefore one can rightfully enshrine the role the following producers have played in the viticultural and oenological history of this region, such as Bisol, Ruggeri, Bortolomiol, Franco, Bortolin, Gregoletto, Mionetto. Trevisiol, Bortolotti, La Cardinal, La Bepin de Eto and others.'
Pag. 464: 'an obligatory footnote must be dedicated to Incrocio Manzoni 6.0.13, developed in the 1930s by professor Luigi Manzoni by crossing Pinot Bianco and Rhine Riesling, which has finally proved to be a superb grape variety after having been overlooked for years because of its low productivity. However, a few producers, among which Luigi Gregoletto from Premaor ...never gave up on this variety and continued to cultivate and vinify it, treating it with passion, respect and awe.'

THE GREGOLETTO FAMILY ALBUM RECOUNTS THE STORIES OF OUR WORK, THE WINES WE MAKE AND OUR LONG VITICULTURAL HISTORY.

2000. CD covers of The Million Dollar Hotel and All You Can't Leave Behind, with a written dedication to Giuseppe Gregoletto by Bono of U2, our occasional customer.



2001. An article from the magazine Altamarca published September/October 2001 in its seventh year and written by Giorgio Bietti. It is a summary of a seminar, titled The Virtuous Triangle Man - Vine - Terroir, organised by Sandro Sangiorgio at the occasion of the 38^th edition of the National Sparkling Wine Fair. The seminar's speakers, among others, were Beppe Rinaldi, Elio Altare, Salvo Foti, Elisabetta Foradori, Fabrizio Nicolaini and, for Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Luigi Gregoletto and Franco Adami.



2010. Publication of the biography of Luigi Manzoni, ampelographic genetic scientist at the Scuola Enologica di Conegliano by Carlo Miconi and Severina Cancellier. On page 177 it says: ''In the region of Treviso Incrocio Manzoni 6.0.13 found favour from the beginning of the 1970s thanks to the producers/estates Conte Collalto in Susegana and Luigi Gregoletto in Preamor di Miane, who originally produced and marketed the wine by either one of the name of the grape variety's parents: Riesling or Pinot.''
Luigi Gregoletto's memory of this period: ''My first encounter with Incrocio Manzoni Bianco was at the beginning of the 1970s. One day Dr Alvise Orlando offered me a batch of high quality white grapes, with a high sugar content and excellent aroma. I was immediately interested and I went to see the vineyard in the commune of Castelletto di Follina. I immediately bought the grapes.... and sold them as Riesling del Castelletto. The wine I produced from the grapes showed immediately how interesting the variety was, and therefore I began planting the variety I. M. 6.0.13 in the hills of Premaor''.



2012. Excerpt Camillo Langone's column Bengodi, or Land of Plenty, published in Il Foglio from the 8^th of March 2012 titled: ''It is not true that in the eastern part of Veneto one has to resign to drinking the sparkling wines of Valdobbiadene only''. It is a reference to the very rare dry Verdiso, which is normally only a minor ingredient to Prosecco, but produced as a dry 100% varietal version by Gregoletto.



2012. The Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia's 2013 edition. The Gregoletto wines have been reviewed by the guide since 1989.





2016. Luigi Gregoletto awarded by F.I.V.I. (Federazione Italiana Vignaioli indipendenti) as 'Winemaker of the Year'.



Article on DiVini Blog
Winestories's video with the Luigi Gregoletto speech