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Our first corporate video, to give a little taste of live and nature within our lands. Enjoy!
Our first corporate video, to give a little taste of live and nature within our lands. Enjoy!... Our first corporate video, to give a little taste of live and nature within our lands. Enjoy! Meet Richard, of Houston Sales. Richard loves introducing folks to Fidora Pinot Grigio.... Meet Richard, of Houston Sales. Richard loves introducing folks to Fidora Pinot Grigio.
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Fidora family has been producing wine near Venice since 1927. In 1974, it started its pioneering organic farming project and today, at its 4th generation, the company is proudly carrying on biodynamic agriculture in all of its estates.
Biodiversity is the most important resource to help the vines developing their natural defences. We encourage the development and coexistence of different species of plants and animals within the same habitat. In order to do this, we use tree-lined banks, meadows, hedges, copses, and ponds: biotopes that characterise the farm and become a welcome home to wildlife. This is why hares, foxes, pheasants, ducks, herons, boars and many other species are the true inhabitants of our estates.
The Pleistocene soil next to Venice lagoon in Tenuta Civranetta (a 600 years old Benedictine estate) gives its best expression in the production of white still and sparkling wines. Here we farm Pinot Grigio, Glera and Moscaro grapes.
The estate of Collagù, on the steep hills of Valdobbiadene area, is perfect to give a fine and elegant Prosecco Superiore. The reds are produced in the Valpolicella area, where the family owns one estate in the Classica area, over the high hills of Fumane Valley, and 30 hectares in the Eastern part of Valpolicella. In Valpolicella all of our vineyards are on the hillside and surrounded by forest to ensure biodiversity and no contamination from neighbors. Here is where red wines Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso and Amarone reach their peak.
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Philosophy
In 1974 Civranetta estate was converted to organic agriculture. Today it is one of the oldest examples of an organic cultivated environment in Italy and the oldest one in Veneto region. To us, being organic means moving a step forward in terms of quality, health, sustainability and environmental responsibility.
The flourishing plants and the several animal species witness how a different agricultural method can improve our life conditions and change our world.
We have always been pursuing this philosophy and in 2015 we converted to Biodynamic.
The principle we believe in is: the earth has to be considered as an actual living being, which develops and is subject to the laws of all living organisms. As all organisms it breathes, lives, grows old and sometimes it is in need for healing. To us, biodynamic practices are at the basis of an agriculture which no longer ruthlessly exploits the earth, but instead would contribute positively towards its protection and further development.
We believe in the integration within the winery of animals and animal feeds, perennial plants, flowers and trees, water features and composting. We consider our estate as a selfsufficient organism. We make all biodynamic preparations ourselves and we keep at least 1/3 of the soil unproductive and wild to favour the growth of autochthon plants and encourage the presence of wild animals within the farm.
Our wines reflect the unique features of our native grape varieties, our local geology and climate: our terroir.
Biography
Fidora, a century-long story in agriculture
In 1927 Ferruccio Fidora purchases the Civranetta estate, a piece of Benedictine reclamation land in the Venetian hinterland, dating back to the 16th century. Thanks to his experience as an engineer, he manages the 160-hectare agricultural estate using cutting-edge techniques and technologies, combining manual and animal processes with an electric plowing system. His company counts 100 employees and produces wines, cereals, fruits, vegetables and livestock.
When his son Guido (with a first graduation in psychology) takes over the business, he starts new university studies in agriculture and begins experimenting with the newest farming techniques in the family estate. However, Guido makes a choice that goes against the grain, compared to the common feeling of the Seventies which aimed at maximizing production, favoring monoculture, cutting trees and eliminating ditches. In 1974 he decides to stop using insecticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers; he maintains the rotation of the land, livestock breeding (also for the precious manure) and the biodiversity, by growing linear hedges between the fields. The company's production ranges from wine to cereals and meat.
At the turn of the millennium, Lorenzo Fidora chooses to maintain his father's organic holistic vision and increases the vineyard surface. He believes it is important to replicate the production model in the new agricultural areas in the Verona province, where the vines for Amarone are planted, surrounded by meadows and woods, to ensure that organic farming goes hand in hand with a great biodiversity.
Emilio, the fourth generation, further develops international sales and embraces biodynamic agriculture, which is close to the family’s holistic and circular approach. Ancient arts, such amphora and macerated wines, are rediscovered and join the white, sparkling and red wines production. Livestock breeding comes back into the family’s activities, together with the in-house production of humus from the company's own manure and pruning waste.
Quality wine is not only a target, but also a part of a complete self-regenerating agricultural system.
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