Visintini
The place where the Visintini company stands has a history dating back to the Middle Ages 1290, located on the hills south of the DOC Friuli Colli Orientali area on the border with the DOC Collio bordering the provinces of Udine and Gorizia. Various vicissitudes led Domenico Visintini to purchase the Castle of Gramogliano in 1884. In 1915, the Castle passed by succession to two of his sons: Umberto. The latter became the legitimate owner of the castle and began farming. In 1973, Umberto thought that the time had come to pass the reins to his son Andrea, who since then would have given impetus and the and the wine tradition is increasingly valued. In 2002, the company passed into the hands of the children Oliviero, Cinzia and Palmira, thus continuing the business started many years earlier.
Philosophy
Good wine needs time to mature. If anyone knows about that, it’s us. For generations, we have devoted ourselves to a passion that finds fertile soil here in
Friuli.
You can taste the fact that our wines have tradition and that we take the time to develop them. Making the change to production in line with organic guidelines
is therefore not a luxury for us, but a matter of course: because we want only the best.
This ecological awareness is a requirement for the excellent quality of our grapes and means more aroma, more enjoyment and an extra helping of good
taste.
Biography
The castle of Gramogliano, that in the course of the centuries was several times destroyed and rebuilt, has ancient origins. A tower, close to the manor house, is what remains today of the old feudal castle, that extended, with stronghold and towers, for hundreds of meters all around. It seems, that it was built by lord Vecellio of Gramogliano, as it was used as a fortress in the battle against the strong feudatory Magio di Buttrio.
- The Patriarch of Aquileia, Raimondo della Torre in 1298, allows to the feudatory of Gramogliano to build a big tower next to the rock and to dig a ditch all around full of water and provided of a drawbridge. At its origins, therefore the castle was only a small fortress.
- At the beginning of the 12 century, the castle was destroyed by Patriarch Ottoboni de Razzi. After the castle was rebuilt, it was taken over from the Lord of Gramogliano to the Austrian Lords of Herbestein.
- In the year 1323,a certain Progna Waterpertoldo of Spilimbergo, donated to the Count of Gorizia a tower of the castle of which he was owner.
- In the tear 1332 the new castle, was destroyed by the Patriarch Nicola I of Lussemburgo to revenge the death of predecessor Bertrando, murdered by some feudatories from Friuli and Gorizia.
- In the year 1424, despite of the opposition of the Lords of Cividale, the castle of Gramogliano was rebuilt by the Counts of Gorizia, Enrico and Gianmainardo, perhaps reproducing the same shapes of the past centuries, with three towers west, two towers east and a central tower which still exists today. In the same year, the Republic of Venice took possession and ceasing it over to the Lords of Faedis and the Counts Zucco of Cuccagna. They strengthened the castle’s defences and closed in it they resisted to the Uscocchi ivasion.
- In 1439, the section of the castle owned by Antonio of Cormons, was acquired by Guarniero Pretto of Zucco. From that year, the castle and the houses built in that area, remained property of Counts Zucco of Cuccagna till 1884.
- In the 1884 Mr. Domenico Visintini acquired the property.
- The castle in 1915, was inherited by two of his sons: Umberto and Antonio. Antonio after serious financial problems, in 1926 had to give up his part to his brother Umberto, who become the legitimate owner of the castle and began an agricultural activity.
- In 1973 Umberto decided that the time was right to hand over the activity to his son Andrea, that from then gave new impulse and valorised even more the winery traditions.
- Today’s reality is such that, the tradition activity has been hand over to Oliviero, Cinzia and Palmira by the father Andrea.
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