Glera, once upon a time...

The grape from which everything was born.

A white berried grape of Triveneto known since Roman times. It grew on a hill that today is part of the municipality of Trieste: the hill of Prosecco.
In the second half of 1700 historical documents tell us that this aromatic grape had found its home on the hills of Valdobbiadene in Veneto, where it was used to produce still white wines.

A century later Glera began her official career in the world of sparkling wines and in 1870 made her first timid debut at the Universal Exposition in Vienna, no longer transformed into a still white wine appreciated by the European nobility, but in the form of Prosecco, the first ever although a lot different from the one we know today... because the "Martinotti Apparatus" had not yet been invented.

The history of Prosecco begins in that period, but it is the twentieth century that sees its fame evolve and the cultivation of Glera goes fast forward along with the development of wine making techniques.

1970 sees the official registration of the Glera grape variety in the National Catalogue of vine varieties and in 2009 takes place an important step for the protection of Prosecco with the establishment of the denomination Prosecco DOC that definitively states that the Prosecco wine is produced with Glera grapes and in a specific area of the North East Italian territory.

The best is yet to come!