The true essence of Friuli

Founder of the homonymous Friuli company in the province of Gorizia, Mario Schiopetto inherited his great passion for wine from his father, becoming a master of Friulian oenology, and founder of the first modern white Friuli.
It was 1965 when he created the first "Tocai" (grape variety today known as Friulano) in purity that transformed the entire concept of Italian white wine.
Traveling around Europe, first as a truck driver and then together with Luigi Veronelli, Mario brings to the cellar the perfect combination that has given life to the inimitable "Schiopetto style": in Germany he buys pine poles for the vineyards and discovers the use of the technology in the winemaking process and in France it studies all the methods to make its wines more elegant.

Moved by the desire to "give voice to the territory through wine", the Schiopetto Company today follows in Mario's footsteps, taking care of the vines, a mirror of love for wine and every step from the vineyard to the cellar, trying to understand the land, the climate and the character of its hills.

The company now has two lines: the "flower line", younger and easy-to-drink wines, which includes Ribolla Gialla and Blanc des Rosis Bianco Venezia Giulia, which have been awarded 3 stars by the prestigious guide Veronelli and the classic “Mario Schiopetto” line, which includes, among others, Pinot Bianco (5 Grappoli Bibenda) and Friulano (3 Gambero Rosso glass).