The Friulian land is an added value in the wine market

The vineyard is the strong point of the Friulan winery La Delizia. The typical combination of nature and soil, composed of clay and gravel and paired with a variegated climate, allows for strongly unique and typical wines that bring the land, air and spirit of Friuli Venezia Giulia to the table. In these lands, new and old grapes have found the ideal conditions to obtain the very best quality. The main types of the various grapes grown originate from single grape variety wines, including whites such as Pinot Grigio, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Traminer and Moscato and native vine like Friulano and Ribolla Gialla. The reds include Merlot, Carbernet, Pinot Nero and Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, another Friulian native vine. The recent expansion of the Prosecco dop area to the four provinces of Friuli, established to protect this wine’s international market, have led to a deep transformation of the local wine landscape. With 3,500 hectares converted to Prosecco in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, the winery Vini La Delizia is seizing the opportunity, changing over 500 hectares, practically 15% of the entire regional production. The winery’s potential for sparkling wine production is about 8 million bottles with a current capacity for sparkling wine at about 60 million hl/year. The Charmat method for the Casarsa winery represents 30% of the current production and, in the next few years, it is expected to increase by about 35-45%. The Prosecco production for Vini La Delizia is considered a positive step for continuous development.

Focused on the long-term and accurate investments, the winery Vini La Delizia supports and constantly manages grower partners, providing technical support for different growing policies, from selecting clones to planning cuttings and monitoring them for the entire production cycle. The entire processing and fermentation phase uses cutting-edge technological systems under the strict control of cellars and winemakers. New production investments, in a cutting-edge logistic center and a capillary commercial network allow the Friulian Cooperative to be distributed as best possible on the national and international market, making it one of the key players in the sector. To satisfy growing market needs, by guaranteeing the intrinsic quality of the wine product and consumer safety at the same time, the winery Vini La Delizia has made an important purchase: a new bottling facility that allows it to increase its productive capacity, reaching 10,000 bottles/hour for sparkling wines and 14,000 bottles/hour for still wine, adopting the most updated energy saving technologies, inspected with sophisticated automatic controls and electrical management systems. Viticoltori Friulani La Delizia’s desire to grow is measured by investments made over the last three-years (2010-2013) for a total of 7 million Euros, divided as follows: 1.5 million for the fermentation and the sparkling wine production process, 4 million for the bottling/packaging area and 1.5 million for the experimental Azienda Agricola in Pantianicco.

The sales revenue of the Casarsa winery will close 2013 with an anticipated 12% increase compared to the previous year, increasing from 23 to 26 million Euros. On the Italian market, about 65% of production is absorbed by modern trade channel and the remaining 35% by the Ho.re.ca. channel.

Exports, the true strong point for the historic winery, cover 55% of volume. Among the key markets: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium and China. The Russian market represents an area of growth for the Casarsa winery, where each year more than 300,000 bottles of wine are sold, about 20% of the Prosecco.