Although Franciacorta are constantly among the best Italian sparkling wines, it is worth remembering that it is a productive zone born at the end of the 70s and officially recognized with the DOCG only in 1995. The name of the area comes from the Latin “curtes francae” (free courts) and this would seem to indicate that in the Early Middle Ages (between the sixth and eleventh centuries) those lands were exempt from paying tribute, a privilege granted to the small communities of Benedictines who inhabited them. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Brut Doppio Erre Di, Derbusco Cives
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Franciacorta Extra Brut Cuvée Prestige Edizione 43, Ca’ del Bosco
Ca’ del Bosco history begins in 1964, with the purchase by Annamaria Clementi Zanella of a small house, surrounded by chestnut trees, known as “Ca’ del bosc”, in the hills, in Erbusco, with two hectares of vineyards. In that bucolic landscape, the young Maurizio Zanella, son of Annamaria, grew up, letting himself be infected by those lands stimulations, until entering decisively in the family business in the early ’70s. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Extra Brut Cuvée Prestige Edizione 43, Ca’ del Bosco
Franciacorta Demi-Sec Nectar, Bellavista

According to the available sources, it is possible to say that the Moretti family was present in Erbusco, the country became the beating heart of the denomination Franciacorta docg, since 1400. Certainly at that time it could not be assumed that those areas would become so important for the Italian viticulture and for the production of sparkling wines: and in fact in 1967, the founder, Vittorio Moretti, had initially given rise to a construction company: The Moretti Building on Human Values. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Demi-Sec Nectar, Bellavista