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Our first corporate video, to give a little taste of live and nature within our lands. Enjoy!
Our first corporate video, to give a little taste of live and nature within our lands. Enjoy!... Our first corporate video, to give a little taste of live and nature within our lands. Enjoy! Meet Richard, of Houston Sales. Richard loves introducing folks to Fidora Pinot Grigio.... Meet Richard, of Houston Sales. Richard loves introducing folks to Fidora Pinot Grigio.
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Fidora family has been producing wine near Venice since 1927. In 1974, it started its pioneering organic farming project and today, at its 4th generation, the company is proudly carrying on biodynamic agriculture in all of its estates.
Biodiversity is the most important resource to help the vines developing their natural defences. We encourage the development and coexistence of different species of plants and animals within the same habitat. In order to do this, we use tree-lined banks, meadows, hedges, copses, and ponds: biotopes that characterise the farm and become a welcome home to wildlife. This is why hares, foxes, pheasants, ducks, herons, boars and many other species are the true inhabitants of our estates.
The Pleistocene soil next to Venice lagoon in Tenuta Civranetta (a 600 years old Benedictine estate) gives its best expression in the production of white still and sparkling wines. Here we farm Pinot Grigio, Glera and Moscaro grapes.
The estate of Collagù, on the steep hills of Valdobbiadene area, is perfect to give a fine and elegant Prosecco Superiore. The reds are produced in the Valpolicella area, where the family owns one estate in the Classica area, over the high hills of Fumane Valley, and 30 hectares in the Eastern part of Valpolicella. In Valpolicella all of our vineyards are on the hillside and surrounded by forest to ensure biodiversity and no contamination from neighbors. Here is where red wines Valpolicella, Valpolicella Ripasso and Amarone reach their peak.
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Philosophy
In 1974 Civranetta estate was converted to organic agriculture. Today it is one of the oldest examples of an organic cultivated environment in Italy and the oldest one in Veneto region. To us, being organic means moving a step forward in terms of quality, health, sustainability and environmental responsibility.
The flourishing plants and the several animal species witness how a different agricultural method can improve our life conditions and change our world.
We have always been carry on with this philosophy and in 2015 we converted to Biodynamic.
The principle we believe in is: the earth has to be considered as an actual living being,
which develops and is subject to the laws of all living organisms. As all organisms it breathes, lives, grows old and sometimes it is in need for healing. To us, biodynamic practices are at the
basis of an agriculture which no longer ruthlessly exploits the earth, but instead
would contribute positively towards its protection and further development.
We believe in the integration within the winery of animals and animal feeds, perennial plants, flowers and trees, water features, and composting. We consider our estate as a selfsufficient organism. We make ourselves all biodynamic preparations and we have minimum 1/3 of the soil that we keep no productive and wild both for autochthone plants and for wild animals.
Our wines reflect the unique features of grape varieties, local geology and climate: our terroir.
Biography
1st century already records of winemaking in Valpolicella
15th century, Benedictine monks created “Civranetta Estate” an agricultural centre near the Venice lagoon.
1920s Ferruccio Fidora bought Civranetta Estate. His son Guido took over the estate in the 50s and in 1974 he decided to convert the estate to organic farming. A pioneer at that time, the first in the North of Italy he has been promoting organic farming in the all Region.
Guido’s son Lorenzo has been managing the estate since the 90s’ and between 2005 and 2010 together with his son Emilio they decided to buy vineyards in Valpolicella to expand their wine range to top reds as well. In 2015 all the estates have been converted to Biodynamic agricolture.
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