Berlucchi

Berlucchi is certainly the name that is most linked to the wine history of Franciacorta as we know it today; has been able to dare with Classic Method sparkling wine production and be a pioneer and trailblazer for an entire wine-growing area. The memory of the oenologist Franco Ziliani on how it all began is evocative: “The butler escorted me into the living room of Palazzo Lana Berlucchi. The notes of Georgia on my mind vibrated in the air: Guido Berlucchi was at the piano. The count closed the piano, greeted me warmly and began to question me, a young oenologist, on the ways to improve his unstable white wine. I answered his questions without hesitation, and in greeting him I dared: and what if we also made a French-style sparkling wine?”