The Azienda Perusini produces wine only from its own grapes, grown on hillside vineyards planted in Eocene loam (known as Ponca in Friulan).
All the vines have been closely planted in accordance with strict criteria, using either the guyot or the doppio capovolto techniques, whose productivity is low, but as Giampaolo Perusini, the father of the present owner, firmly believed, great wines start on the vine. The scrupolous care lavished on the vines continues with the harvesting of the grapes by hand, then in the various stages of production in the winery.
The passion for study that epitomised the Azienda Perusini in the past still inspires a young team (Teresa Perusini, her husband Giacomo de Pace, the “Gruppo dei Preparatori d’uva” and Alessio Dorigo) in the running of the business, combining respect for tradition and nature (the estate follows the EU 2078 norm for the reduction of pesticides) with research.
The estate’s innovations have not been limited merely to the agronomical and wine-making aspects, but there has also been major restructuring work carried out on the main estate buildings; next to the old seventeenth-century mansion a new Barriqueria (where the wine is aged in special wooden casks) has been built to a design by the architect A.R. Burelli, followed recently by a revolutionary Tower/Winery, the result of a research project on new materials typical of the Mediterranean area conducted under the aegis of the Ministry for Scientific Research, the Architectural Univeresity of Venice and a pool of private sponsors.