We are at Venegazzù, in the western part of the Montello. Ours is a story of men. The first of these was Count Piero Loredan Gasparini, a direct descendant of Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice – the city’s highest office – who in fact chose to retire to Vinegazzù. Piero Loredan Gasparini was a charismatic figure who, after making a visit to Bordeaux in France, decided to bring Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc, and Malbec to the Montello area, in order to produce a new wine that he could tell the whole world about. He turned his dream into reality, to the extent that, in the 1960s, it even won over French President Charles De Gaulle. In 1973, the baton passed to Giancarlo Palla, who has made a similarly important contribution to the area. Above all by bringing to the zone, which was traditionally linked with red wines, the culture of sparkling wine production. He was the first to realise that the Montello is an extraordinary site not only for full-bodied, long-lived wines, on which he continues to focus, but also for vibrant sparkling wines.