🏛️ Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene

The Prosecco Hills are steep green hills in northern Italy, between the towns of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene in the Veneto region. This is where Prosecco was born. In 2019 the area was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Vineyards sit on narrow terraces and ridges, and the slopes are very steep. For that reason almost everything is done by hand. The relief and the small plots took shape over centuries, and UNESCO marked them as a cultural landscape shaped by people.

The wine here is made mainly from the Glera variety. The sparkling wine is produced by the Charmat method: the second fermentation happens not in the bottle but in a large closed tank. This keeps freshness and fruity aroma.

The Prosecco Hills belong to the wider topic of UNESCO heritage and wine, which gathers wine places recognised as valuable to the whole world. For a visitor they mean pretty roads between rows of vines and small towns.