The Consortium for the protection of Franciacorta with its unmistakable logo – a crenellated “F”, the symbol of the ancient medieval towers that characterize the area, was founded on March 5th, 1990 in Corte Franca, in the province of Brescia, as aggregation of a group of winemakers who shared passion and common stimuli, primarily interested in the protection, enhancement and promotion of the Franciacorta wine–growing and of the territory as a whole. It is an inter–professional organization, independent, able to provide the support services, of image, of aggregation, strong and equal for all.
To the Consortium, which since 1993 has its headquarters in Erbusco, in the heart of Franciacorta, the three professional categories of growers, winemakers and bottlers who are interested in the production chain of the designations Franciacorta DOCG, Curtefranca DOC and Sebino IGT adhere. There are companies of all sizes, from small, family–run businesses, to structured and well–known in the world companies. The member companies of the Consortium of Franciacorta represent almost the totality of those active in the area and are on the market especially with the main product of this wine–growing area: Franciacorta, the first and the only Italian brut produced exclusively with the second fermentation in the bottle to have obtained from 1st September 1995 the DOCG, the Designation of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin.
