Ronco dei Pini is located in Prepotto in the Eastern Hills of Friuli, on the border with Slovenia and the Collio of Gorizia, in the hill consisting of ponca soils.
Angelo Novello and his children, for generation expert farmers of the lands of eastern Veneto, bought the property from the Counts Rieppi of Prepotto almost forty years ago, after many years in which they had already frequented it and had been fascinated by the quality of the wines and the beauty of the area of the Eastern Collio of Friuli.
In 1990, Vito Novello, purchased the shares of his brothers and started the Ronco dei Pini business. The new company, which owes its name to the pine forest that is located on top of a hill, began a journey of renewed quality, which underwent a marked acceleration after 1997 with the full entrance into the family business of the sons of Vito, Giuseppe and Claudio.
Processing methods to get the wanted quality start from the low yields per hectare combined with a particular focus in the winery (maceration of red and white grapes combined with the technology of cold and temperature control). The aging of red wines, occurs both in tonneau and in barriques. The results of this commitment and passion soon arrived, and today Ronco dei Pini is recognized and appreciated by major national and international magazines in the industry.
Among the Eastern Hills of Friuli and Plessiva in the Collio of Gorizia, the vineyard is divided between Prepotto and Spessa di Cividale.
Claudio Novello runs the company in first person, assisted by his brother Giuseppe and by the enotechnicians De Noni and Stramare in the winery.
