Friuli Colli Orientali follows a hilly strip in Udine province, from Tarcento and Nimis south and east through Cividale, Prepotto, Manzano and Corno di Rosazzo. Grapes are harvested by hand. The listed appellations are Friuli Colli Orientali, Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit and Ramandolo.
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Elsewhere in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Adriatic Lagoon & Lowland DOCs1 producerThis lowland group includes Friuli Annia, Friuli Aquileia and Friuli Latisana. Aquileia is coastal; its wines include fresh, saline whites and deep, full reds.
- Carso / Karst Plateau (Trieste)1 producerCarso lies on the Karst Plateau, with limestone, shallow red earth and exposure to the bora wind. Vitovska, Malvasia Istriana and Terrano are its signature grapes.
- Collio & Brda Hills (Gorizia)7 producersCollio and Brda share a wine landscape divided by a postwar border. Ribolla Gialla appears in fresh, skin-contact and sparkling styles, while Collio Friulano can show differences between growing locations.
- Friuli Grave (Central Gravelly Plain)5 producersFriuli Grave is a broad gravelly plain on both sides of the Tagliamento River. Its stony Magredi, or Grave, soils favour fresh white wines including Ribolla Gialla and Pinot Grigio.
- Prosecco (cross-regional, FVG portion)No producers listed yetThe Prosecco DOC is shared between Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto. Its fresh, light sparkling wines are made primarily from Glera, and the name comes from a village on the Trieste coast.
Producers in Colli Orientali del Friuli (Udine hills)
Producer profiles
- Azienda Agricola IL RoncalTerraced hilltop estate in Cividale del Friuli farming twenty hectares on marl and sandstone for the Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC, led since 2006 by Martina Moreale after the death of founder Roberto Zorzettig.
- ZorzettigFamily wine estate founded in 1874, farming 115 hectares of hillside ponca soils across four Colli Orientali del Friuli territories, with native Friulian varieties at the core of the range.