Le Contesse

The history and origins of Le Contesse are closely linked to the Prosecco region and the production of Italian sparkling wine. Le Contesse is a name that appears in wineries in the Veneto region of north-eastern Italy. The brand is best known for its Prosecco produced using the Charmat method, which is a method of second fermentation of wine in stainless steel vessels that produces a characteristic fine bubble structure.

Le Contesse vineyards cover an area of 200 hectares spread over 8 different municipalities: San Polo di Piave / Mareno di Piave / Santa Lucia di Piave / Vazzola / San Pietro di Feletto / Vittorio Veneto / San Vendemmiano / Roveredo in Piano. A large part of our grape-growing area falls within Italy's 55th 'World Heritage Site', the 'Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene'. An area whose beauty speaks for itself: thousands of hectares stretching east-west from Vittorio Veneto to Valdobbiadene, a landscape characterised by hilly ridges, 'ciglioni' (small vineyards on narrow grassy mounds), forests, villages and crops. This rugged terrain has been shaped and adapted by man over the centuries, creating a unique checkerboard landscape made up of rows of parallel and vertical vineyards in relation to the slopes.