The Valdobbiadene company signs a strategic partnership, expanding its portfolio with quality non-alcoholic beverages.

Val d’Oca , a company from Valdobbiadene recognized for its excellence in the production of Prosecco Superiore DOCG, announces its partnership with Bella , a brand from Mareno di Piave (Treviso) specialized in quality non-alcoholic beverages. This collaboration marks a strategic step for Val d’Oca , which is expanding its offering to respond to a constantly evolving market, increasingly attentive to innovative proposals in the no-alcohol segment. The agreement includes the distribution of Bella products through the Val d’Oca sales network, which has a consolidated presence both nationally and internationally. Thanks to this synergy, Val d’Oca will introduce a selection of refreshing beverages into its portfolio, ideal for those looking for alcohol-free alternatives without sacrificing taste and quality . “We are excited about the new partnership with Bella,” says Stefano Gava , General Manager. “For us, this company is synonymous with quality and creativity, values ​​that we share and that guide us in our mission to offer exceptional products. At a time when the demand for non-alcoholic beverages is growing rapidly, we are ready to respond with solutions that respect our attention to the territory”. ​Bella, known for its careful selection of natural ingredients and its focus on consumer well-being, will enrich the Val d’Oca range with fruity and fresh beverages, perfect for every occasion. The products are already available in Val d’Oca distribution channels.

Val d’Oca ​Val d’Oca, a brand synonymous with excellence in the world of Prosecco, is the toponym of a hill cultivated with Glera. A few houses interspersed with a road that zigzags up along a tree grove make up an evocative landscape among the Treviso Prealps, in the hilly area between Valdobbiadene and Conegliano, protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. The specialist brand of Cantina Produttori di Valdobbiadene, a company founded in 2008 at the time 100% owned and subject to the direction and coordination of Cantina Produttori di Valdobbiadene, takes its name from this location, which had the task of marketing and promoting the cooperative’s products. Since the early 1990s, Val d’Oca has been the indication of the brand of wines intended exclusively for the HoReCa channel. In June 2023, 98% of Val D’Oca Srl was sold to Valdobbiadene Impresa SC, a cooperative company without prevailing mutuality and established by the members of Cantina Produttori di Valdobbiadene as well as the Winery itself.

A season of confirmations for the historic winery of Valdobbiadene, which shines in the most prestigious international competitions.

Mionetto confirms its leading role in the international wine scene thanks to the prestigious awards obtained in the main competitions in the sector.

This year too, the historic Venetian winery has enriched its list of honours, collecting a series of important prizes in three of the most authoritative wine competitions: Mundus Vini, Vinalies Internationales and Berliner Wine Trophy .

The first major confirmation came at the 36th edition of Mundus Vini , the International Wine Grand Prix, which brings together producers, winemakers, importers and consumers, offering an ideal platform for comparing and evaluating wines, as well as a purchasing orientation tool for the general public. In the spring session, called “Spring Tasting”, Mionetto obtained nine medals , including five silver and four gold, among which the gold awarded to the Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Rive di S. Stefano Brut Luxury Collection and the Prosecco Rosé DOC Extra Dry Luxury Collection stand out. Making the result even more prestigious was the title of Best of Show Prosecco Rosé , an award reserved for the best Prosecco Rosé in the competition, awarded to the Prosecco Rosé DOC Extra Dry 2023 “Luxury Collection” for the highest score in its category.

The Vinalies Internationales 2025 , a competition known for the rigour of its evaluations and attention to the technical quality of the competing wines, instead awarded Mionetto five gold medals, four of which were awarded to the Luxury Collection: to the Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze DOCG Dry , to the Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Brut , to the Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Rive di S. Stefano Brut and to the Prosecco Rosé DOC Extra Dry . Gold also went to the Prestige Collection which triumphed with the Prosecco DOC Treviso Brut .

These awards are joined by three other golds obtained at the Berliner Wine Trophy , the largest international wine competition in Germany and among the most prestigious in the world. Recognized for its high standard of selection, the Berliner Wine Trophy has awarded the Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Dry and the Prosecco Rosé DOC Extra Dry Luxury Collection , which confirm themselves among the most appreciated expressions of Italian sparkling wines.

These results renew Mionetto’s ability to stand out in the international wine scene, enhancing the territory and tradition through products of the highest quality, appreciated by both consumers and industry critics.

A successful season that confirms the winery’s constant commitment to bringing the excellence of Italian Prosecco to the world.

At the Foodex Japan 2025 fair in Tokyo, a seminar to explore the native ungrafted vine rediscovered and promoted by the Veronese winery.

Roeno , a winery from Brentino Belluno (Verona), debuts in Japan with enantio : on Thursday 13 March in Tokyo, during the Foodex Japan 2025 trade fair, the endemic, native and ungrafted Terradeiforti wine variety was the protagonist of a seminar that explored the qualities and distinctive elements of the vine. An in-depth study that underlined the historical importance of enantio, its connection with the territory and its potential in the international wine scene.

The interpretations of the Veronese reality – Enantio Red Point 2021 and Enantio Riserva 1865 Prefillossera 2019 – then took on the role of protagonists in a technical tasting aimed at industry operators in an authoritative and international context.

“Being able to tell Foodex Japan about the historical, oenological and cultural value of enantio makes us proud – says Martina Centa , brand manager and third generation of Roeno –. We want to be the witnesses of an incredible variety that in the 19th century was able to resist the attack of phylloxera. We set ourselves the goal of making an ancient, but at the same time contemporary and authentic vine known in Italy and abroad, which tells the story of our territory and the bond we have with it”.

Roeno began its rediscovery project twenty years ago, with the aim of preserving a vine that, thanks to the presence of sandy and siliceous soil, was able to survive a virulent species such as phylloxera. Today in Terradeiforti the company protects the centuries-old specimens of enantio and revives a variety at risk of extinction through new trajectories in the viticultural and oenological fields. The commitment in the vineyard translates into a profound wine, with character, that tells an ancient story and, at the same time, proves to be extremely modern.

Foodex Japan is the most important and long-running food & beverage fair in Japan, which confirms year after year the key role of Tokyo in the world of wine. The event, which this year reached its 50th edition, wanted to dedicate a special section to the wine sector, Foodex Wine . The event was a strategic meeting point that connected companies from all over the world and international buyers.

March 30 and 31, 2025 – Royal College of Lucca.

Everything is ready for Vini delle Coste. On stage many winemakers from the Italian territories overlooking the sea, present personally to meet the public. Co-protagonists, the chefs and guests of Condimenti, a format created by Cristiano Tomei to interpret the world through food and wine.

The opportunity to personally meet 80 wineries , to reflect, to enrich yourself with the dialogues of Condimenti, created by chef Cristiano Tomei and to visit the splendid city of Lucca. Vini delle Coste will be all this and more: the event will give the opportunity to benefit in collaboration with Trenitalia of a 50% discount on the price of the entrance ticket to the event (15€ instead of 30€) for holders of a Trenitalia travel ticket.

Artisanal winemakers protagonists of the event

Vini delle Coste was born to valorize those who, every day, dedicate themselves to wine following it from the vineyard to the commercialization. At the Real Collegio of Lucca, visitors will be able to meet the winemakers of the Lucchesi Hills , Montecarlo and Garfagnana, of the Pisan Hills, of Candia and Lunigiana , expressions of the provinces of Lucca, Pisa and Massa . There will also be companies from the province of Livorno , Grosseto with a significant representation of the Tuscan Archipelago . And, ambassadors of the Coasts of Italy, the Terroir Marche with the biodynamic winemakers, Abruzzo and Liguria . In total, there will be over 300 wines to taste.

Every day, every winemaker faces the unknowns of time and nature because wine is a living product, unique every year, challenging every year. This is even more true for those who work in extreme territories, such as Maestà della Formica , which grows its own grapes in the Apuan Alps, in the municipality of Careggine, at 1050 meters above sea level, Terenzuola , Ivan Giuliani’s company, in the Colli di Luni area, between Liguria and Tuscany, and Irene Carfagna of Altura Vigneto , on the Giglio Island where viticulture has a landscape but also social value. The so-called heroic and frontier viticulture represents a concrete and authentic perspective for the future, as does social viticulture , which at Vini delle Coste will be represented by the Calafata social cooperative, in the heart of the Colline Lucchesi, which involves young and disadvantaged people to put abandoned land and forgotten vineyards back into production. The Pieve Santo Stefano Agricultural Company is also active in social work and, through the Progetto Scipione Association , aims to create a stable and sustainable life path for adults with autism who have completed their school career, through agricultural, sports and training activities.

< – says the creator Alessandra Guidi – represents a new event that brings to the Real Collegio the wines born along the coasts of all Italy. There are many companies that in their terroir enjoy the influence of the sea: the Tuscan coast will be central, but we will also have the Adriatic coast, the Marche, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria>>.

Food for thought

The idea of Condimenti , conversations about food open to visitors, comes from the union of “condi” and “menti”, or the idea of “seasoning the mind” thanks to a table where chefs, producers and enthusiasts will sit to talk about what is happening in the world of wine and food, but also how these influence society. < – Tomei explains. – At the Condimenti table we will not attend a show-cooking, but we will be together to talk about wine, food and, therefore, culture. Because through cooking we rediscover a shared and very deep cultural root that perhaps we have forgotten. It will, in fact, be an experience of real sharing and mutual growth: at our table will sit the people who come to visit us, together with my friends, chefs, ice cream makers, pastry chefs and many others>>.

Guests on Sunday will include Marco Stabile , chef of the “Ora d’Aria” restaurant in Florence; Enrico Dandolo , director of the Gualtiero Marchesi Foundation; Gian Francesco Cutelli and Cinzia Otri , award-winning ice cream makers; Giuseppe Carrus , professor of Social Psychology at the University of Roma Tre and tasting journalist for Gambero Rosso; Antonio Galatà , nutritionist; Massimo Giacon , cartoonist; the Cinquini Brothers , set designers and first-class float designers of the Viareggio Carnival.

On Monday, at the table with Cristiano Tomei, Cristian Torsiello , chef of the 1 Michelin Star Osteria Arbustico in Paestum; Chiara Gambacorti and Elisabetta Gemignani of the La Torre Restaurant in Montecarlo; Piero Pompili, director of the Il Cambio Restaurant in Bologna; Edoardo Tilli , chef of the Agriturismo Podere Belvedere in Pontassieve; Andrea Sacchetti of the Nuovo Mondo pastry shop in Prato.

Vini delle Coste will tell many unique stories in an informal and at the same time intimate context, as demonstrated by the choice of the poster, designed by Massimo Giacon , a cartoonist who has collaborated with famous magazines such as Linus, Elle, Glamour, an illustrator of campaigns for brands such as Absolut Vodka, Memphis, Swatch, a designer of design objects for Alessi, an author of the book “Amami” for Mondadori and much more.

A choice linked to Lucca Comics & Games , an international event dedicated to comics, with which there is a strong synergy . A synergy that also extends to the world of food and wine with the Foodmetti – Artisti delle tavola project, a “festival within the festival” dedicated to the excellence of the world of comics and food and wine, directed by chef Cristiano Tomei.

Entrance to the tasting room is free for industry professionals, with a ticket for wine lovers and special discounts for sommeliers and students.

Vini delle Coste is an Event Service production.