- Conegliano Valdobbiadene vineyards
- Innocenzo Nardi, President of
the Consorzio Vini Conegliano
Valdobbiadene
In the opening, a view of the hills of
Prosecco Superiore
(photo by Arcangelo Piai)
COLLINE DEL PROSECCOWorld Heritage Center in Paris. Then,
last year the postponement, entrusted
to the word: “Referral” pronounced by
the Unesco Commission. “Not a rejec-
tion”, the Consortium had immediately
specified “otherwise we would not have
had other possibilities”.
Then postponed to 2019, therefore.
The decisive year. The right year. A long
process, difficult and not sheltered
from controversy. Like the many media
attacks related to the use of pesticides,
often ended up on national news (and
not only). Then the claim of the many
(excessive, according to the Tribuna di
Treviso) money spent: over 760,000
euro between regional, provincial, mu-
nicipal and consortium funds. Hitches
that never stopped those who believed
in it from the beginning.THE FUTURE
What will happen now? There are so
many things to do and projects to re-
launch. As the president of the Con-
sorzio Vini Conegliano Valdobbiadene
Innocenzo Nardi immediately reiter-
ated (photo) “the recognition is not the
point of arrival, but an important step in
a journey that aims enhance the cultural,
artistic and agricultural heritage present
in this small area, known for its main prod-
uct, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco
Superiore”. Conservation and mainte-
nance are, therefore, the key words that
the Consortium has launched, in com-
pliance with the Unesco guidelines for
the registered landscape assets, in line
with the objective of a balanced and har-
monious economic and social develop-
ment. “Our site” explains Nardi “through