38 JULY-AUGUST 2019STORIESGAMBERO ROSSOIN MILAN THE COLDIRETTI TOAST
The news of the Unesco recognition for the Hills of Prosecco
di Conegliano and Valdobbiadene was welcomed in Milan
with a maxi-toast promoted by Coldiretti. On the final day of
the Farmer’s Village at Castello Sforzesco in Milan, the pro-
ducers of Coldiretti’s Prosecco DOCG from Veneto offered
their best bottles, to celebrate the achievement of the missed
goal in July 2018.the management association will have to
report to Unesco on the state of conserva-
tion and maintenance of the registered
landscape assets. In particular, it must
follow what is drafted in the Management
Plan and as recommended by Unesco itself.
To do this, the association implements a
monitoring system of the objectives and ac-
tions to be carried out, which is transmitted
and examined by the competent bodies of
Unesco periodically”. The main themes to
focus on are tourism and the agricultural
use of the territory. But let’s see in detail.THE UNESCO AREAIn the last decade, the application process
required a revision of the initially pro-
posed boundaries. Today the Unesco site
includes the hilly area of the province of
Treviso, which extends eastwards from
the municipality of Valdobbiadene to the
Municipality of Vittorio Veneto, that is, a
substantial portion of the vineyard land-
scape of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene
Prosecco Superiore Docg.
The CORE ZONE (1) (Valdobbiadene, Mi-
ane, Farra di Soligo, Pieve di Soligo, Fol-
lina, Cison di Valmarino, Refrontolo, San
Pietro di Feletto, Revine Lago, Tarzo, Vi-
dor, Vittorio Veneto) is the most valuable
site for its slopes. In particular this area is
characterized by the so-called hogback,
a series of steep reliefs, interspersed with
small valleys parallel to each other. And it’s
here that, in particular, the work of man
- able to adapt and shape these steep
slopes – emerges, thanks to the banks, a particular type of terracing, which uses
grass covered soil instead of stone. The third characterizing element is the mosaic,
given precisely by interspersing itself between these many small vineyards and the
presence of woodland and unproductive elements, which function as an effective
ecological network capable of providing quality ecosystem services. Around the
core zone, there are two other areas: the so-called BUFFER ZONE (2) (Conegliano,
Susegana and San Vendemiano) and the COMMITMENT ZONE (1) (Cappella Mag-
giore, Colle Umberto, Codognè, Cordignano, Fregona, Godega of Sant’Urbano,
Mareno di Piave, Moriago della Battaglia, Sarmede, San Fior, Sernaglia della Batta-
glia, Segusino, Santa Lucia di Piave and Vazzola), where the main characteristics of
the candidacy can be recognized, but with greater urban development.