Le Due Terre

Silvana Forte and Flavio Basilicata established this started the estate in 1984 with the idea of producing wines with both tradition and sense of terroir. Flavio started as a consultant winemaker in the late seventies, working mainly in the Colli Orientali del Friuli appellation and having a lot of experiences with both international and local grapes. Since the beginning their main focus was to grow Refosco, Schioppettino and Tocai, classic varietals from the area and particularly well performing in the village of Prepotto where the estate is located.

Flavio is a sort of avant-garde traditionalist. He wants to keep alive the varietals and the ancient methods but he's perfectly aware of the necessity of refinement and complexity required by the today's wine drinkers. For him originality and terroir are a real challenge and his winemaking approach is resumed in "less is better". That's why he prefers not to rack the wines if unnecessary, preferring the action of the lees and oxygen to any intrusive manipulation. He doesn't want to produce monsters, but human and natural wines that reflect the site, the vintage, the history and the ambition of a long ageing potential.