Venissa

The island of Mazzorbo is home to a vineyard that has been able to overcome the challenge of the high tide for centuries, giving rise to a wine with characteristics that are entirely unique.

XIII CENTURY

When Doge Pietro Ziani’s son Marco Ziani died the vineyard in the historical centre of Venice was left by testament to the Order of Friars Minor and it can still be admired in the monastery of San Francesco della Vigna.

1820

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Located on the island of Mazzorbo in the heart of the Lagoon Park where the soil make’s up only 8% of the surface area. A unique vineyard where the vine has found its magical equilibrium between the fertility of a soil well-suited to grape growing and the continuous threat of salt and water.

The meeting between a white wine expert Desiderio Bisol and a red wine expert Roberto Cipresso led to the production of a white wine made according to the rules of the great reds with maceration of the skins to extract aromas and colours.

In the first ten days of September the golden grapes are gathered in 15 kg chests with the different areas of the vineyard being kept separate. Protecting the grapes from oxygen and heat the harvest is put...

A blend of two Venetian traditions linked to gold: Dorona, the golden grape loved by the Doges and almost lost to time, and the sheet of gold leaf still produced by hand by the Berta Battiloro family in Venice. This was the idea of Giovanni Moretti, one of Murano’s great glass working artists who created the Venissa bottle. 

The gold leaf is placed on the bottle, fired and blended into the glass on Murano. Afterwards, the number of each ind...