
Bernardi Ogliano
Guido Bernardi is a man of few words. Few, because no more are needed. He doesn't need to convince anyone, to build an image of himself or his company, or to run big marketing campaigns. He produces wine, and in particular Prosecco above all, he's always done it and he does it very well. He is the fifth generation of winegrowers. The Bernardi family estate covers 16 hectares, 13 of which are planted with vineyards in Ogliano, a small village of 1000 souls set on the hills 4 km north of Conegliano. Here, the cultivation of the vine and the production of wine are lost in the mists of time: Conegliano is indeed a city of art and home to Italy's oldest school of oenology, as well as to the degree course in Viticultural and Enological Sciences and Technologies of the University of Padua. Every time I go to visit Guido and drive the road from Valdobbiadene towards Conegliano, I am charmed by the gentleness and harmony of the landscape, among the green hills of this corner of Veneto in the province of Treviso, where the bond between man and environment has created a unique cultural landscape, which is not by chance a recent UNESCO World Heritage Site. The life of the Bernardi family revolves entirely around wine production. The harvesting and selection of the grapes is done strictly by hand, and Mr. Guido is always busy at the estate, among the vineyard rows or in the cellar. He has no time to talk, he has to think, to our great delight, about the next Prosecco.