Gravner Francesco Joško

Mateja Gravner
Gregor Pietro Viola
Alvise Barsanti


Loc. Lenzuolo bianco, 9 Oslavia
IT - 34170 Gorizia Gorizia

0481 30882

info@gravner.it
gravner.it

Wine-growing region:
Friuli Venezia Giulia

Gravner’s farm dates back to 1901, when the first 2.5 hectares of land and a house were bought.
It is only after a few years that the area is named Lenzuolo Bianco (literally white bed sheet) of Oslavia. Those lands produce grapes and fruit - especially cherries and apricots – and house livestocks of cows and pigs, as usual for families of farmers during those years.
After two World Wars and several innovations in the meanwhile, it is 1980 when Josko Gravner begins dealing with the company’s future, giving it a turn.
At first instance Josko applies all the new methods and technics learnt during his studies, but after two violent hail storms decides to change his attitude. He starts macerating his wines in big wooden barrels and continues till 2001, when he decides to undertake a completely new procedure, unexplored in Italy: he begins wine making in big clay amphoras, located underground. According to Josko, this is like coming back to primordial life and to its source, water, which maintains its purest properties below the surface. Today the company grows and works only Ribolla and Pignolo vines, together with a small share of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, covering an area of 15 hectares. The wines rest one year in amphoras and age at least six years in big oak barrels.