Isonzo “Esos“, the god of Trade, is the name of celtic river Isonzo dominating the guaranteed quality area of those wines produced along the region it wets.
The Isonzo guaranteed quality area is composed of a ground zone, of about 1.000 hectares of vine-yards, that extends itself to the south of the hilly area between Karst and Judrio.
Isonzo is actually the major maker of the geological conformation of this land.
It has a well-diversified chemical-physical structure; with a calcareous, permeable and porous land conformation, which perfect for vine-growing, passing to alluvial, gravelly and clayey- muddy lands. The climate is quite uniform thanks to the Alps and the Karst which do not allow the penetration of cold winds and the mitigatory action of the sea.
The vine-growing tradition around the guaranteed quality Isonzo area started out with the foundation of Aquileia and the Friulian hinterland colonization.
It is said that the first inhabitants of this countryside, the Venetians, a population who made a living working on the land, imported the vine from Greece, increasing the trade of products grown on their lands.