From “Friuli da bere” written by Francesco Antonini
A Brazzano, in full area Collio - word that we associate with great wines, flourishing nature and common welfare - after the war, there was poverty . And who were working in the vineyards was far from be a privileged.
"The wine - says Francesco Vosca - was considered poorest than wheat and corn that was grown in the plains. Between '40 and '50 there was no work, my uncle had to emigrate to Argentina. Dad Mario told that over the years of the regime had to march on Saturday, but he was often away on working, so the police were going to take him and put in jail. But he did not complain because basically it was the only day of rest."
Franesco, who was born in 1959, has seen with his own eyes the reality of the countryside: "As children, six to seven years aged, he was going to dig in the fields – he remembers. Today I laugh when I hear about child exploitation: they are big words, you should always evaluate the context ... In the sixties there was still misery and labor was necessary because we had no equipment. One more child was important. "
Together with dad, mom and two sisters, Vosca cultivated hectare family property here in Brazzano. Carboys and bulk wine, more white than red: Tocai, Malvasia and Ribolla, before they became fashionable ones that Francesco still called "the French ones", that are Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Vosca studied in Cividale del Friuli and graduated in Agriculture; first joined his father and then leads the company in the accompanying metamorphosis that we have met other times before. "Until the beginning of the nineties we still had the stable, only then we have chosen to focus on wine."
Today the hectares are 8 and 15 thousand are the bottles. But resist the "bulk one". Three-quarters of the production are white wines: great balance of Tocai, but Malvasia has a great result too. Helped by his wife Anita and his sons Gabriele and Elisabetta, Vosca relies moderation aging in wood and keeps, next to modern Guyot, the farming system "alla cappuccina" which in some cases produces more balanced wines. There is also the blend white Collio '05 (Tocai 65%, the rest are Pinot Grigio and Malvasia), slightly barred. Three wines of 2005 Vosca deserved the two glasses of Slow Food (Tocai, Malvasia and Pinot Grigio), while the Tocai '02 won the three stars in the Guide of the Chambers of Commerce; excellent scores even from L'Espresso magazine reviewers.
In Brazzano, in full area Collio - word that we associate with great wines, flourishing nature and common welfare - after the war, there was poverty . And who were working in the vineyards was far from be a privileged.
"The wine - says Francesco Vosca - was considered poorest than wheat and corn that was grown in the plains. Between '40 and '50 there was no work, my uncle had to emigrate to Argentina. Dad Mario told that over the years of the regime had to march on Saturday, but he was often away on working, so the police were going to take him and put in jail. But he did not complain because basically it was the only day of rest."
Franesco, who was born in 1959, has seen with his own eyes the reality of the countryside: "As children, six to seven years aged, he was going to dig in the fields – he remembers. Today I laugh when I hear about child exploitation: they are big words, you should always evaluate the context ... In the sixties there was still misery and labor was necessary because we had no equipment. One more child was important. "
Together with dad, mom and two sisters, Vosca cultivated hectare family property here in Brazzano. Carboys and bulk wine, more white than red: Tocai, Malvasia and Ribolla, before they became fashionable ones that Francesco still called "the French ones", that are Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Vosca studied in Cividale del Friuli and graduated in Agriculture; first joined his father and then leads the company in the accompanying metamorphosis that we have met other times before. "Until the beginning of the nineties we still had the stable, only then we have chosen to focus on wine."
Today the hectares are 8 and 15 thousand are the bottles. But resist the "bulk one". Three-quarters of the production are white wines: great balance of Tocai, but Malvasia has a great result too. Helped by his wife Anita and his sons Gabriele and Elisabetta, Vosca relies moderation aging in wood and keeps, next to modern Guyot, the farming system "alla cappuccina" which in some cases produces more balanced wines. There is also the blend white Collio '05 (Tocai 65%, the rest are Pinot Grigio and Malvasia), slightly barred. Three wines of 2005 Vosca deserved the two glasses of Slow Food (Tocai, Malvasia and Pinot Grigio), while the Tocai '02 won the three stars in the Guide of the Chambers of Commerce; excellent scores even from L'Espresso magazine reviewers.
Francesco Antonini
