It may be because the extent of the vineyards is neither large nor small (3,000 hectares of vineyards), or perhaps because the neighbouring denominations, such as Valpolicella, Soave, Conegliano Valdobbiadene or Bardolino make more “noise” and mostly other figures, the fact remains that the district of the Colli Berici – a sort of hilly island that stands out in the plain between Vicenza and Padua – has maintained a secluded, almost shy character in the frenetic world of mass communication.

The positive side of all this is that this territory preserves its landscape’s charm intact, made up of forests, vineyards, cultivated fields, scattered with small well-kept centres and twenty-four Palladian villas that together with the twenty-three palaces of the city of Vicenza are historically part of the area’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites.