Prominent People (Veneto)

Question 1

Giullo Ferrari

Answer 1

1902 oenologist at Agrarian Institute of San Michele all”Adige who recognized potential for Trentino to produce Chardonnay based sparkling wines. Founded sparkling house of Ferrari with other producers transformed Trentino in to major sparkling wine center

Question 2

Antonio Carpene

Answer 2

Founded the Conegliano school of enology in 1876 and applied and refined the tank method (aka Martinotti Method, Charmat Method) for the production of sparkling Prosecco thereby starting the industry

Question 3

Luigi Manzoni

Answer 3

Prof. at Enological School of Conegliano for whom the Manzoni bianco grape is named. The grape is a cross between Riesling and Chardonnay