“We are the first sparkling house of Valdobbiadene, established in 1926,” says Matteo Bolla, third-generation family member of Valdo, based in the U.S. “We have almost 100 years of history and specialization in high-quality Prosecco.” Valdobbiadene, a town and commune in the northern province of Treviso, in Italy’s Veneto region, is a wine-growing area uniquely suited to the growth of the Glera grape — and to the production of the area’s finest Prosecco.
Valdo was founded in 1926 and purchased by the Bolla family in 1938. It remains family-owned, now with three generations devoted to the family winery. Beloved by Italians, it is the best-selling Prosecco in Italy and Germany and also maintains an important stake in the British market. “The Italian customers that drink the good Prosecco — that know about the legitimacy, the authenticity, the history — choose Valdo,” Bolla says. The region’s D.O.C. requirements state that Prosecco must be aged for a minimum of 30 days following the Charmat-Martinotti fermentation method prior to release. At Valdo, Bolla notes, sparkling wines are aged for a minimum of three months, and some wines are aged even longer, exceeding expectations for standard Prosecco imported to the United States.
Pierluigi Bolla, Valdo’s chairman and CEO, oversees all operations and has been crucial in establishing Valdo as a leading global Prosecco brand. Wines are imported to the United States exclusively by C. Mondavi & Family, a family-owned, majority women-owned wine company founded in 1943 in Napa Valley. Offering a line of Prosecco
