Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium: new board of directors elected. The new president is Filippo Butussi. After the end-of-term greeting of outgoing president Paolo Valle, who led the Board of Directors for the last two terms (and a total of 6 years), two outgoing board members Adriano Gigante and Demis Ermacora took turns greeting.
The Board of Directors
The assembly therefore elected the 13 new councilors:
DOC Friuli Colli Orientali
Filippo Butussi (Az. Valentino Butussi), Cristian Specogna (Az. Specogna), Riccardo Polegato (Az. La Viarte), Fabio D’Attimis-Maniago Marchiò (Az. Conte d’Attimis Maniago), Nicola Ermacora (Az. Ermacora), Michele Ciani (Az. Aquila del Torre), Federico De Luca (Az. Ronc dai Luchis), Federico Stroppolatini (Az. Stroppolatini), Damiano Cozzarolo (Az. Cozzarolo), Michela Zanuttig (Az. Marinig di Valerio Marinig).
DOCG Ramandolo
Michele Cecconi (Az. CaFelice), for DOCG Rosazzo Filippo Felluga (Az. Livio Felluga) and for DOCG Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit Michele Pace Perusini di Strassoldo (Az. Perusini).
The BoD subsequently elected new president Filippo Butussi, flanked by vice presidents Michele Pace Perusini di Strassoldo and Michele Cecconi.
The word from Filippo Butussi
Butussi, class of 1979, a producer from Corno di Rosazzo, will lead the Consortium for the next 3 years. A Board that has been renewed for half of its members with many new additions and dynamic young producers on the rise. “A wonderful emotion and a great responsibility,” the first words of the new president , Filippo Butussi . A bwe have a fantastic, young team with producers who will enable further growth of our activities and our area. We have an internal structure that is working very well on both the technical and promotional side. We have our Tasting Academy that is a unique project at the national level. We want to grow and we want to tell the world about the beauty of the Colli Orientali, the cradle of wines of unique identity character and the prestige of our companies “.
Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium
Founded in 1970, the Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium, in addition to a profound and appreciated technical activity that finds its summa in the publication of the report “The Seasons and the Grapes,” has for years embarked on a path of innovation and development of an intense promotional activity. Dozens of dates in collaboration with AIS and FISAR With hoteliers and restaurateurs in many Italian regions where the Tasting Academy experience is brought. The Consortium’s tasting room hosts not only the wines being tasted but a large mapping of more than 5,000 vineyards and specific data for understanding the area (which already boasts thousands of visitors each year). Also highly appreciated are the tasting initiatives in the museums of the city of Udine combining art and tasting, and a chatbot of its own, internal to the site, where an artificial intelligence can ensure detailed answers to the most specific inquiries about everything there is to know about the appellation.
