Tenuta Stella

Tenuta Stella is located in Scriò, a hamlet of the Muncipality of Dolegna del Collio, in an extraordinary area for viticulture. It is set on the highest part of the Collio, on a hill that offers spectacular views not only on an amphitheatre of terraced vineyards, but also on the whole of the Friuli Region. Beyond the tops of the rows, all visitors’ eyes are drawn to the horizon, and, on clear days, you can even see the sea from here.

The winery was named by Sergio Stevanato, its founder, after the family craft glass-blowing workshop in Venice, called Soffieria Stella. The good fortunes of the Stevanato family began with this glass-blowing workshop, and so the winery was baptised Tenuta Stella in its honour.

It was the late 1940s when Cavalier Giovanni Stevanato, Sergio’s father, decided to open his first craft glass-blowing workshop in Venice, specializing in the production of glass bottles. The strong Venetian tradition of glass-blowing allowed the small company to successfully establish itself and develop its production, so much so that, in 1949, it became the larger company Ompi, now Nuova Ompi.

Sergio Stevanato, sole proprietor of Nuova Ompi, despite his leading role in the Veneto business scene, had always been passionate about Collio wines, and so decided to found the Tenuta Stella winery as a parallel business. Therefore, in 2009, he bought the first plot of land on the Collio, and began to cultivate native vines, in order to vinify them and achieve excellence in every bottle.