The family union is our strength
Ours is the exciting story of a family of peasant origins that originated in the nineties when the Pradelle brothers, sons of winegrowers, after more than 20 years of experience in the wine sector, decided to start their own production of Piave wines by trying to the grapes from the family vineyards.
On 4 August 2001 Valter Pradelle founded the Cà Baradei farm in Mareno di Piave and together with his wife Ilaria thus began an activity that is still carried on together with their children. Over the years, Valter has ventured into the production of wines from the Piave and Marca Trevigiana areas, vinifying different varieties of white and red berried grapes, using native vines of the area (such as Raboso Piave, Verduzzo Trevigiano and Glera) and others of international type but in any case widespread for a long time in the Piave area (such as Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio).
Valter immediately perceives the profound change in the taste and eating habits of Italians who begin to look for less structured wines, with a strong identity of grape variety and territory, highly pleasant and able to accompany an increasingly light and healthy cuisine . Consequently, it begins to undertake the production of bulk wines trying over the years to plant new vine varieties in order to satisfy the different tastes of its customers and over the years reaching a large part of the national market.
In the following years the company sees the entry of the sons Vanni and Marco, who bring the knowledge learned during their studies and the training experiences undertaken respectively in the administration / logistics and in the oenological sector.
The continuous improvements in the company, both in the production and in the qualitative field, together with the numerous investments have allowed us to arrive today at the production of bottled still, sparkling and sparkling wines, making the supply chain entirely controlled, from the production of the bunch of grapes to the sale of the packaged bottle. The company begins a process of valorisation of the lesser known vines in the area obtaining an important success above all with the Malbech and the Manzoni Bianco. The latter is particularly important for the Piave area, as it is a vine resulting from an artificial cross conceived by the homonymous Luigi Manzoni, who was an agronomist and professor at the Conegliano wine school.
Recently, the third son Nicola also joined the company, after having completed his training as an oenologist not only through studies in the schools of Conegliano and Udine but also following a training experience in the United States.
Valter, Ilaria, Vanni, Marco and Nicola therefore carry on a family history characterized by passion and dedication with the primary aim not only of enhancing the wines of the Piave and of their territory but also of constantly investing in new projects that allow them to stay in line with the innovations of the wine sector
