Since 1968, at I Magredi the land and the vines have been cultivated with passion.
The story of I Magredi began in 1968, when Otello Tombacco, an entrepreneur from Oderzo, acquired the estate and laid the foundations for the agricultural business.
In its early years, the farm embraced a diversified mix of crops, with arable land alternating with apple orchards, peach groves, and vineyards. The harvested fresh fruit was sold directly on-site, while the grapes were transported to Oderzo for vinification.
A pivotal moment came in 1985, when Michelangelo Tombacco joined the family business after completing his studies in agricultural sciences. By the late 1980s, he had steered I Magredi towards a clear focus on viticulture, transforming the company into a dedicated wine-producing estate.
Today, the story of the Tombacco family remains at the heart of the company’s identity, rooted in vineyard craftsmanship, a deep connection to the land and an unwavering commitment to quality.
I Magredi Today
The relationship between Valdo and I Magredi dates back to the 1990s, when the Bolla and Tombacco families began a collaboration built on shared vision and mutual respect.
United by a passion for wine, generations of expertise and a commitment to excellence, the partnership steadily evolved into a strong and successful production and commercial alliance.
Becoming part of the Valdo Group — one of the leading names in Prosecco DOCG production in Valdobbiadene — represented a natural step in I Magredi’s journey. This has enabled the company to further express the authenticity of Friuli’s winemaking heritage while bringing its distinctive identity to new horizons and future opportunities.
The winery.
The original facility was built in 1990 and has been subsequently expanded and refined over the years, with major developments completed by 2007.
In 2018, an extensive redevelopment programme was launched to further enhance both production efficiency and technological capabilities, followed by an additional expansion in 2024.
Today, the winery is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including gentle pneumatic presses, advanced temperature-control systems, specialised fermenters for red wine vinification, and cutting-edge clarification and filtration technologies.
Innovation remains a cornerstone of the company’s philosophy. Ongoing research and development initiatives focus on advancing production processes, with particular attention given to the introduction of winemaking tanks made from alternative materials to traditional stainless steel.
I Magredi… friends of the environment.
I Magredi winery is committed to the environmental protection!
In 2009 it was installed a photovoltaic plant able to produce 120.000 kwh of energy in a year that allows to cover one-third of the winery requirement. The plant-based sewage treatment permit to purify and reuse excess water during the wine-making.
The intention for the future is to continue working for the environmental protection, using all the technologies at our disposal to use clean energy.
The Friuli Grave DOC appellation covers about 7,500 hectares on both sides of the Tagliamento River in the provinces of Pordenone and Udine in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
The high Friuli plain, sheltered by the Alpine foothills, has a particularly original landscape marked with stony soils called Magredi (areas closer to the rivers with lots of alluvial deposits) or Grave.This large area was formed by alluvial matter that the Meduna, Cellina and Tagliamento rivers washed down from the Alps.Over thousands of years, these rivers deposited enormous quantities of calcareous-dolomitic material that had been gouged out of the mountains by violent waters and washed along the course of their riverbeds.
The entire plain is made of alluvial soils with large deposits in the northernmost segment of the DOC area becoming ever finer downriver. As well as being the source of the distinctive pebbly soil of the Grave area, the nearby mountains protect the valley from icy winds blowing from the north.
This aspect, along with the mitigating influence of the Adriatic Sea, has created a climate that is particularly suitable for viticulture. However, there is another reason why the Grave area is able to produce wines of such high quality: the pebbles and stones that lie on the surface of the soils enhance the differences between night time and day time temperatures, reflecting light during the day and storing heat to release it at night. This enhances the ripening of the grapes and the development sugar and aromatic components. The results are intense and elegant wines. The “Friuli Grave” DOC, the widest in Friuli Venezia Giulia region, has achieved in the last years successes and support.
All thanks to the commitment of the wine makers to obtain high qualities wines, and to the interaction of soil, clime and vine that creates a unique terroir.
The combination between wineries and suggestive landscape with castles, Venetian villas and medieval villages, makes the “Grave” area a destination of undoubtedly interest for the tourist that wants to discover new territories, new cultures and the typical tradition of our region too.
Wandering
"Special Areas of Conservation"
I Magredi is a steppe-like plain area in the province of Pordenone, located in the centre of a “V” formed of two rivers: Meduna and Cellina that meet and flow together downstream.
The waters flow under the soil leaving above ground shiny white stones, round and polished, and one of the most important natural environments in the whole Friuli Venezia Giulia region.
In these stones “Brassica glabrescens” grows; is a delicate and yellow flower that looks like it chose to grow only in this place and nowhere else on Earth. The environment is interesting for its fauna too; Occhione (big-eyes), for example, is a bird characterized for a very pronounced eyeball.
More than 43.000 hectares included in the municipalities of Cordenons, Maniago, San Quirino and Vivaro have been designated in November 2013 “Special Areas of Conservation”: thanks to this I Magredi will be included in the european network “Natura 2000” for the protection of biodiversity, whose objective is the conservation of the species and of the Community interest areas.
