Exploring new paths
Venturing into the unknown is second nature to Ruggeri. It’s in our blood, alongside a firm focus on unrivalled quality.
During the many years spent crafting our wines, we’ve perfected new techniques of sparkling winemaking and ageing, developing a method that champions the unique expression of our personality, whilst ensuring consistent quality. It’s our distinctive signature – one based on a rigor expressed through our wines, which boast unique aroma, fragrance and balance.
Well-aged wines of great complexity
Ruggeri was the first winery in Valdobbiadene to believe in the capacity of the Glera grape to age well and in the benefits of extended lees ageing.
We’ve successfully crafted wines that fully express the myriad characteristics of this local vine, which when grown on the hillsides around Valdobbiadene possess prominent floral and fruity notes. The local identity and complexity of Ruggeri wines is determined by the inclusion in some but not all our wines of small quantities of grapes from other native vines, including Bianchetta, Perera and Verdiso. After painstaking work in the vineyard which upholds the greatest respect for nature, our wines are initially aged on the lees, and then in the bottle, to develop their great wealth of aromas and delightful palate.
Recognising value
Ruggeri enjoys a reputation as the pre-eminent winemaker within our area.
Over the years, our ongoing research aimed at assuring the quality of our wines has yielded many major national and international accolades. In just the last few years, in Italy alone, and mentioning only the main awards, these include: the Tre Bicchieri from Gambero Rosso, the “Corona” awarded by the Vini Buoni d’Italia guide, the “Top Wine” award in the Slow Wine guide, as well as the excellent reviews received from the AIS Vitae and Vinetia guides, Veronelli, and The Wine Hunter.
On the international stage, Ruggeri wines have received accolades and awards from Germany’s Falstaff wine magazine and the UK’s Decanter magazine, as well as from the US’s prestigious Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast magazines.
In addition to the numerous awards won by individual wines, in 2017 Ruggeri achieved the prestigious recognition of “Best Italian Bubbly” from Gambero Rosso, and in 2019, after no fewer than ten “Tre Bicchieri” awards from Gambero Rosso, was awarded a “Stella” in the Vini d’Italia wine guide.
