OVERVIEW
Giusti Wine is a wine cellar covering a total area of 100 hectares divided into ten separate estates located in Montello and along the alluvial plain of the “Destra Piave”, in the municipality of Nervesa della Battaglia. In less than 20 years, Ermenegildo Giusti – founder of Giusti Wine – animated by a strong passion has been able to build a company capable of recalling the roots and tradition of the Giusti family, linked to the world of wine and viticulture since the beginning of the 17th century, with the first estate vineyards planted in 1870.
Characteristic of Giusti Wine is its strong link with the territory: next to the production area of Docg Asolo Prosecco and Doc Montello – Colli Asolani, which extends north-west of the city of Treviso, in the first foothills of the Pedemontana, lies the vast majority of the
production area, dedicated to Prosecco Docg. Finally, in Valpolicella Classico, Giusti Wine manages two plots of exceptional vocation, where Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Docg and Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore Doc are produced.
THE DESIDERE TO INNOVATE PRESERVING THE HISTORY OF THE WINERY
Della Toffola has created for Giusti Wine a complete, made to measure plant that perfectly embodies the values on which the Group’s offer and its evolution over time is based: technology, translated into integrated design and a high level of automation, sustainability, deriving from the limitation of inefficiencies and the optimization of energy consumption and territory, with the modern interpretation of a historical reality, rooted in one of the most ancient soils of Italy (just think that the realization of the project was bound to the specific approval of the Superintendency of Cultural and Environmental Heritage of the Veneto Region).
Therefore, the plant is made considering the set of factors linked to the history and characteristics of the winery: the strong link with the region, the characteristics of the grape varieties and their qualitative peculiarities, the energies involved and, last but not least, sustainability. Sustainability does not mean only saving energy, reducing waste and limiting consumption: it is an effort to minimize all the environmental impacts of the process while fulfilling the workers expectations and needs.
THE DESIGN OF A TURNKEY PLANT
The optimal design of a winemaking facility derives its success from the attention paid to technical and process requirements: the operation of the structure must always be combined with meeting the needs of the plant and the type of production, without neglecting the commitment to aesthetics and architectural composition.
The design of the turnkey plant built by the Della Toffola for Giusti Wine began, in coordination with the architectural firm, with a feasibility check from a technical, environmental and economic standpoint: an in-depth evaluation (which lasted almost three years) that focused on the main and potential organizational, environmental, urban planning and management effects of the proposal implementation. Another crucial aspect considered in the design of the facility was the correspondence between the planned
rooms and spaces and the different stages of winemaking: in fact, the footprint of all equipment and the minimum spaces guaranteed for the occupational safety of personnel, as well as the space required for maneuvering vehicles, both inside and outside the
facility, must always be assessed. Other fundamental factors affecting the early stages of the life of a complex winery, such as the one built for Giusti Wine, are: the type of grapes, the harvest period, the production process and the final product selected, the layout of the project area, the specific climatology and the environmental impact assessment.
Therefore, the wine cellar is not only a ‘container’ for housing and making possible the various production stages, but rather an element that contributes to the product success and everything that surrounds it. Furthermore, by placing the design of wine production machinery in constant dialogue with the requirements of usability and interaction with all stages of the process.