Casa Gheller
From a Hillside Home to the Heart of Prosecco Country
Long before Prosecco became one of Italy's most recognized wines, its story belonged to the steep green hills of Valdobbiadene, where generations of families learned to cultivate vines across a landscape that demanded patience, ingenuity, and an intimate understanding of the land. It is here that the story of Casa Gheller took shape, beginning with a simple country residence known as Ca' Gheller and a family whose connection to these hills would become inseparable from the wines that bear their name.
The Gheller family's roots reach from Venice to Valdobbiadene, where they would spend their summers close to the vineyards and agricultural lands they tended. What began as a seasonal home gradually became something more: a place from which to observe the rhythms of the vineyard and understand the demanding soils and slopes of the surrounding countryside. These hills were never easy to cultivate, but precisely because of their challenges, they proved capable of producing grapes of remarkable fragrance, freshness, and character.
Today, that landscape is recognized around the world. In 2019, the Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, acknowledging not only their extraordinary beauty but also the centuries of human endeavour that created them. Steep slopes have been painstakingly shaped into vineyard mosaics, while generations of growers have adapted their methods to terrain where much of the work must still be carried out by hand. Casa Gheller's identity remains firmly connected to this remarkable cultural landscape and the traditions that gave rise to it.
At its heart is Glera, the historic grape of Prosecco. Naturally suited to northeastern Italy, Glera finds particularly distinguished expression in the hills of the Marca Trevigiana, where elevation, exposure, soils, and cooling influences help preserve the grape's delicate aromatics and lively acidity. From the broader Prosecco DOC to the historic hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, Casa Gheller explores the different expressions of a variety whose apparent simplicity conceals a remarkable sensitivity to place.
At the summit of this landscape lies Cartizze, a tiny 107-hectare hillside area within Valdobbiadene and the historic pinnacle of the Prosecco hierarchy. Its steep vineyards, favourable exposure, and distinctive soils create an exceptional environment for Glera, yielding wines of particular aromatic richness and finesse. Through wines from these different origins, Casa Gheller offers a journey through Prosecco country itself—from the freshness and immediacy that have made the wine beloved around the world to the more nuanced expressions born from its most celebrated hillsides.
Since becoming part of the Moretti Polegato family's winemaking heritage, Casa Gheller has carried its historic identity into a new era. The traditions associated with the original estate are complemented by contemporary expertise and precision, with careful temperature-controlled vinification and sparkling-wine production designed to safeguard the freshness, fragrance, and fine perlage that define the Casa Gheller style. The result is a collection of wines that remains approachable and joyful while never losing sight of where it began.
Casa Gheller's story is ultimately one of connection—to a family home, to a demanding landscape, and to the generations of growers who transformed the hills of Valdobbiadene into one of Italy's most recognizable wine regions. From that original Ca' Gheller among the vines to the sparkling wines enjoyed around the world today, the journey reflects the enduring character of Prosecco at its source: vibrant, elegant, and unmistakably Italian.
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