Wine region
Friuli
Friuli is a wine region in Italy, home to 2 wineries, producing rose, white wines, known for Pinot Grigio, Refosco.
On this page
Friuli's 2 wineries produce predominantly white wine; Sauvignon Blanc is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC designation.
About the Friuli region
- Location
- Grapes for the production of musts and wines designated by the name ‘Friuli’/‘Friuli Venezia Giulia’/‘Furlanija’/‘Furlanija Julijska krajina’ are grown in an area covering the entire territory of the following municipalities:
- Climate
- The climate in the west is warmer, with a very effective warming effect created by the sun’s rays during the day and good temperature variations.
- Soils
- Friuli’s soils vary across the region: alluvial sandy-loam and silty lowlands, calcareous-dolomitic and gravelly eastern plains, Ponca marl-and-sandstone hills, and moraine soils with gravel, clay and silt in the north and west.
Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, Friuli (EUGI00000015052), Official Journal C 202, 16.06.2020, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Official Journal of the European Union, Friuli (EUGI00000015052), retrieved 2026-07-12. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents).
Characteristic grapes
Friuli is best known for Pinot Grigio, Refosco. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Sauvignon Blanc. Friuli's signature grapes often go into blends, so single-grape bottlings skew toward other varieties.
Wine styles from Friuli
Most common single-grape wines
When Friuli wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Sauvignon Blanc
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Friuli is predominantly a white-wine region (about 75% of its wines) — expect white wines, often from grapes like Pinot Grigio.
4 distinct Friuli wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White3 · 75%
- Rose1 · 25%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Friuli wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Pradio — Priara Pinot Grigio
- Pradio — Sobaja Sauvignon
- Sun Goddess — Sauvignon Blanc
- Sun Goddess — Pinot Grigio Ramato
Quality designations
Wines here carry DOC status — a controlled quality designation.
- DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
Italy wine designations
- DOC
- DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- DOCG
- DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- IGT
- IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
- PDO
- PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Friuli wine
Look for the DOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin Friuli wine.
FAQs
- Where is Friuli?
- Grapes for the production of musts and wines designated by the name ‘Friuli’/‘Friuli Venezia Giulia’/‘Furlanija’/‘Furlanija Julijska krajina’ are grown in an area covering the entire territory of the following municipalities:
- Which grapes are associated with Friuli?
- Friuli is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Pinot Grigio, Refosco. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Friuli wines mean?
- DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Friuli?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Friuli wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Friuli?
- The current regional catalogue contains 4 linked wines from 2 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.