Paolo Sacchetto
Italy
Runs his family winery in Veneto, Italy
- Paolo Sacchetto is the third generation of his family to make Prosecco and despite a brief flirtation with economics in his twenties, it's what he was meant to do ever since he popped out into the world - and probably why he has earned himself the moniker, King of Prosecco.
- When you hear the phrase 'family business',this time it's not just marketing clap trap. His 78 year old father still turns up to work every day, and there's cousins and siblings working in virtually every nook and cranny of the winery his grandfather founded.
- With more than 90% of their production being Prosecco, Paolo and his crack team know exactly what they're doing, and the moment you wrap your laughing gear around a mouthful of their divine fizz, you'll be saying a little thank you to Paolo and the rest of the Sacchetto clan.
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Paolo Sacchetto's Story
Paolo's story
"I was born in a winemaking family so I think that I've been a marked man! At the beginning I looked at my father's job with admiration and amazement for this big world such as wine. As a teenager I used to follow him during the fairs and began to enter the perspective that THAT could be my future job. And here I am! I probably haven't chosen it among many others, but when you grow surrounded by grapes, bottles and wine talks, you end up doing what you've grown with!
To tell the truth, it is not an easy job! Nevertheless it is satisfying, it requires carefulness and adaptability because vintages are different every year, especially the quality the grapes give, which is also a the main factor that influences the wine business. What I really love is keeping and creating contacts with my customers, speak with them, try to understand what they'd like and make everything to realize their desire.
I think that our wines are special because we believe in them. What I want to say is that we try to meet our customer's desires and for this reason it can happen that we have different types of just one kind of wine!
Everyone can produce good wines, starting from a good basis of course... but it's what you add that makes the difference, often also a small piece of heart in every bottle that goes out.
If you think you would like to try our wines, you should just read other customers comments and choose whether to risk or not. Considering the positive ones, I think that our wines are appreciated for almost all of the people who tasted them. For sure, they cannot be loved by everyone (it won't give the right difference of tastes) but it depends also on what one person wants to try and what he expects the wines to be. The important thing is that the wines achieve people's expectations, or better, that they exceed them."
