Wines
Duca di Casalanza “Duchea”
Veneto
The estates origins go back to 1821. The head of the family, Baron Federico Bianchi, after having followed the whole of the "cursus honorum" in the Austrian army, was named Marshal of Franz II of Hapsburg’s empire and in 1815, whilst at the head of the Austrian army, defeated Gioacchino Murat, who had been named King of Napoli in 1807 by Napoleon Bonaparte. After the victory which brought Ferdinando di Borbone to the throne of his forefathers, the new King of Napoli in recognition of the great strategist and his saviour, honoured Marshal Bianchi, already Baron of the Empire, with the title of Duke of Casalanza.
In 1821, having withdrawn with great honour from military life, Federico Bianchi bought the vast holding on the outskirts of Venice from the Venetian banker, Angelo Papadopoli, in the town of Mogliano Veneto, to dedicate himself to an ancient passion, that of vine growing and wine production. Since then, six generations of his noble successors have contributed to bringing the estate to a level of prestige which is a reference point for the whole Trevisan Name, in respect of the family’s tradition and of the continuous research into quality which has always distinguished their history. All of this can be demonstrated fully when one sees the new training systems and cellar required by the actual Baron Federico Bianchi.
