Let’s meet Mauro Cencig & his friends at Talis!

The Talis vineyards are located in Friuli, a luscious landscape in North-East Italy,  nestled between Austria and Slovenia.
Talis takes its name from the Friulian word for “dandelion”, which spreads its bright green, yellow and white carpet between the rows of vines the cling to the hillsides.
This corner of Friuli is blessed by a sea breeze that blows across the land from daylight to dusk and by an easterly wind that punctually announces its presence at nightfall:ideal conditions for producing healthy and fragrant fruit

The story of Talis is the story of six families, six neighbours, six groups of friends. 

Even though each one has their own vineyards and each produces their own wines, these six families have been working together for decades: harvesting each other vineyards; sharing equipment and expertise; helping and supporting one another 

(the picture on the left is from the 1976 harvest).

One of them, Mauro Cencig – the first kid on the left in the above picture – had the idea to create a joint-venture with his five neighbours to break into the uber-competitive export market with a collective brand: Talis.

But how to decide which wine to bottle under the “Talis” label?

Simple: during regular meetings and tastings (and large amounts of food and wine) they reach the unanimous conclusion of whose grapes to use for each wine: the “Talis” label is reserved for the export and only the best of the crop is used – the rest goes to the local market.