To Giovanni Battista Toppani for his noble and passionate work in viticultural farming which has contributed to affirm in the world the image and the reality of a true Friuli, respectful of the traditions and professionally in the van.

Well known are his actions for the valorization and selection of autochthonous vine varieties – Refosco dal peduncolo rosso and Ribolla gialla – and import vine varieties – Chardonnay, Cabernet franc, Merlot, Pinot grigio, Rhine Riesling – with the diffusion of the clones of Refosco, Pinot grigio and  Rhine Riesling that bear the name Toppani; his commitment since 1921 in the use of rootstock for the safeguard of valuable viticulture; his association and entrepreneurial activity, so that all Friulian vine growers, all the producers and users of the shoots acknowledge in him one of the fathers of modern farming.