Collio, located in Italy’s northeastern Friuli-Venezia Giulia region along the Slovenian border, is renowned for its elegant, mineral-driven white wines made from grapes like Friulano, Pinot Grigio, and Ribolla Gialla, grown in hillside vineyards with rich marl and sandstone soils known as ponca. This borderland region combines Alpine freshness and Adriatic influence, producing wines with precision, complexity, and a distinct sense of place, often celebrated for their age-worthiness and subtle texture.