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Carpenè Antonio

Carpenè AntonioAfter his studies, the Italian chemist and oenologist Antonio Carpenè (1838-1902) intensively studied the processes for the production of sparkling wine. Carpenè maintained active contact with the famous bacteriologists Robert Koch (1843-1919) and Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). He asked the latter for support regarding the effects of sulphurous acid in the production of wine and beer.

In 1868 he founded the still existing winery "Carpenè Malvolti" (Conegliano, Veneto) with his friend Francesco Maria Malvolti. Carpenè introduced the Metodo Martinotti, the Italian term for the Méthode charmat (tank fermentation), to his business and is considered the founder of the Italian sparkling wine Prosecco. He endeavoured to improve the then backward winemaking methods of his homeland.

Carpenè also gave decisive impulses for the foundation of the Viticulture Research Institute in Conegliano in 1868, where a street is named after him. He published a series of books, including "Sunto teorico-pratico di enologia, Vinificazione" (Turin 1878). His son continued the business. In 1939, the third generation of the family, Antonio Carpenè (1913-2010), took over the winery. Under his management the company became one of the leading Prosecco producers. He was among the eleven founders of the "Cooperative for the protection of the Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene", founded in 1962. Among many other honours, in 2009 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in viticulture and oenology by the University of Padua.

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