| History
t was back in the year 1949 when ox carts and horse traps still enlivened the square in front of the cooperative vintners' association founded by the first group of 35 vine growers of Dolianova. At that time, each partner with his team of horses, and indeed the whole family, followed the rhythms of country life from dawn to sunset, working the land, raising vine stock with loving care, bringing in the grape harvest and then passing it on to the cooperative so that skilled hands could transform it into wine.
An area rich in gentle plains and sunny slopes, cultivated with vineyards and olive groves, the Parteolla area was inhabited from the Iron Age (Sa dom'e S'orcu), in Phoenician times (Mitza Salamu), in the Roman era (Sa Gora), under the Byzantines (Bruncu 'e s'Olia).
Dolianova originally consisted of two settlements which were unified in 1905, Sicci San Biagio and San Pantaleo, whose ancient origins are easy to discern in today's radial street layout.
The town and its territory bear witness to the ancient peoples who lived here, leaving their settlements, archaeological and monumental remains.
Prime examples are the churches of San Biagio with its imposing late-Gothic portal and presbytery and San Pantaleo, originally the primatial church of the diocese of Dolia, built in several phases between 1170 and 1289 with Pisan elements, traces of oriental style and Romanesque architecture.
Barbera sardo, cannonau, carignano, malvasia, monica, moscato, nuragus, nasco, vermentino, 1,200 hectares of vineyards wind across the gentle slopes, colouring and marking two hundred and twenty seasons which 600 coop members, Winery staff, customers and wine buffs celebrate as they enjoy in many parts of the globe no less than 4 million bottles, generous fruit of Sardinia, quality native grapes, painstaking work backed up by the most advanced technology, experience, care, dedication, skill, pride and passion.
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