Da Gigetto

The story

Crafted with passion, served with love

A Family Table in the Prosecco Hills

Ristorante Da Gigetto sits in Miane, a quiet village in the heart of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco landscape in the Treviso province of Veneto. The story begins with Luigi Bortolini — known to everyone as "Gigetto" — who inherited the ancient Locanda con stallo alla Stella from his grandmother, a place of hospitality dating back to the early 1900s. That continuity of welcome is still felt today in the intimate dining rooms, each one different from the next, renovated and modelled on the original historic home and finely decorated to wrap guests in warmth.

The kitchen is now in the hands of Marco, Gigetto's son, a chef whose cooking honours the territory while bringing a considered modern touch. The seasonal menu draws on the best produce the surrounding landscape offers, presenting elegant dishes rooted in technique but stripped back to their essential elements — the kind of cooking that earns Gambero Rosso's recognition of 2 Forks without needing to shout about it.

The Cellar That Started It All

If the kitchen is the heart of Da Gigetto, the wine cellar is its soul. Built around an ancient well eighteen metres deep and accessed through a long tunnel, the cellar holds over 1,600 labels of national and international wines — among them 38 types of Champagne and what is reputedly the largest selection of Pinot Noir in the Veneto region, drawing on the finest French producers as well as emerging labels from Trentino and Tuscany.

Gigetto's passion for wine goes back to the 1960s, when he began importing bottled wines from France at a time when wine in Italy was still sold almost exclusively by the barrel. That pioneering spirit lives on through his daughter Monica and head sommelier Roberto, who travel constantly in search of new labels from Provence, New Zealand, California, Germany and beyond. Monica also guides guests through food and wine pairings at the table, making the cellar as much a part of the dining experience as the food itself. It is always open for visits — for an aperitif before sitting down, or a quiet toast after dinner.

Garden, Atmosphere and a Sense of Place

Beyond the dining rooms, the Giardino "Al Brolo" offers outdoor seating in a setting of countryside elegance just steps from the restaurant. The passage of seasons is genuinely felt here — in the dishes, in the wines chosen to accompany them, and in the landscape visible through the windows. This is Italian regional cooking at its most grounded: a family's living memory of a place, served at a table that has been welcoming guests for well over a century.