Nick Lees: Giusti moves from Prairie construction colossus to Prosecco powerhouse

Treviso, Italy — Intrepid 18-year-old Canadian pilot Lt. Gordon McLean climbed into his single-seater British Sopwith Camel fighter biplane Feb. 4, 1918 and flew into the skies north of Venice.
“It was the last year of the First World War and when he spotted three German fighters, he immediately engaged them,” says Ermenegildo (Joe) Giusti, the biggest landowner in the Treviso area, world-renowned for its Prosecco wine.
“He shot one down and was chasing the second wh