METHANOL SCANDAL

The most serious scandal in the wine sector dates back to thirty years ago, in Italy: it is the episode of wine with methanol which in March 1986 caused 23 victims with dozens of people with very serious injuries, such as loss of sight, due to intoxication caused by the practice of increasing the alcohol content of wine with methanol ...

MANUAL HARVEST

The search for quality prevents the mechanization of the harvest, especially in some denominations, therefore it is preferable to resort to manual harvesting. The harvesters, without the aid of mechanical tools, cut the bunches of grapes, collect them in specific containers and transport them to the cellar, relying exclusively on the precision and delicacy of their hands and the strength of their ...

WINE WITHOUT ALCOHOL

For about ten years the de-alcoholization of wine has been practiced in the world, a process that allows the partial or total extraction of ethanol from wine. There are various methods for de-alcoholising a wine, but the most used is the one called “vacuum”. It is an alcohol extraction process that includes almost 4 main phases: - the ...

10 HARVEST 2012-2022

Here we are, here we are, it doesn't seem true but 10 years have passed, 10 HARVESTS, 2012-2022. We want to write something to the universe, to the people we met, to the lost moments and to those in which we found ourselves. We want to write something about our vineyard and its grapes, to all those times that we hated it but then cured it and ...

CORK OR STELVIN?

History tells us that cork was used by the ancient Greeks as early as the fifth century BC for closing containers. This habit derives from the discovery, over 2500 years ago, of the main properties of the wood obtained from the cork or cork tree. Among the characteristics of cork we have: Hermeticity: linked to the presence of suberin, an organic substance ...

HalloWINE

Literally "All Hallows's Eve" or "All Saints' Eve", Halloween is an ancient Irish tradition that has its origins in Samhain, the Celtic New Year. On the eve of each new year, which coincided with October 31, the Celts organized a big party to exorcise the fear of death with the joy of celebration, wearing grotesque masks to ...

ORGANIC WINE: WE UNDERSTAND TOGETHER WHAT IT MEANS, WHAT ARE ITS ADVANTAGES AND THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT REGARD IT

Organic Wine First of all, the production of organic wines is in a phase of continuous growth and its availability on the market means a continuous direction of demand with an increasingly attentive and aware consumer, who places confidence in the sustainability of the companies that work in this direction. . Starting from 2012, with ...

Price VS Result

Price VS Result Our life is like a bottle of wine to buy. On the one hand you have the price to pay and on the other you have the result. It is not that easy to want to pay the price if we are not sure of the result. So how do we do it? Let's take a taste and see if we have ...