The summer of San Martino is celebrated on 11 November. But what is it about? It derives from an ancient religious legend according to which Martin of Tours met a beggar on his way home on a stormy day. Taking pity on the sight of the poor man at the mercy of the weather, he gave him half of his cloak. So it was that…
Un insetto dall’importanza indefinibile, innocuo, delicato e particolarmente suscettibile ai cambiamenti del suo habitat, ecco perché abbiamo deciso di introdurre 3 arnie dislocate in 3 punti diversi della nostra tenuta. Come ben sappiamo l’ape sta scomparendo dai nostri territori lasciando sempre più spazio a insetti più resistenti o a specie invasive di altri paesi, proprio…
Un comune Italiano, inserito nei Borghi più belli d’Italia è Montescudaio, in provincia di Pisa che si affaccia nella Val di Cecina a pochi chilometri dal mare. È doveroso parlare di questo piccolo borgo nel cuore della Toscana, ricco di storia e feste paesane. Ma da cosa deriva il nome “Montescudaio”? Un nome molto particolare…
Imagining a trip to the vineyards of the world, discovering the smells of the cultivated grape varieties, we can discover that by approaching the nose to the bunches, only a few give off a scent and that all the others appear odorless. At the end of our tour, we will therefore discover that the unscented grapes represent almost the totality of the wine varieties. ...
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 ...
ITALIAN LEGISLATION… BUT GOING UP THE WARRANTY PYRAMID DO WE REALLY HAVE SOMETHING MORE? MORE QUALITY OR MORE TRACEABILITY? What is guaranteed? According to EC regulation 1234/2007, wine is the product obtained exclusively from the alcoholic fermentation of fresh grapes whether they are pressed or not. We can easily start with table wines, wines that ...
The key is always getting the job done right. If we were to extrapolate a formula that ensures the acceleration of company growth in terms of perception and guarantee, it would certainly differ little from this: EXCLUSIVITY + HIGH PERCEPTION + REFERENCE MARKET + PRODUCT CARE + CONTROL + HARD WORK = SMALL COMPANY WITH ...
Turning on the web, this brilliant title appeared to me which compared one of the most resonant areas in Italy with the neighboring area of the lower Val di Cecina. The wines of Montescudaio do not enjoy the glamor that the Bolgheri area releases, reconfirming and strengthening itself from year to year. Are the…
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 ...
In the wines we consume there are variable quantities of sulphites, based on the production process, the type of company and any transport of the raw material which will most likely be added by a concentration of the sulphites in question. What are sulphites? These are molecules formed by the union of the sulphite ion with ...