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…
From an early age my family always told me one thing: - Don't go to people's homes empty-handed !!! How many times have we heard this sentence repeated? Certainly many times over. Thinking carefully to donate, we don't necessarily have to wait for festive moments such as Christmas or birthdays, otherwise we could also lose ...
Like all entrepreneurs, the agricultural entrepreneur, as well as the independent winemaker today more than ever must possess the characteristics that make him evolved in every sense. Wine undergoes changes from year to year and the entrepreneur must be like wine. Being composed of a good percentage of water, its ability to ...
We have seen in a previous article the importance for a winemaker to harvest, especially in the production of quality red wines, grapes that have an optimal polyphenolic maturity, evaluating the skin and seeds very well. But why can even 24 hours be important? At the biochemical level, many synthesis and polymerization reactions take place which ...
Viticultural obstacles Many wineries, especially when they have large areas of vines, use mechanical grape harvesters that allow you to speed up and streamline work, sometimes allowing you to obtain significant savings on the most important operation for the winegrower. - By analyzing what are the limits of this operation, we can undoubtedly find viticultural obstacles: The ...
WINE AND CHANGE Even wine needs change In a world that is undergoing continuous metamorphosis, the world of wine has also undergone strong changes. We are observing the advent of online, still unexpressed potential in a sector that sees the tradition of tasting and buying in different ways, still winning towards a platform that allows you ...
Resistant vines in the field The use of hybrids of vines that show resistance to powdery mildew and downy mildew can improve economic and environmental sustainability in a world that increasingly needs human protection and guarantees. We are only at the dawn of this path and and the credentials of the vine hybrids have yet to ...
Each bottle is a creation. Each product was born from a conditioned naturalness and I call it such because at the base of everything there are questions. I am convinced that the evolution of a project consists mainly in asking the right questions. How many times have I heard that a man measures himself not by the answers that by ...
The CABERNET SAUVIGNON The first official mention appears with the name of "Petit Cabernet". Where was it born? The name "Cabernet Sauvignon" appears for the first time in 1840. Native to the Bordeaux area, a land that also gave birth to the famous Merlot. A centenary and rich history, but its identity was discovered in the end ...
Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc is one of the most popular wines in the world and certainly one of the most recognizable wines. Infinite interpretations accompany it, considering it a noble wine born in the Loire even if some texts and theories want it originally from Bordeaux. What certainly does not change is the undeniable impact of personality that succeeds ...