Italian wine lectures
the Italian harvest
The ideal moment to gather and tell the extraordinary diversity of Italy’s wine heritage is harvest time.
The length of the Italian peninsula creates vastly different climatic conditions: from the Alpine climate of the Morgex vineyards (around 1,000 meters above sea level) to the hot “scirocco”, the African wind that sweeps across the vine saplings of the island of Pantelleria.
Also, many indigenous vines, each one with their own identity.
Harvest time in the “Italia’s vineyard” lasts about 14 weeks.
It begins in the last ten days of July with the picking of grapes destined for sparkling wine production. The harvest then continues across all Italian regions for three months, concluding in late October with the final Alpine harvests: Fumin and Nebbiolo Spanna grapes.
To explain the characteristics and identity of the wines we’ve selected, we’ve prepared some sheets where we tell the characteristics of each native vine, the terroir, and the Man choices made in the vineyard, during harvest, and in the cellar.
Grape
For autochthonous or indigenous vines we mean grape varieties that have developed in a specific territory, adapting to it. These are often genetic variants selected by wine producers over the centuries, who gradually developed their own identity. In contrast to the standardization of taste, wines from indigenous vines always surprise with aromas and tastes with a strong identity. Discover the characteristics of the grapes from which the wines we select come from!
Terroir
A word of French origin to summarize a very complex concept. By terroir we mean a combination of different factors, such as the type of soil, the altitude, the exposure to the sun, the microclimate, the genetic diversity, the cultivation and harvesting practices, the traditional winemaking and aging techniques, which interact with each other to create immediately recognizable distinctive features. Discover the terroir features of the wines we like best!
Uomo
“Uomo” is at the center of everything, as supported by the thought of the Italian Renaissance. In the vineyard, it is men’s choices that decide which vine to plant, how to prune and other crops, when to harvest and how to manage the grapes during pressing. Even in the cellar it is still a man who creates modern technologies suitable for improving traditional winemaking and aging techniques. Find out how the human element has characterized the wines in our collection!
the blog Sentieri di Vino
video lectures
We are also working on a program of video lessons on Italian wine. It will be about the editing of several videos taken throughout the seasonal phases of the vineyard, from the winter rest to the harvest and foliage. Dedicated to those who want to know some curiosities about pruning or have never seen the flowering of the vine and the thinning operations!
