Bizarre weather continues to threaten 2014 harvest
The screenshot above was taken at about 8 p.m. local time in Asolo (source Google). "I'll be home tomorrow," wrote grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro on his Facebook today,…
@ItaliaOutdoors visits Bele Casel
We just loved this post by Chef BikeSki of Italia Outdoors, who brought one of her bike tours to the winery last week. "Dear Kathy," we wrote to her when…
“Prosecco fever”: robust exports in first quarter 2014
According to a report published last week by the Corriere Vinicolo (the official masthead of the Italian Winemakers Union, the Unione Italiana Vini), Prosecco exports bound for the U.S. and…
“We must work to build awareness of the Prosecco DOCG.”—Matteo Lunelli
Above: The Prosecco DOCG growing zone is renowned for its distinctive Morainic hills, with their steep slopes and stony and sandy subsoils. The DOC lies in the plane in the…
Supply-demand crisis: Prosecco needs lower yields, not restrictions on sales
On Italian blogs, everyone is talking about the release of roughly 100,000 hectoliters of Prosecco. [According to a report published by Oggi Treviso on Monday, the wine had been held…
Luca on tasting blind: Wine Guides, seen from the other side of the fence
I have always had a troubled relationship with wine guides and wine competitions. Having followed previous competitions, more than one "win" has made me suspicious. And so I've never sent…
A cold April
After a winter that wasn't wintry, we then had a spring with out-of-control temperatures. On April 16 and 17, the thermometer dropped to below freezing. Many of the growers on…
Will Lyons tastes and talks about Bele Casel for Wall Street Journal
From the department of "it doesn't get much better than this"... "Prosecco has often been derided for its easy drinking, neutral style," write the editors of the Wall Street Journal.…
Vegetative cycle far ahead of the norm for 2014
Above: a photo taken in the vineyards on March 22. The leaves are already extended and the bunch is already visible, notes grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro. According to…
Bianchetta: one of the Veneto’s long-lost treasures, now revived
Many years ago, the vines of the Asolo hills were carpeted by a wide range of grape varieties, from Bianchetta, Perera, and Rabbiosa, to Marzemina Bianca, Garganega, and Malvasia.
The biodiversity at that time was fabulous and it championed the tastes and aromas of the wines produced then.
Unfortunately, in recent years, this trend has been reversed, as growers continue to plant or graft two clones of Glera in their vineyards (ISV 10 and ISV 19).
We’ve decided instead to take a step backward and re-introduce these varieties in our vineyards. They are less productive but we are convinced that they will give a distinct, unequivocal character to our wines.
As I was pruning our newly purchased vineyard in the village of Monfumo, I realized that I really don’t know a lot about Bianchetta. And so I began to do some research. I was really pleased with what I found.
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