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Above: Roast chestnuts are traditionally served at the end of a meal in the Veneto at this time of year. The Feast of St. Martin

I’m still catching my breath after my two-week trip to Italy, which included an afternoon (and a great lunch) with the Ferraro family last Saturday.

  The harvest is over. We still need to pick a few tons of Rabbiosa, which, in a vintage like this one, takes an extra

Harvest at Bele Casel began on September 9 and was completed on September 24. Stay tuned for grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro’s notes on

Above: One of two sixteenth-century Jewish tombstones that have been preserved in the walls of the Loggia del Capitano in the center of Asolo (Treviso

“The image above may not mean much to many of you,” wrote grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro on the Bele Casel Facebook this week.

Yesterday we didn’t pick grapes here at Bele Casel. We worked in the cellar instead. This year, the grape harvest has a rhythm completely different

From the Bele Casel Facebook today: We went to work this morning full of excitement, thinking we would begin harvesting tomorrow. But it ended up

Grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro posted the photo above on the Bele Casel Facebook earlier today: he and the Ferraro family began picking their

Above: Asolo is one of three townships that produces Prosecco DOCG. Click on the map above to enlarge. We really enjoyed two blog posts this