Healthy grapes, old vines, and hope for great wine in Monfumo
In the following video (in Italian), grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro walks us through his Monfumo vineyard. The grapes are healthy there, he explains,
In the following video (in Italian), grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro walks us through his Monfumo vineyard. The grapes are healthy there, he explains,
Above: Grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro has been de-leafing the vines and dropping bunches that he doesn’t want to use in vinification. By de-leafing,
The following is a translation of a statement issued last week by the Italian Federation of Independent Grape Growers. August 14, 2014 Ten days have
The graph above shows rainfall in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (to date). In 2013, 905 mm of rain fell. In 2014, to date, 1,750.7 mm.
“We sprinkled vegetable compost in the garden,” wrote grape grower and winemaker Luca Ferraro on the Bele Casel Facebook last week. “We hardly had to
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
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,”
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
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
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,