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Sunday good weather allowed us to begin harvesting again
Filed under: 2008, Brunello, Brunello di Montalcino, harvest, Harvest Report, Montalcino, Weather Report

Sunday was dry and temperatures rose to about 64-66° F. Thanks to the warmer temperatures and dry weather, we were able to begin harvesting on Monday when we began to ...

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Posted 11 hours ago by Ale
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Rain on Saturday stopped harvest
Filed under: 2008, Brunello, Brunello di Montalcino, Harvest Report, Montalcino, vintage, Weather Report

Saturday started out well but we had some rain in the afternoon and in the evening. So we had to stop harvesting on Sunday, as the grape bunches are still ...

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Posted 1 day 3 hours ago by Ale
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Brunello debate report at VinoWire
Filed under: Brunello di Montalcino, Ezio Rivella, Franco Ziliani

Franco and Jeremy published this report in English about the Brunello debate on Friday in Siena.

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Posted 3 days 5 hours ago by Ale
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Good weather continues for harvest
Filed under: 2008, Brunello, harvest, Harvest Report, Montalcino, Sangiovese, Weather Report

Sunny and 64° F. today around 11 a.m. Perfect weather for harvest, as we continue to pick the Sangiovese at Il Poggione. I'll start posting fermentation notes next week.

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Posted 4 days 19 hours ago by Ale
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Brunello debate tomorrow in Siena
Filed under: Brunello debate, Brunello di Montalcino, Franco Ziliani, Jeremy Parzen, Sangiovese

Enojournalist Franco Ziliani and winemaker Ezio Rivella will participate tomorrow in a debate on the future of the Brunello appellation and whether or not the laws should be changed to ...

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Posted 5 days 9 hours ago by Ale
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Sangiovese harvest continues at Il Poggione, weather is good
Filed under: 2008, Brunello, harvest, Montalcino, Sangiovese

Today we continue to harvest the Sangiovese. The weather is good, sunny, with temperatures reaching 77° at midday. Ideal conditions for the harvest.

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Posted 8 days ago by Ale
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Good weather returns after light rain on Friday
Filed under: 2008, Brunello di Montalcino, harvest, Harvest Report, Montalcino, Sangiovese, Weather Report

After Friday's rain, good weather returned and has continued. We began picking the Sangiovese again on Saturday and the last three sunny days were ideal for harvest. Weather was good ...

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Posted 13 days ago by Ale
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Light rain today
Filed under: 2008, Brunello di Montalcino, harvest, Harvest Report, Montalcino, Sangiovese, Weather Report

We did not pick today because there was light rain. We plan to begin again tomorrow, still harvesting the Sangiovese.

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Posted 18 days ago by Ale
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Good weather continues
Filed under: 2008, Brunello di Montalcino, harvest, Harvest Report, Montalcino, Sangiovese, Weather Report

Good weather conditions again today in Montalcino and the harvest is moving forward with good results.

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Posted 19 days ago by Ale
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Sangiovese harvest begins!
Filed under: 2008, Brunello, Brunello di Montalcino, harvest, Harvest Report, Montalcino, Sangiovese, Weather Report

After a little very light rain on Saturday and Sunday, the sun came back out on Monday and today we have achieved the perfect ripeness of the Sangiovese grapes (see ...

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Posted 20 days ago by Ale
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