Che bello ! Gli acini del Montepulciano cominciano a colorarsi ! Benchè naturale e ovvia, l'invaiatura è sempre qualcosa di magico, è l'anteprima della vendemmia. Certo, ci vorranno ancora un paio di mesi, ma è proprio questa la fase più delicata, decisiva. Confido nel bel tempo !...

Here's a photo from our "Green Harvest". We do this on every vineyard at the end of July, cutting a number of grape bunches per vines before the veraison in order to concentrate the energy of the vines to ripen the few remaining ones. We do not mind the reduction of the yield because we want very high quality in production. Tomorrow I'll post some photos of the veraison called the "invaiatura...

Temperatures are reaching 36-37° C. during the day and then descent to 20-22° C. during the night. The vines are healthy and they had almost complete dthe veraison or "invaiatura" in Italian by August 1, as you can see in the photo. If the weather does not play any nasty tricks on us, we have all the right conditions for an excellent vintage. Veraison is the part of the growing cycle where...