Here we are - second month of 2023 already. The town is very quiet in February, there are not many tourists. Montepulciano has been returned to its residents. That now includes us. Obviously, we are still in winter, but there’s loads of work to be done in the vineyard. The team has just finished the dry pruning. Of course, it’s done by hand (why use a machine!) and it’s the first stage of preparing the vines for next year‘s harvest. We’ve barely finished making the wine from last year‘s harvest, and here we are already planning the next. Guess the circle of wine just keeps spinning. It certainly does after too much wine. At the risk of getting too geeky, we are also finalising our choice of corks for our IGT Super Tuscan wine. Did you know that the type of cork is driven by the style of wine you want to make? Do you have any idea how many choices of cork there are? Well, we had no clue but every day brings new challenges and new knowledge!
Year 3 of winemaking is here. Scary but true.
Year 3 of winemaking is here. Scary but true.
Year 3 of winemaking is here. Scary but true.
Here we are - second month of 2023 already. The town is very quiet in February, there are not many tourists. Montepulciano has been returned to its residents. That now includes us. Obviously, we are still in winter, but there’s loads of work to be done in the vineyard. The team has just finished the dry pruning. Of course, it’s done by hand (why use a machine!) and it’s the first stage of preparing the vines for next year‘s harvest. We’ve barely finished making the wine from last year‘s harvest, and here we are already planning the next. Guess the circle of wine just keeps spinning. It certainly does after too much wine. At the risk of getting too geeky, we are also finalising our choice of corks for our IGT Super Tuscan wine. Did you know that the type of cork is driven by the style of wine you want to make? Do you have any idea how many choices of cork there are? Well, we had no clue but every day brings new challenges and new knowledge!