The grape harvest – then and now
September is the month that marks the end of summer, and the return to work or to school. It’s a month of new beginnings, of great expectations,...
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Good wine is made in the vineyard
How many times have we heard the phrase “Good wine is made in the vineyard”? There’s no getting away from this simple rule...
Resistant grapevines
If you hang out with wine lovers, you might have started to take note of an agriculture debate that is ruffling feathers in the wine world. At the hea...
Attack of the Phylloxera
No history of wine and vines can possibly omit the story of phylloxera. Over the years, on my many travels among vineyards, time and again I’ve...
Time of the Wild Tulip
As I write, new colors are bursting up around Poggio Casciano: the bright green grass that carpets the entire landscape, the countless shades of sprin...
Pruning: rest and rebirth
It’s winter, and the vines are enjoying some well-deserved respite after the harvest. The leaves have fallen to the ground and the bare branches...
The Summer of St. Martin
“The Summer of St. Martin lasts three days and a bit” goes the Tuscan adage. In late autumn, there are usually three or four days in which...
Savoring the harvest
Few other moments symbolize the essence of the country life in such a clear, timeless and deeply rooted way as the vendemmia, the grape harvest. With ...
Vendemmia: a resounding word
September is significant: it’s the month of “resolutions”, of “starting afresh”, of “new goals” that we inte...
One summer’s day at Montemasso
Picture yourself travelling up and down on the same day at the height of summer. Heading south of Florence and up a few hundred meters into the hills....
The Wine Cellars at Poggio Casciano
A mysterious and isolated world lurks beneath the striking bulk of the Poggio Casciano Villa, dominated by the inescapable perfume of wine, redolent w...
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