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Weather Update: Hoping for the Sun to Come
In the last week the weather has been variable and 30 mm of rain has fallen between June 2nd and June 6th. Yesterday we had a full sunny day with high temperatures reaching 27°C. For the next few days...
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Veraison begins!
After the rain last week and the related cooler temperatures, the season is stable and we are registering an increase of the maximum temperatures, with peaks, in the hottest hours of the day, up to...
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Veraison and Green Harvest
The thunderstorms that have been bringing heavy showers in the Tuscan hinterlands in the last days have passed through leaving us almost unharmed: a few millimeters of rain have fallen without any...
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Rain helps moderate the heat
Yesterday Montalcino, as well as other areas in Tuscany and Italy, were hit by bad weather that brought some rain. At Il Poggione, 12 millimetres of rain fell and together with the more abundant rain...
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New White Wine Vineyards
While of course our focus in Montalcino is red wine, see receive increasing requests from our customers for white wines. With this in mind, this year we are planting new vineyards of Vermentino and...
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The vines have started to “cry”
Over the last weekend, 30 millimeters (1.2″) of rain fell while it snowed on Mount Amiata. We hoped that temperatures would drop but this was only partly the case. The temperatures are anomalous for...
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After the rain, a ladybug sits on the vine
Last weekend we had a little bit of rain (5/6 mm) and it snowed on Mount Amiata. This led to a drop of temperatures that, in the morning, reached 3-4°C (37-38F); this poses a risk to the vines because,...
View ArticleGreen Cleaning and Avoiding Grape Burn
The weather over the last few weeks has been very warm, with highs of around 30°C (86°F) . The lows were fortunately around 15-16°C (60°F) so there is a big gap between day and night temperatures. The...
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Thinning of the Grapes (Diradamento)
This year, aided by the early heat, the vines are more developed versus prior years. For the few days, it will be hot, with highs reaching 30-32°C (87°F-88°F) and lows stable at around 16°C (61°F)...
View Article2017 Vintage bares resemblance to 1975
The cold air from the Balkans brought the temperatures down: highs around 25°C (77°F) and lows around 14°C (57°F). However, the drought caused fires in some parts of Tuscany, especially near the coast....
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