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SCREW CAP ! - 1

SCREW CAP !

  Cork or screw cap? There is no question, the screw cap is hard to accept by conservatives, especially on a red wine. A lesson in open-mindedness is given by  Chianti Consortium, who admits the screw cap, already the harvest 2014. The new generation screw caps are, in every respect, a guarantee of protection and perfect…

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A WINERY VISIT ?

Visiting Castello di Gabbiano An excursion to a wonderful place or a winery visit? A tour in a XII century castle and its underground vaults or  a wine tasting? A wine education or a pic-nic in the garden of a castle?   The whole. vigneto didattico al Castello di Gabbiano Degustazione in enoteca

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2016 Vintage: chatting with the agronomist - 3

2016 Vintage: chatting with the agronomist

Prologue: interview Francesco Caselli, the agronomist in charge of the almost 150ha estate vineyards. Note: NEVER, but especially in a promising vintage, ask for vintage quality forecasting a grower of Sangiovese in Tuscany - where harvest starts late September, when weather is unpredictable and rain is never a remote risk, and Sangiovese is delicate as a woman on the…

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Our new achievement: MAGIS certification - 5

Our new achievement: MAGIS certification

Our new achievement: MAGIS certification We always observed the importance of environmental sustainability. Since the outset, fifteen years ago, we addressed our great project for renewal and development of our production with a special focus on sustainable production processes. In 2012 we joined Magis’ program for the sustainable production of wine, today we are glad our production has…

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2014 VINTAGE - 6

2014 VINTAGE

2014 VINTAGE We read a lot of undesirable news about this unusual harvest. We will remind  it long time for the difficulties indeed. An agronomist, with more than 60 vintages under his belt, told us not to mention one so much difficult: his statement made us think about. In the past a less naughty season than this one…

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...towards 2014 harvest - 7

…towards 2014 harvest

In some cases when nature needs a hand man can do something Due to weather conditions the last few months the vines required so much care and constant presence in the vineyards. Treatments to guard against the downy mildew risk prior, and against botrytis later, as well as the defoliation in the vineyard to give grapes a…

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ABOUT 2014 VINTAGE... - 9

ABOUT 2014 VINTAGE…

The same old story By calendar summer is supposed to be at its peak ... but we're still waiting for it. We’re not worried about the tan as much as the…tannins! Definitely lack of water will not be a problem for 2014 vintage. Today we can say that quantity is above all expectations, a challenge to our way of…

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