Drying of the grapes for Vin Santo
Yesterday, I posted my father's notes on the Trebbiano and Malvasia that we picked yesterday and that will be used to make our Vin Santo. After the grapes are picked, they are situated on these mats...
View ArticleVintage 2010 Vin Santo: picking the grapes for the Vin Santo
Last week we have also begun to harvest the grapes to make the Vin Santo. Bunches of Trebbiano and Malvasia, picked and placed in small crates. The grapes are then laid out to dry "appassire" on the...
View ArticleThe Tuscan Vin Santo and the Greek Vinsanto
A lot of persons has asked me lately about the difference between the Tuscan Vin Santo and the Vin Santo of the Greece and if the two wines are related. In fact, our good friend Jeremy Parzen has...
View ArticleHarvest Report 2011: Grapes for Vin Santo Are Ripe and Ready to Pick
We have made an examination of the white grapes Malvasia and Trebbiano with which we are going to make the Vin Santo. The grapes are healthy, at the right point of ripening, and in the next days, they...
View ArticleHarvest Report: Drying the Trebbiano and Malvasia Grapes for the Vin Santo
Today, our workers have laid out on the mats the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes that they picked today to dry them with the scope of producing our Vin Santo. The drying takes place in the "Vinsantaia",...
View ArticleThe Vin Santo
At the Tenuta Il Poggione, owned by the Franceschi Family, very year is renewed the ritual of opening the "caratelli" (specially shaped barrels) of Vin Santo. This year was the time of the 2003...
View ArticleVin Santo Harvest This Week And Its Special Mats And Casks (Caratelli)
On Monday, we have begun the harvest of the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes that we utilize for the production of the Vin Santo Sant'Antimo DOC. The grapes are distributed on straw mats to dry so as to...
View ArticleHow Vin Santo Is Made
The Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes harvest for the Vin Santo have completed their drying process on the straw mats. The bunches are chosen one by one and the rotten bunches, if any, are removed. The...
View ArticleChestnut Season and Castagnaccio
Autumn has arrived in Montalcino, which means that it is time to enjoy castagne, or chestnuts. In the spirit of the season, we prepare Castagnaccio. Autumn has arrived in Montalcino, which means that...
View ArticleCelebrate Carnival Tuscan Style!
We are in the middle of Carnival, which is a pre-Lent festival celebrated all over Tuscany. We have several traditional recipes to celebrate. The most popular is Crogetti biscuits. To celebrate...
View ArticleHarvest 2015: Vin Santo Grapes
We have harvested the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes for the Vin Santo. The especially good weather has kept the grapes healthy and ripe, and therefore particularly suitable for being dried on straw...
View ArticleVin Santo Riserva Sant’Antimo 2015
Yesterday after the mandatory drying time, we collected the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes which were drying on straw mats for the production of our Vin Santo Riserva Sant’Antimo 2015. The bunches are...
View ArticleHarvest Report: Drying the Trebbiano and Malvasia Grapes for the Vin Santo
Today, our workers have laid out on the mats the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes that they picked today to dry them with the scope of producing our Vin Santo. The drying takes place in the "Vinsantaia",...
View ArticleThe Vin Santo
At the Tenuta Il Poggione, owned by the Franceschi Family, very year is renewed the ritual of opening the "caratelli" (specially shaped barrels) of Vin Santo. This year was the time of the 2003...
View ArticleVin Santo Harvest This Week And Its Special Mats And Casks (Caratelli)
On Monday, we have begun the harvest of the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes that we utilize for the production of the Vin Santo Sant'Antimo DOC. The grapes are distributed on straw mats to dry so as to...
View ArticleHow Vin Santo Is Made
The Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes harvest for the Vin Santo have completed their drying process on the straw mats. The bunches are chosen one by one and the rotten bunches, if any, are removed. The...
View ArticleChestnut Season and Castagnaccio
Autumn has arrived in Montalcino, which means that it is time to enjoy castagne, or chestnuts. In the spirit of the season, we prepare Castagnaccio. Autumn has arrived in Montalcino, which means that...
View ArticleCelebrate Carnival Tuscan Style!
We are in the middle of Carnival, which is a pre-Lent festival celebrated all over Tuscany. We have several traditional recipes to celebrate. The most popular is Crogetti biscuits. To celebrate...
View ArticleHarvest 2015: Vin Santo Grapes
We have harvested the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes for the Vin Santo. The especially good weather has kept the grapes healthy and ripe, and therefore particularly suitable for being dried on straw...
View ArticleVin Santo Riserva Sant’Antimo 2015
Yesterday after the mandatory drying time, we collected the Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes which were drying on straw mats for the production of our Vin Santo Riserva Sant’Antimo 2015. The bunches are...
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