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Let us not be deceived by the appearances. These are two different superimposed shots of the same dawn and therefore this means that sometimes it depends on you what you want to see or what you are willing to see. There are no appearances, there is your interpretation of reality and this is because the […]

Today is the EARTH DAY, the greatest environmental demonstration, and we re-post our 29th of March 2019 blog . We talk a lot about climate, but who really cares? ”I thought that when I grow old I want to look back at my past and say: I did what I could for climate at that […]

The importance of having a ‘new’ official website And the importance of having an online brochure, to provide all the info and share the Company philosohy and how we deal with the vast world of wine, sometimes chaothic. The origins, the history, the philosophy, whre we are, how we make wine and above all the […]

An eye on the consumer There are two different macro-categories of wine consumers: the ones who knows, and the ones who relies on others. Nevertheless, we must pay attention not to address anyone into these two categories, since everyone feels like be-longing to the other type.The wise ones are sometimes knowledgeable, while some other times […]

A few hectares more means quality Some years ago, twenty-five to be precise, a famous and above all good person, Giacomo Tachis, revealed me a secret saying that it would not be a drama if we bought grapes from other areas because maybe they were better than ours that vintage. (I never did, anyway). A […]

Technically speaking the sicilian name is ”pruvulazzo” or ”polvere” (dust) in italian, and the tool we use it’s called ”cuteddazzu” in dialect, translated as cutlass in english, since it’s made out big blades going 10/15 cm deep in the land and they raise the dust. Ancestors said that stabbing the land creates a patina on […]

Sincere I want to drink a glass of wine, how can I know if it’s healthy? This is the question that the customer often ask to the producer and he is sometimes blown away, he answers without actually answering! There are some farmers that are not properly farmers, since they delegate someone else the production […]

The vocabulary describes evolution as the possible changes from an initial state to another state, but no vocabulary can explain the feeling of an evolving wine during its life span. You pour it into the right glass, smell it, smell it again, close your eyes and create your own path from your nose and memory, […]

The influence of the lunar phases on human life. The phases of the moon have an influence on human life: for centuries they have been considered a very useful indicator, especially in theagricultural sector. Recently it has been discovered that the lunar calendar can also be very useful in terms of body care. For example, depending on […]

Think about the vineyard as a tree,strong as a tree keeping youand the nex generations company.This is the summary of what farmers think when they grow vines, also translatable as“old vine knows best”, which meanskeep growing the same plantfor a long time, prune it properlybecause it wants to see many generationsand provide reliable fruits.We are […]