Pinot Grigio harvesting: day 2

Remember the breakfast table of the previous day? On this photo you can see how quickly the girls have acclimatized, eating breakfast like Italians:

The best things in life...:

Hali in action:

Strike a pose!:

Rural still life:

Bacchus:

Rocco in action:

Mister D in action:

Modern viticulturists connect with the world after hard day's work:

Pinot Grigio harvesting: Day 1

This year we opened our vineyards and the winery to three sommeliers from Estonia who came to live the experience of harvesting. Here are the photos.



The first morning. Girls have no idea about what to expect:

Hali is getting ready:

Ene is getting ready:

Hali is conducting the sensorial analysis of Montepulciano d'Abuzzo grapes:

.. and is joined by Alis:

Ene gathering journalistic material:

Mister B:
The sun... 35 degrees.. and the rows are so so long...:

Fresh Pinot Grigio harvest:

One word. Harvesting:

Job done!

Ene The Journalist remains true to her profession:

Bye bye grapes!

Winemaker Giacomo takes over from here:

Walk in the vineyards

Latest photo-update from the vineyards!
With the exception of some rain in the end of July, this year has been quite generous with us, so if the good weather continues we can hope for the best vendemmia since 2005. Talking about vendemmia, next week we'll start harvesting Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay. Stay tuned!

PS! Click on image to enlarge.

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo:

Pecorino:

Pinot Grigio:

Trebbiano d'Abruzzo:

News from the vineyard

So far it seems we will have a good year. Below a photo-update from our Tollo vineyard where we grow the Montepulciano d'Abruzzo variety.

The first 'red' grape!

Vina Studija, Riga

Just couldn't resist posting a few photos from the style gem Vina Studija. In fact, the interior design has been made by M., one of the owners of the company who is actually an architect.

The team and the bar:

One of my favourite elements, very elegant, custom made wine fridge. To get this fridge inside the building, almost entire wall had to be destroyed:

View from the entrance:

Another favourite element of mine, bookshelf that looks like a book. Below a painting about.. books:

Greetings from the capital of chicken curry!

From the yesterday's London International Wine Fair conference the following three conclusions can be made. Wine industry is in structural crisis. Professional wine critics are like panda bears - it's only a matter of time for them to be extinct. Only Twitter can save us.

Bear with me and more Wine Industry Insights will follow today.

Isn't spring lovely?

There's a cherry tree next to the winery building. We were afraid that the tree, being really close to the winery, would not survive the construction mess but the good news is that not only did it survive but there's also hope for abundance of cherries.


The first photo was taken on Saturday and the second today 5 minutes ago. Isn't spring wonderful? Cherries ripening in a matter of days...



And speaking of spring, grapes are blossoming as well. Not the kind of cheery fluffy white stuff you'd see on cherry trees but definitely beautiful in its minimalistic form. Grape blossoms are to the blossom world what Jil Sander is to the fashion world. Cherry blossoms are definitely Moschino.
Who said winery blog has to be only about wine?