15 March
Work goes on and the newest vineyard with the Bruni clone 54 is now tied up, at least on the trunks. We have warm weather coming, so the rest of the vine tying can commence when the sap starts flowing in the vines.
We finally got our barrels, tonneau and botte delivered, as usual 2 weeks later than promised and started loading them up with wine. It was definitely a satisfying and "finally!" moment.
From top to bottom, the tonneau, which are 500 liter barrels, followed by normal barrels, their last time clean, then the 2500 liter Botte with the left one filling up with Cabernet Sauvignon and Montepulciano to make an Offida Rosso DOCG wine and finally barrels filled and marked with their contents.
I am happier now :)
We have finally changed the breakfast room from Meconium Green to a nice shade of Salmon lite picked out by our designer Rosana during her visit here. It looks much better, brighter and more welcoming. See what you think.
Italy is celebrating 150 years of existence as a quasi unified country (I say quasi, because each region has its own personality and sense of self, a bit more than the US, I think). It is occurring on St. Patrick's Day, so finally there will be italians celebrating St. Pat's here! I think I will hit one of the local live music venues and tip back a Guinness and a Peroni's.
