Yesterday, we finished the preliminary couple of jobs in the vineyard. The vines are now all pruned down to 2 buds on each branch, the branches have been pulled out of the wires and now the wires are all tightened.
Winter wheat in the foreground with the vineyard and Nascondiglio in the distance
What's new? The crane is gone.
Pulling the branches out is a job I don't particularly enjoy as one takes a real beating as some of them come out and act like switches, which if you are my age, you might recall were used by parents to administer a bit of corrective action. I have bruises on both legs as well as some places I can't mention.
The snow arrived last night to put a stop to outside work, so I can now get back to studying my enology course work on Quality Control and Analysis.
Cabernet sauvignon leading down to the Pecorino in the flat
What a difference a day makes
Bacco enjoying the snow
New concrete flooring for the tasting room area
The winery now has a new floor upstairs, the roofing is complete and we have the required solar panels on the roof. The windows are ordered and should arrive in a week or so. The paint color has been chosen for outside and the doors are being manufactured. The railing should be ready for installation next week as well. As is often the case, the barrels of various sizes which were promised a week and a half ago have not yet arrived. In the meantime, we have chosen corks, bottle sizes and shapes, capsules and are finalizing the labels.
Carnevale in our little town of Offida is coming up next week with festivities Thursday through Fat Tuesday and as I announced on fb, the B&B weekend offer is available for next weekend wherein our guests who pay for one night get one night free. I hope we will be full as this is a great time to visit and see the fun available in this part of the Marche.
Finally, a new world holiday is available to celebrate: the unification of Italy arriving this year and forever after? on March 17. I don't know how it will compete with St. Patrick but we will see. As a prelude, my friends Sigismundo, owner of Degusteria del Gigante and Raimondo, owner of La Bottegola, a fantastic gourmet shop in Castel di Lama put together a fantastic dinner with wines and cheeses from all over Italy. Here are some of the plates with the tricolors to celebrate unification.
pacchero di gragnano
pomodoro basilico e fior di latte
pomodoro basilico e fior di latte
DOLCE CON I SAPORI DEL PIEMONTE
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