The 2019 Vintage in the Val d’Orcia

A cold spring, with a May that hardly existed – there was frost on May 7th, which required us to spend the night lighting over 9,000 candles in our lowest vineyards to prevent damage during [...]

End of the 2016 Harvest on Mt. Etna

Snow has fallen two thirds down the mountain. The wines have darkened fast. They are also low in sugars. Each year carries wine that we have never seen before, their makings not in the year’s [...]

A Quick 2016 Harvest at Trinoro

We finished picking cabernet franc on the 13th; the tanks are filled with black, waxy raisins that will be fermenting for the next two weeks. It was a fine vintage. A rich, roasted quality of the [...]