Between Harvest’s end and a new beginning for Petroio

Harvest is definitely the most intense period of the year for any wine Estate, both for the necessary preparations prior to the actual harvesting and the final “cleanup” of grape juice/new wine, cellar equipment and surroundings. Daily wake up call seems to be earlier as each day goes by with another full day of demanding work ahead!  But the effort, the fatigue, the daily stress is all worth it when one considers the love and passion and great care that go into selection, making sure that every grape of Sangioveses is perfect. And at that point you don’t care if you have spent over 12 hours between the vineyards and the cellars and the pumping over twice daily; it is all done with the passion every wine maker has for his wine, his collaborators and his final clients. And the final joy and compensation comes when a smile lights up the face of someone who just took a taste of the your wine, created and cared for with your own hands.
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From the 2016 Harvest we may surely expect these hoped for results, since our strong and healthy vines have given birth to a grape must of intense and very pleasing aromas, while our supreme commander Mother Nature, gave us a perfect season for the grapes to mature.
 

And for those who were not able to come by and see for themselves here are a few photos of our 2016 harvest and a video showing the various phases of the production cycle.

And while all this is proceeding, something new is underway at Petroio because we are planning to give new life both to the vineyards and to all the small Borg Petroio, in order to better utilize the available spaces and to put more emphasis on the social side of life here, and to be better qualified to show and share it with everyone coming to visit us here in the Chianti Classico area.  
In fact we want to increase the variety of our farm products and social events here therefore being able at the same time to offer new spaces and work opportunities in the field of agriculture to people who are physically challenged. We want to also share, in a “hands on” manner with visitors what we are actually growing and how it is being transformed into products that they will be able to taste, enjoy and acquire directly from us.
In order to accomplish all this we are beginning a whole series of requalification’s of the available spaces, a very large and complicated process/project for sure, but once again well worth the effort if in the future the final outcome will allow us to offer and share with every visitor or client coming to Petroio the opportunity to fully and wholly experience and enjoy a day with us in our own beautiful agricultural Estate and home.