Dear winelovers,
even though we had to stand some rainy days during this harvest, we are now finally done with the harvest in Lavagno, Valpolicella Doc area, where our vines of Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella are.

The vintage, despite the drought that lasted for almost the whole summer and the hail storms that hit hard some places around us, gave us healthy and perfectly ripe grapes.
The rain that we had to experience suring the harvest did slow down the rhythms a little, expecially for the Amarone since its grapes must be picked when they are perfectly dry as they are going through the druying process. If any of the Amarone clusters would be attacked by mould or fungus, it may contaminate lots of the other clusters.

During these days we are back in the fields, ready to harvest our Garganega vineyards in Soave.
As you may know, Soave grapes need a little bit more of time compared to Valpolicella.
 

Cheers,

VM