We are still in the company of our production manager Ivan Lentini to talk about the red vinification technique adopted in Tenute d’Italia. In the previous articles we outlined the main differences with the white vinification process, and now we are ready to go into detail on one of these, perhaps…

In the article in which we illustrated the white and red wine-making techniques we also mentioned temperature as an element that can affect the maceration process. Would you confirm that? Yes, I would definitely confirm that. Temperature control is generally one of the most effective methods throu…

Ivan, can you explain to us what maceration consists of and why it is so important in the context of red vinification? Let's say that in the maceration process lies the true sense of red wine production! In fact, it consists in letting the marc (the skins of the grapes) remain in contact with the…

After talking about grapes in general, let's move on to the important topic of harvesting: how does the harvest of your red grapes take place? Do you use machinery, or do you opt for the manual method? Just as for white grapes, the harvesting of red grapes here at Tenute d’Italia is also strictly…

[READ THE PREVIOUS [Our] Red Vinification: the Grapes - part 1] Speaking of white grapes we specified that they are the first to be gathered in the harvest, and we also gave a rough idea of the order in which they reach maturity. Can we do the same for black grapes too? Well, we can certainly say…