You can tell when spring has finally sprung when you take a look at the new growth on the freshly prunedvines in the countryside around Montefalco.
New growth - Sagrantino vines
The green is all around you, in the new cereals growing in the fields, the new growth on the trees – that lovely unmistakeable springgreen!
Spring from the terrace
By this time of year the wine makers have pruned their vines carefully to allow maximum exposure for their chosen selection ofgrapes. With the Montefalco Rosso and Montefalco Sagrantino there aremany rules to adhere to and the growers can only harvest a certainweight of those grapes per year and all is carefully monitored.
We took a look at the house we’ll soon be moving to , and we’re lucky enough to have a Grechetto vineyard right behind the house with somevery promising looking buds coming on!
Vineyard with Montefalco on the hill beyond
New buds - Grechetto variety
New growth vines. Umbrian hills in the background
We are so lucky to have this literally in our back garden! Beyond the vines you can see the beautiful hill-top town of Montefalco.
Tabarrini vines and roses
When you look at the vineyards you’ll see a lot of them have either roses or chrysanthemums at the head of each row of vines. This is anorganic early warning system! Any bugs or other nasties gravitatetowards these flowers first, so the growers just need to check theplants at the end of the vine rows and if they have some infestation,then it’s time to be pro-active and they have time to deal with theproblem! How cool is that?!
It’s also lovely to see that the fruit trees are starting to show their promise!
Baby Victoria plums
Baby Peaches
We do have a lovely view at the moment, fields, vines, sheep……
Our landlord's sangiovese grape vines
Our current view!
