| OCTOBER
2004 |
We
will be in Zurich for a Workshop at the Italian Chamber of Commerce
on the 27th of October. |
| OCTOBER
2004 |
The
harvest was very good. The grapes got the right ripeness 15 days
later, but the grapes were very safe and we picked them at the
right point. The weather was very good up to the end of the
harvest. |
| APRIL
2004 |
We
will stay in Verona at the Hall 8 Stand C3 at Vinitaly from 1st to 5th of
April. We will
wait you there. |
| DECEMBER
2003 |
We
had a very important reduction on the quantity of oil, owing to
the lack of water during the summer and a bad frost in spring. We
beleive we have lost a 70% of the production. It happened all
around Italy. The quality of the oil is very good. |
| OCTOBER
2003 |
The
quantity of grapes we got during the harvest was quite low, owning
to the lack of water during the summer, but the quality of it is
very high. We think the vintage 2003 will be outstanding. |
| DECEMBER
2002 |
According
with Marco Oreggia (oil journalist) and the U.M.A.O. (Mediterrian
Union of tasters of olive oil) the Vetrice oil is the best fruity
intense extravirgin olive oil in Italy. |
| DECEMBER
2002 |
The
British magazine "Wine Magazine" gave a high valutation
to the Vinsanto del Chianti Rufina Villa Vetrice. |
| DECEMBER
2002 |
The
olives harvest has starded on the first of November. The yield of
the olive oil was just the 11% of the weight of the olives. The
low quantity has been compasated by the quality of the oil. |
| OCTOBER
2002 |
The
harvest was good. We had to leave the grapes of the vinyards that
were damaged by the typhoon. The bad weather in August did not
effect too much on the ripeness of the grapes. because we had a
good weather in September. |
| AUGUST
2002 |
A
typhoon has damaged some vinyards. Grato Grati do not remember
something like that. |
| 19th
DECEMBER 2001 |
Carlotta
has arrived |
| SEPTEMBER
2001 |
Awards
at the Japan Wine Challenge 2001: "Silver Medal" for Vinsanto Toscano 1985 Villa
di Vetrice; "Bronze Medal" for Chianti Rufina Riserva 1990 Villa di Vetrice;
"Seal of Approval" for Chianti Rufina Riserva 1997 Villa di Vetrice. |
| APRIL
2001 |
We
will stay in Verona at the Hall 37 Stand C3 at Vinitaly from 5th to 9th of April. We will
wait you there. |
| DECEMBER 2000 |
The
olive harvest finished on the 29th of November. The quality of the olive oil stayed as at
the beginning. |
| NOVEMBER 2000 |
The
olive harvest started on the second of November. The olive oil we obtained by the olives
is the 13% of them. The acidity of Vetrice olive oil is about 0,02. |
| 29th
SEPTEMBER 2000 |
The harvest was good up to the end of it. |
| 11th
SEPTEMBER 2000 |
The harvest is started. The white
grapes and the black
grapes are magnificent. |
| 8th
AUGUST 2000 |
The grapes are very well and riper than usual;
they are 15 days in advance. The new vines are already grown up to 1,2 meters.
The weather was a bit rainy even if sunny; the rain was very good for the new vines. |
| JUNE
2000 |
All the new vines have been planted.
 
|
| APRIL
2000 |
The Vetrice Oil has won the most
important Italian award: the "Ercole
Olivario".
First, it was included into the Selection
of Tuscany Region with 17 other extravirgin olive oilsi; then it was selected with 4
of them to represent
Tuscany at the National Competition Ercole Olivario in Spoleto. At the end it was
considered the best one into the fruity intense category of 62 oils from all over the
country.
|
FEBRUARY 2000 |
We have
ploughed some fields in order to make some new vineyards.  
|
NOVEMBER
1999 |
The olive harvest
was good in quantity, but the percentage of oil we got was very low ( just 10.3%),
that boosted a bit, up to 13.5%. The harvest
finished on December 10th.
The oil is thick, fruity and intense green.
Total Acidity: 0.15%. |
| OCTOBER
1999 |
The harvest was
good; the weather was hot and dry. The small quantity of rain didn't spoil the grapes and
the quality of the wine, which is full-bodied. |
