Today I would like to talk about the forms of training and pruning - cutting the branches in order to regulate the plant, improve its productivity. The vine is a liana that develops progressively, so it is necessary to prune it to give it a shape. The guyot technique...
Ossola wine: from the past to the future
Ossola is an ancient wine-growing land with an extraordinary story to tell us: the local viticulture is more than 700 years old, and this was recorded in a document dating back to 1309. From a Golden era to a dark period: the phylloxera problem...
The Prünent
Prünent is a black grape variety, a clone of Nebbiolo. It is native to the Ossola Valley, which produces one of the DOC Valli Ossolane wines. A look at the origins of the Prünent The name "Prünent" derives from the Latin "pruina" (frost), so it refers to the...
Effects of climate change on vineyards
The planet is facing global warming and, to understand its severity, we can just analyse the plants. The vineyards are a great example: early harvests, migration of vines to higher altitudes or further north, etc. These signals worry producers and climatologists....
The climate change
Climate change and the loss of biodiversity represent two of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. The rise in global average temperatures is compromising the climate, leading to a series of negative effects that are destined to be worse if not promptly...
Ossola, land of wines
In Italy, it is a tradition to use the cities' names to spell: A for Ancona, B for Bologna, C for Como, etc. The most famous letter is the “D of Domodossola”. Let's find out together where is the location of this place. Domodossola is a town located in Piedmont...
Wine and chocolate: a complicated relationship
Sometimes, it is still a bit tricky for wine lovers to find a perfect pairing between wine and chocolate. Years ago, the combination between them seemed impossible because they offer intense and disparate emotions and organoleptic sensations. They are both considered...
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A blog to discover wine tourism in Ossola
Why did we start the blog? Wine is essential in life, presents in almost every corner worldwide, from a kitchen table to a fine dining restaurant. It may not be exaggerated to consider the vine-growers and wine-makers as the artists who work hard every year to turn...
Women are like wine, only for true connoisseurs
Guys, let's dispel a myth: women are increasingly well up in the wine sector. If once they were destined to the humblest jobs in the wine industry and little considered for the product's consumption, today the situation profoundly changed; in fact, women...
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