Harvest 2026 – video
Through this video, we want to show you the 2026 harvest: dawn among the vines, the crates slowly filling, the patient work of those who return to the vineyard year after year. A story told in images of what the earth has given us, and of how we welcome it. https://youtu.be/7wWLF9NauDA?si=aD2V9lnawBGBdIlY Tutte le notizie uncategorizedVideoweblog Harvest 2026 – video Through this video, we want to show you the 2026 harvest: dawn among the vines, the crates slowly filling, the patient work of those who return to the vineyard year after year. A s weblog The 2026 Harvest at Rallo The harvest at Rallo began, as tradition dictates, with the picking of the white grapes: entirely by hand, with the bunches placed in small crates rather than large bins. It is a s weblog Are screw caps really second-rate? At the restaurant, the sommelier pulls out the bottle, presents it, and then… just a small metallic click. No corkscrew, no resistance from the cork, no “pop.” An uncategorized The WineHunter recognizes us once again Once again this year, Merano WineHunter has recognized our work in the vineyard and in the winery: three of our wines have received the prestigious WineHunter Award, earning a plac weblog Marsala is writing a new chapter in its history Marsala is writing a new chapter in its history. After more than 250 years, the denomination confirms itself as one of the strongest in the regional landscape, right after DOC Sici weblog Summer liquid gold August in the kitchen asks for no elaborate preparation: it asks for a ripe tomato cut in half, a fennel and orange salad, bread still fragrant from the oven. And it’s precis weblog Less Wine, More Value The president of Unione Italiana Vini, Lamberto Frescobaldi, said it plainly in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore: Italian wine needs to cut production. Stock levels have surpassed weblog Toward the Harvest August brings an intense heat, felt this year across all of Europe, reminding us once again how central water management has become to the work of those who tend the land. In Sicil weblog Press kit 2026 PRESS KIT Tutte le notizie uncategorized Press kit 2026 weblog Strangers in One’s Own Home There is a form of disorientation that knows no forests or fog, that needs no cross
The 2026 Harvest at Rallo
The harvest at Rallo began, as tradition dictates, with the picking of the white grapes: entirely by hand, with the bunches placed in small crates rather than large bins. It is a slower and more demanding method than mechanical harvesting, but it allows us to choose, bunch by bunch, only those in the best condition, preventing the berries from being crushed on the way to the winery and thus preserving the quality of the fruit. This year the heat was particularly intense, and the vines felt it. Despite a wonderful winter that gave us good reason for optimism, temperatures rose exceptionally as harvest approached. In a year like this, the decision to pick by hand proved even more valuable: it allowed us to select only the best grapes, limiting the damage caused by the heat and bringing to the winery fruit that was as healthy and intact as possible. It was not an easy harvest. Intense heat, widespread drops in yield and falling wine prices all came together, putting an entire sector under pressure. And yet, despite lower volumes and the difficulties linked to yield, the baseline health of the varieties typical of our land is excellent, and the grapes reached optimal ripeness: an important sign, which confirms our vineyards’ ability to respond to challenging climate conditions. Some events made this vintage harder still. Although they did not touch us directly, they deeply upset us: a truck that overturned carrying the entire day’s harvest, and a serious road accident in contrada Quaranta Salme, between Alcamo and Grisi, lands close to us, practically home, which tragically involved two people. These events remind us how much the work in the fields, often silent and taken for granted, carries real risks. In this sense, the state of the roads has long been a concrete obstacle for those who work the land, making travel difficult and access to our vineyards hard, even in an emergency. For this reason, we welcome with relief the news that the road has finally been repaired: a long-awaited intervention that restores safety and dignity to those who live and work in these countryside areas every day. Once the white grape harvest was complete, we moved on to the red varieties, which are generally later-ripening and have different needs. Monitoring in the vineyard continued day after day, assessing each time the optimal moment to pick each plot based on ripeness, acidity and the health of the vines: work made of constant observation, where every day of waiting or anticipating can make a difference in the glass. The harvest ended on September 28. Now we can draw up a complete assessment, with a clear picture of how the climate has affected the quantity and quality of the harvest, and which characteristics will define the 2026 vintage. We will continue to share with you not only the numbers, but also the challenges, the difficulties and the choices that, crate after crate, will shape the wine you will drink. Tutte le notizie uncategorizedVideoweblog Harvest 2026 – video Through this video, we want to show you the 2026 harvest: dawn among the vines, the crates slowly filling, the patient work of those who return to the vineyard year after year. A s weblog The 2026 Harvest at Rallo The harvest at Rallo began, as tradition dictates, with the picking of white grapes: entirely by hand, with the bunches placed in small crates rather than large containers. A slowe weblog Are screw caps really second-rate? At the restaurant, the sommelier pulls out the bottle, presents it, and then… just a small metallic click. No corkscrew, no resistance from the cork, no “pop.” An uncategorized The WineHunter recognizes us once again Once again this year, Merano WineHunter has recognized our work in the vineyard and in the winery: three of our wines have received the prestigious WineHunter Award, earning a plac weblog Marsala is writing a new chapter in its history Marsala is writing a new chapter in its history. After more than 250 years, the denomination confirms itself as one of the strongest in the regional landscape, right after DOC Sici weblog Summer liquid gold August in the kitchen asks for no elaborate preparation: it asks for a ripe tomato cut in half, a fennel and orange salad, bread still fragrant from the oven. And it’s precis weblog Less Wine, More Value The president of Unione Italiana Vini, Lamberto Frescobaldi, said it plainly in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore: Italian wine needs to cut production. Stock levels have surpassed weblog Toward the Harvest August brings an intense heat, felt this year across all of Europe, reminding us once again how central water management has become to the work of those who tend the land. In Sicil weblog Press kit 2026 PRESS KIT Tutte le notizie uncategorized Press kit 2026 weblog Strangers in One’s Own Home There is a form of disorientation that knows no forests or fog, that needs no cross
Are screw caps really second-rate?
At the restaurant, the sommelier pulls out the bottle, presents it, and then… just a small metallic click. No corkscrew, no resistance from the cork, no “pop.” And on someone’s face, a silent question immediately appears: “So this wine must not be worth much?” It’s time to bust this myth. The answer is no: the screw cap is not a sign of poor quality at all. Let’s see why. Natural cork has an undeniable charm: it’s a noble, renewable material, tied to centuries of winemaking tradition. But it also has a structural flaw the industry has known about for decades: the risk of TCA (trichloroanisole) contamination, the molecule responsible for so-called “cork taint.” It only takes a small percentage of compromised bottles for, on a global scale, millions of bottles to reach consumers tainted — through no fault of the producer, and without the consumer ever knowing. The screw cap was created specifically to eliminate this technical problem. Not to cut costs on quality, but to guarantee it. The screw cap, often called by its commercial name Stelvin — the brand that made it popular — consists of an aluminum cap with an inner lining, usually polyethylene or tin, that ensures a proper seal. Its main feature is predictability: every bottle sealed the same way behaves identically, with minimal and constant oxygen exchange over time. Natural cork, by contrast, is an organic material and therefore inherently irregular: each cork has a slightly different porosity, meaning even bottles from the same batch can evolve differently from one another. This is not a niche solution. New Zealand adopted the screw cap on an almost universal scale for its Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling as early as the early 2000s, winning over even the most skeptical critics. Australia followed a similar path. In Europe, Austrian producers and some of the finest interpreters of German Riesling have used it for years on their flagship labels — including bottles intended for aging. If the screw cap still struggles to shake off its reputation as an “everyday wine” closure, the reason is purely cultural. The ritual of opening a bottle — the corkscrew, the resistance of the cork, the sound — is part of the sensory and emotional experience of drinking wine, especially in convivial or dining settings. Giving it up can feel, wrongly, like giving up part of the ritual itself. But the quality of a wine is measured in the glass, not in the closure. The logic is simple: for fresh, aromatic white wines designed to showcase fruit and minerality — just like Rallo’s — the absence of uncontrolled oxygenation is an advantage, not a limitation. The wine reaches the consumer exactly as the producer intended it in the cellar. So don’t be surprised if an upcoming Rallo wine is presented on the Italian market with a screw cap too — we really are considering it! The screw cap, then, is not a compromise: it’s a technology with its own specific advantages and equally specific limitations, just like cork. The real question to ask in front of a bottle shouldn’t be “what kind of closure does it have?” but rather “was this wine stored and sealed in the way best suited to its style?” Tutte le notizie uncategorized The WineHunter recognizes us once again Once again this year, Merano WineHunter has recognized our work in the vineyard and in the winery: three of our wines have received the prestigious WineHunter Award, earning a plac weblog Marsala is writing a new chapter in its history Marsala is writing a new chapter in its history. After more than 250 years, the denomination confirms itself as one of the strongest in the regional landscape, right after DOC Sici weblog Summer liquid gold August in the kitchen asks for no elaborate preparation: it asks for a ripe tomato cut in half, a fennel and orange salad, bread still fragrant from the oven. And it’s precis weblog Less Wine, More Value The president of Unione Italiana Vini, Lamberto Frescobaldi, said it plainly in an interview with Il Sole 24 Ore: Italian wine needs to cut production. Stock levels have surpassed weblog Toward the Harvest August brings an intense heat, felt this year across all of Europe, reminding us once again how central water management has become to the work of those who tend the land. In Sicil weblog Press kit 2026 PRESS KIT Tutte le notizie uncategorized Press kit 2026 weblog Strangers in One’s Own Home There is a form of disorientation that knows no forests or fog, that needs no cross weblog Strangers in One’s Own Home There is a form of disorientation that knows no forests or fog, that needs no crossroads or starless nights. It is the disorientation of those who inhabit a place without truly dwe weblog Three territory, bound by a single thread One way to know a wine is through its technical sheet — the grape variety, the alcohol, the serving temperature, the food pairings. But there is another way, slower and truer, th weblog The power of roots in a changing market There is a moment, in the life of any sector, when the numbers stop offering reassurance and begin asking questions. Italian wine has been living through this phase for several yea