Waiting for the harvest at Tenuta Torciano is always a festival for the senses: watching the vines turn into small purple or golden balls, tiny nuggets of sweet nectar, never gets old.
For the ancient Greeks wine was the drink of the gods, and their devotion to it was such that they gave it its own god, Dionysus. This year the vines have proved to be real fighters despite the drought and the frost of this past spring: small heroes who will add to the honor of the wonderful wine to come. The quantity of grapes will be much lower, but I can assure you the quality from these tiny berries will be superior.
Tradition
The charm of the ancient harvest
When harvest time comes to Tenuta Torciano, history wakes up. It's a pleasure to watch the fingers of expert hands gently cut the grapes from the vines, laying them in the crates like newborns in a cradle. It's one of the most beautiful moments for people to come together, working in harmony and cheerfulness to welcome nature's gifts — perhaps the gifts of Dionysus himself. Tenuta Torciano has always harvested grapes the traditional way, because it loves its craft and wants to avoid damaging the vineyards. Never mind if it's long or tiring: it's a method that's been part of a story thousands of years old, a way of caring for the land, respecting it, tending it and keeping it.
The people behind it
All the colors of the harvest
Pierluigi, the founder of Tenuta Torciano, is a son of his time and, like a wise painter who knows his palette, he knows exactly which grapes to pick. He carries on his own grandfather's tradition — also a winegrower — with passion, remembering the teachings of the season: the white grapes, like Vernaccia or Chardonnay, are picked first, since they're the first to ripen, before the red ones — Shiraz or Merlot. Pierluigi also knows that sweet wines can wait two months, because they need time to reach a high enough sugar level. Time makes wine better, and it makes people better too: wine runs in his veins, and it is his history.
