The Summer School held by Sergio Ferrari on September, 21 was dedicated to sustainable and genetic improvement.

Dr Velasco of CREA Conegliano took part in the event, Yuri Zambon, representing Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo, Vincenzo Betalli of CIVIT Trento, and the agronomist/journalist Lorenzo Tosi all participated in the event. Two vine-growers who make wine from resistant grape varieties were also part of the event: Mario Pojer of Pojer and Sandri and our very own Robert Spinazzè of Terre di Ger.

Professor Attilio Scienza, a leading international expert in viticulture, also supported this event, which was conducted by Costanza Fregoni, a true protagonist of wine-making innovation in Italy.

How will the future of our vineyards look? Velasco puts it quite clearly: it is going to be very difficult to grow grapewines in the future. Climate change, and the increasing limits on pesticide are going to increase costs for vine growers. There is a way out, that is genetic improvement. According to Professor Attilio Scienza, a strong supporter of breeding, talking about local traditions and territories is very difficult today: viticulture is evolving and laws and regulations must accept new vines as part of the local denominations.

Zambon and Betalli described their research work in nurseries, experimenting new grape varieties in order to guarantee the future of Italian wine making.

Mario Pojer, has been growing resistant grape varieties since 1975 and has made his wine, Zero Infinito, a true symbol of his winery, known all around the world.

Robert Spinazze is considered the pioneer of PIWI wines in the region of Friuli. He has been putting his effort in promoting these wines that nowadays still lack a recognized denomination and can be sold only as common table wines.

Our praise also goes to Nereo Pederzoli, a journalist whose divulgative work is crucial in Trentino.

March is the month of events and wine fairs. Meetings come one after the other and every discussion is interesting enough to be followed with attention.

It is now clear that climate change and sustainability has become two aspects that need to be taken very seriously.

There aren’t many solutions available to this problem, but resistant grape varieties help us in finding the right compromise.

We prefer mantaining our winery on the path of natural breedings instead of trying TEA or OGM research, fantasizing about being able to build stronger resistance out of traditional grapevine varieties.

As wine makers, we want to emerge thanks to the wines we are able to present to the public. We are not interested in keeping bonds at all costs with a market that is afraid of change. Presenting innovations is something that teases the consumer’s curiosity and will bring great satisfaction in the long run.

These and other issues have been discussed at the “Tipicità Marche Festival”. We have been invited to discuss whether PIWI wines are an established reality or just perfect strangers.

In the discussion panel, the technical presentation by agronomist Dr Giuseppe Camilli (AMAP Marche) has been extremely interesting. Dr Camilli grows and manages an experimental wineyard, with many resistant grapevine varieties, and has obtained authorization from Marche Region’s Agriculture Bureau for 20 more varieties that have already adapted very well to the local territory.

Dr Camilli has highlighted that these new varieties will be able to give a huge contribution to local wineries. Mr Robert Spinazze also answered to questions about these future wines, bringing our winery’s experience as an example.

6 PIWI wines by Terre di Ger were available for tasting at the event, we offered technical descriptions but also discussed marketing and communication strategies that are useful in order to bring our wines to new consumers.

The whole event has been supervised by AIS Marche and Stefano Isidori.

Dr Camilli’s research is available at this link.

Venice Events, Maria Botter and Angela Merati held the first national event dedicated to PIWI wines in Venice last weekend. 30 wineries growing resistant grape varieties participated in the event, representing the many wine makers that have been investing on this safe wine-making, beyond organic farming.

The event took place in the prestigious Carlton Hotel on the Grand Canal in Venice.

Our winery was present, representing Friuli Venezia Giulia, with three wines: Feltro Bianco 2021 (Mach Foundation Best Wine Award 2022), Caliere Rosso 2020 (Mach Foundation Best Wine Award 2022), and Limine 2020 our exclusive white wine.

Many wine enthusiasts, journalists and wine experts joined the event. A big hug goes to Luca Gonzato as well, probably the best ambassador for this kind of wines with his blog full of precious information and educational material. Two masterclass was held during the event, both presented by FISAR sommeliers, and our Caliere Rosso has been selected as the only red wine.

A discussion panel also took place, at the presence of PIWI International President Alexander Morandel and Regional PIWI Italia presidents. The promotion of PIWI Italia to represent the movement at the national level has been discussed, along with cooperation with other European Nations, towards shared goals such as a sustainable wine-making and the recognition of these grape varieties.

The success of the event will push future events next year both in Cortina d’Ampezzo and in Milan.

So we will see you there soon!

Running from Saturday 14 August 2021 to Sunday 5 September 2021, La Vuelta 2021 will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3.417,7 km.

• 8 flat stages (2 with high-altitude finales)
• 4 hilly stages
• 7 mountain stages
• 2 individual time-trial stages
• 2 rest days

This is the detailed program for the riders among the sunny landscapes and the wild north.

Starting from Burgos, moving to the South, the stunning coast between Alicante and Rincon de la Vitoria. Then slowly the stages go to the centre of Spain to Cordoba.

The show starts on the north with the legendary Lagos de Covadonga as the topic of the third week.

The final stage takes place at Santiago de Compostela, this year the end is far from Madrid.

We have our BORA-hansgrohe team selection: Benedetti Cesare, Gamper Patrick, Großschartner Felix,  Laas Martin, Meeus Jordi, Palzer Toni, Schachmann Max, Zwiehoff Bem. For the GC Felix could confirm the positive results of last year, while for the sprints Jordi will play his cards. Max is free to win stages.

We say welcome to Toni Palzer, just his first three weeks race, maybe he will climb as he’s been doing in winter on the mountains.

Good luck and fingers crossed to all of them.

We support with massive enthusiasm and in cooperation with BORA Cooking System we introduce the Vuelta Labels special edition.

Tour de France 2021 is starting from Britanny’s most well known city of Brest on June 26. Britanny is also known as la Terre de Vèlo, where cycling is the most popular leisure activity.

3414,4 Km from the windy North-East across the whole France down to Tignes on the Alpes, to Caracassonne and Andorra, on the Pyrénées up to the final stage on the Champs Elysée in Paris.

The yellow Grande Boucle will keep us company through exicitng days untill July 18. We wish good luck to our very own Peter Sagan, Wilko Kelderman, Emanuel Buchmann, Ide Schelling, Patrick Konrad, Daniel Oss, Nils Politt and Lukas Pöstlberger.

We are going to celebrate every day with our special edition BORA-Tour de France bottles and we will make a toast to our riders’ great undertakings.

The love for cycling meets our job perfectly: constantly in contact with nature, in the vineyards and orchards. The rider’s job is somehow similar to being a farmer. He works alone in every season, adapting to the environment and being part of it.

We’ve happily welcomed Peter Sagan and Team Bora-hansgrohe squad. We have spent a relaxing and easy day away from the media’s attention, in Terre di Ger’s vineyards and in the winery, chatting as friends.

It was great to spend time together and we would like to thank Ralph Denk for this opportunity.

We seize the opportunity to wish you all a Happy Christmas, in the hope that everything will start again at best.

Gianni and Robert Spinazzè

Welcome to Italy!

Starting from Saturday 3 October to Sunday 25 October, the Pink Race will be running along the streets of the Italian peninsula. 

After the great performance at Tour the France, here we are once again supporting Bora-Hansgrohe Procycling Team which we have been sponsoring with great passion and enthusiasm. 

Our team leader, three time World Champion Peter Sagan, will be fighting for the Maglia Ciclamino as the leader of the points classification, while Rafal Majka and Patrick Konrad are squad’s top men for the overall classification. 3,498 Km from Monreale to Milano and many occasions to lift the glasses and celebrate their wins. 

Of course, we would like to give you ALL the chance of celebrating in style together with us and our team during the race. Together with our partner Bora Cooking System we have created a Giro d’Italia special edition of our red, white and sparkling wines.

Special labels with all three jerseys on them. 

Prosecco Extra Dry
Fresh and crispy “sparkling white wine” with typical flavours of pear and green apple. Ideal for aperitif. €6,5/btl

Bio Caliere
Light “red wine” produced from “piwi varieties” with soft tannins and flavours of strawberry and raspberry. Very good as aperitif and ideal with starter dishes. €7/btl

Bio Arconi
Fresh “white wine” produced from “piwi varieties” with delicate flavours of fruit like green apple and grapefruit. Very good as aperitif and ideal for meal. €7/btl

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