Torre Fornello: The vineyards

Growing vines with care.

The vineyards of the Torre Fornello estate cover an area of 55 hectares on the hills around Piacenza, in the commune of Ziano. Here soil and climate are particularly suitable to winegrowing, an activity that has been going on since Roman times. The vineyards are under controlled cover crop, which forces the vines to a natural competition, resulting
in lower yields per hectare, but of higher quality and more resistant to moulds.

Sprayings are carried out on the information supplied by the two weather stations of the estate. Thanks to the constant monitoring of temperature, humidity and rainfall, the stations can forecast the exact spreading of the infection, be that mildew, oidium or botrytis.

Moulds are treated by regular sprayings with eco-friendly copper and sulphur solutions following the standards set by the Regione Emilia Romagna.
Treatments start after the infection is under way. This procedure cuts down the number of sprayings in the vineyards by a considerable amount; that is why there are no residual pesticides left in the grapes and man's health is
successfully safeguarded.

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The winery