In Italy, the harvest has never been so early, caused by 10/15 days due to climate change due to heat and lack of rain, which hastened the ripening of the grapes, especially Sud. This is what emerges from the first estimates Coldiretti On the occasion of the start of the 2024 harvest in Sicily. Harvest of the first bunches of grapes at Contessa Entellina chardonnay Di Giovanna at the farm Michina regionin the province Palermo. Vigneto Italia’s situation was at the center of the last meeting of Coldiretti’s winemaking board, chaired by Francesco Ferreri, in the presence of national president Ettore Prandini.
The unique biodiversity of grapes in Italy
The 2024 harvest is probably the biggest unknown in recent years, Coldiretti notes, and not just because of the strong early promotion that “will harvesting operations within four months, a practically unique case in Europe and related to the great biodiversity characteristic of Italy. A scenario that sees the action traditionally kicking off with sparkling wine grapes Pinot and Chardonnay – notes Coldiretti – to continue in September and October with Glera Prosecco and with large native red grapes Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo and even in November they end with grapes Aglianico e Nerello 658 thousand processed nationally. This path provides an opportunity employment for 1.3 million people directly employed in vineyards, cellars and commercial distribution, as well as for workers in related and service industries.
In Sicily, the 2024 harvest is expected to rain
The weather played a big role this yearItaly has never been so divided. In the South, which is under siege the vine seems to have resisted the drought more than other crops, while heat reduced the risk puttywhich is last year Vigneto Italia costs 11 million hectoliters less. Therefore, the quality of the grapes is excellent with a high level of quality and arrival rain can provide a good production result. In Sicily, there is hope for a 2024 harvest, but it hasn’t rained in months. That too last year Producers talked about limited quantity but excellent quality. To: North: the unknowns are bound instead bad weatherwhen cloudiness and hailstorms hit the vineyards, winemakers must be more careful about choosing the right time to harvest and process in the cellar.
Production costs and EU policies
Moreover, the weather is also bearing down on us production costs, from water to strategies to protect grapes from adverse events and diseases, which place a significant burden on producers, as highlighted by the work of the Consulta. But there are also things to worry about Some EU policiesstarting with the Commission’s green light warning labels in Ireland and moving in the same direction with Belgium. In fact, it is a trade-distorting rule, the result of an ideological approach to a product like wine, which, Coldiretti argues, is an integral part of food. Mediterranean diet and has a history of ten thousand years and whose traces in the world were found in the Caucasus, while in Italy there are traces in Sicily already 4100 years before Christ.
635 varieties registered in the grape registry in Italy
Coldiretti emphasizes that Italian production can count on 635 varieties registered in Armenia. screw registerAbout 70% of the bottles made in Italy are intended for double the French Docg, Doc is Igt 332 wines with controlled origin (Doc), 76 wines with controlled and guaranteed origin (Docg) and 118 typical geographical indication (IGT) wines recognized in Italy and the remaining 30% for table wines. Showing the rich heritage of biodiversity that Italy can count on, which it boasts of being able to offer across the peninsula high quality local wines quality thanks to a thousand-year tradition.