Viticulture, the work in the vineyard

  • The grape berry and its characteristics

    A grape berry has a complex structure and contains a wealth of substances, which will emerge when the wine is tasted. It may be small, but a grape berry is extraordinarily interesting in terms of its intrinsic characteristics and what is obtained from its pressing. Let’s have a look
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  • When is the right time to harvest?

    How do you know if the grapes are ripe and the right time to harvest has arrived? There are, first of all, some factors to take into consideration: sugar level acidity How to assess grape ripeness Still unripe grapes contain many acids and few sugars. Over time, thanks
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  • How Tenimenti Civa obtains quality wines

    The concept of quality has significantly evolved over time, and consumers have undoubtedly contributed to this. The demand for healthy products, obtained respecting the environment and those who live there, has conditioned the parameters that characterize quality. In the wine sector, production protocols impose rules to protect the consumer
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  • Vines in Friuli: from margotta to american plants

    Originally, grape seeds were scattered Vitis Vinifera, the botanical name of the vine, is divided into two subspecies: Vitis Vinifera Silvestris (wild) and Vitis Vinifera Sativa (cultivated). Man originally scattered grape seeds to ensure the reproduction of fruit, and this behaviour created a very wide assortment of
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  • The Geographical distribution of the vine

    Have you ever wondered why viticulture is present, sometimes even on a huge scale, in some areas rather than others? If we think from the perspective of quality viticulture and economic yield, the world’s wine-growing regions are located between the 30th and 50th parallels north and south, i.e. in
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