Nove Lune
Nove Lune is an innovative reality in the panorama of Italian wine, created by Alessandro Sala in Cenate Sopra, in the province of Bergamo. The project is the result of a particular sensitivity to the environment, which brought Alessandro closer to organic farming, in order to reduce the impact of viticulture. However, still not satisfied with the results achieved and eager to minimize the effects on nature from vineyard cultivation, Alessandro decided to dedicate himself to the cultivation of resistant grape varieties, that is, varieties of vines resulting from crosses between different plants, which are naturally resistant to the main diseases that attack the vine, thus making treatments completely unnecessary.
A radical choice, which allows for the production of wines without the negative effects of substances commonly used in the vineyard, for the winemaker, for the environment, and for the final consumer, who can drink absolutely healthy and genuine wines. The entire estate is currently cultivated with resistant grape varieties. In the vineyard, no herbicides, fertilizers, or other chemical products are used. Even treatments with substances authorized by the organic farming regulations are used only once or twice a year and only in vintages characterized by climatic criticalities. This type of cultivation also helps preserve the vitality of the soils and natural fertility, without having to intervene with fertilization, but promoting the undergrowth of the inter-row. The estate consists of two vineyards, located in Cenate Sotto and Cenate Sopra, right at the foot of Monte Misma, which with its breezes ensures freshness and constant ventilation.
All vineyard work is done manually and yields are kept very low, to prioritize quality and aromatic concentration. The absence of treatments also has a very positive effect on environmental biodiversity, which is enriched from both the flora and fauna perspectives. The vineyard thus returns to being a complete, complex, and living ecosystem. All this is possible thanks to vines resistant to downy mildew, powdery mildew, and other diseases. These varieties arise from crosses between plants of European Vitis vinifera and wild vines resistant to diseases. These new varieties are known by the name of PIWI, from the German name pilzwiderstandfähig, which means fungi-resistant vines. A new way of practicing viticulture, which is gaining more and more space and opens interesting scenarios for the future.
Nove Lune is an innovative reality in the panorama of Italian wine, created by Alessandro Sala in Cenate Sopra, in the province of Bergamo. The project is the result of a particular sensitivity to the environment, which brought Alessandro closer to organic farming, in order to reduce the impact of viticulture. However, still not satisfied with the results achieved and eager to minimize the effects on nature from vineyard cultivation, Alessandro decided to dedicate himself to the cultivation of resistant grape varieties, that is, varieties of vines resulting from crosses between different plants, which are naturally resistant to the main diseases that attack the vine, thus making treatments completely unnecessary.
A radical choice, which allows for the production of wines without the negative effects of substances commonly used in the vineyard, for the winemaker, for the environment, and for the final consumer, who can drink absolutely healthy and genuine wines. The entire estate is currently cultivated with resistant grape varieties. In the vineyard, no herbicides, fertilizers, or other chemical products are used. Even treatments with substances authorized by the organic farming regulations are used only once or twice a year and only in vintages characterized by climatic criticalities. This type of cultivation also helps preserve the vitality of the soils and natural fertility, without having to intervene with fertilization, but promoting the undergrowth of the inter-row. The estate consists of two vineyards, located in Cenate Sotto and Cenate Sopra, right at the foot of Monte Misma, which with its breezes ensures freshness and constant ventilation.
All vineyard work is done manually and yields are kept very low, to prioritize quality and aromatic concentration. The absence of treatments also has a very positive effect on environmental biodiversity, which is enriched from both the flora and fauna perspectives. The vineyard thus returns to being a complete, complex, and living ecosystem. All this is possible thanks to vines resistant to downy mildew, powdery mildew, and other diseases. These varieties arise from crosses between plants of European Vitis vinifera and wild vines resistant to diseases. These new varieties are known by the name of PIWI, from the German name pilzwiderstandfähig, which means fungi-resistant vines. A new way of practicing viticulture, which is gaining more and more space and opens interesting scenarios for the future.
