In these days our region is invaded by tractors, carriages and grapes. I asked myself: “Hey Manu what’s happening?”. After a few seconds my brain connected that it’s harvest in Valpolicella, Valpantena, Soave, Custoza, Bardolino and on every hill of Verona the producers are working hard. In fact, yesterday Illy came back home few minutes later because a big tractor with a mountain of grapes on the back created a traffic jam.
In every street on the hills you can feel this event and the atmosphere is thrilling. Each producer has to pick up the grapes like a rush against the time because it is almost autumn here. I like harvest because the persons can touch the grapes, the result of one year work and many efforts. I like thinking that grapes will be on my table in a bottle with a nice label that catches my attention. But actually not so many people think how beautiful and special is the human contact with the grapes during the harvest.