{"id":124,"date":"2010-12-29T21:44:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T21:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/?p=124"},"modified":"2018-11-09T21:13:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:13:05","slug":"winter-in-valpolicella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/winter-in-valpolicella","title":{"rendered":"Winter in Valpolicella"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-868\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-868 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-mt-baldo.jpg\" alt=\"sdf\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-mt-baldo.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-mt-baldo-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-mt-baldo-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 530px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 530\/398;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mt. Baldo covered in snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Winter has arrived in Valpolicella too and this year is particularly cold. At the beginning of December temperatures reached -10 C (14 F), unusually cold for the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mount Baldo is completely covered with snow. With its 2219 meters is the highest mountain in Verona district. It represent the west border of Valpolicella. Behind mt. Baldo there\u2019s lake Garda and Bardolino wine producing area.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-866 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella5.jpg\" alt=\"sdf\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella5.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella5-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella5-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 530px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 530\/398;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter vineyards in Valpolicella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No leaves are left on the vines in Valpolicella vineyards. December is one of the quiest month for farmers and wine makers. Soon winter pruning will start. It is very important activity because through pruning, vine growers can decide how many bunches the vine will produce.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-869\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-869 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella6.jpg\" alt=\"sdf\" width=\"530\" height=\"398\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella6.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella6-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.amaronetours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/amarone-tours-winter-valpolicella6-300x225.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 530px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 530\/398;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bunches left on the vine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During harvest, grapes for the production of the Amarone are selected first. The second selection is for the Valpolicella Superiore. The last picking is for the grapes that will become Valpolicella Classico. Grapes that are not considered good enough to become Valpolicella wines are left on the vines. They\u2019ll become an important source of food for wild birds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Marogna <\/em>is the stone wall you find on the terraced vineyards. It helps to sustain the soil on the slopes of Valpolicella hill. It looks bare with the leafless vines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mould devolops on Corvina bunches left on Valpolicella vines in Winter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the beginning of each line of vines you often find a rose bush. It is a very delicate plant and it usually gets pests and desease before the vine so that farmers can anticipate treatments. The last flowers were cought by the morning frost.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter has arrived in Valpolicella too and this year is particularly cold. At the beginning of December temperatures reached -10 C (14 F), unusually cold for the area. Mount Baldo is completely covered with snow. With its 2219 meters is the highest mountain in Verona district. It represent the west border of Valpolicella. Behind mt. 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