Vigna di Pettineo: Biologic wine with the total respect of nature

11/04/2016 - Vigna di Pettineo is a biologic project in constant evolution in which the origins of the territory, the research on the field and the respect for the environment are the bases of the philosophy of the company.
We don't want only to produce a biologic wine, we have wanted to produce it respecting the nature. To obtain this result we have introduced some practices among which the respect of the biodiversities, the grassing, the use of vegetal coal., the re-use of rain water and the production of electric energy from renewable sources.
The biodiversity is not the simple sum of animal species, plants and microorganisms, it means also that all the species, mankind included, have been evolving together influencing each other, sometimes for centuries, everyone with its personal and unique history.
For this reason we apply the grassing, sometimes everlasting too, that besides defending the grounds from the erosion, encourage the development of different species of microorganisms which active life in the subsoil.
To attract insects which otherwise would have disappeared we have planted 80 meters of flowered bushes for each hectare of vineyard.
In the end, to give a refuge to many families of reptiles, we have built some walls typical of the province of Ragusa around the lands.
Our experiments in the sustainable agricultural field goes from the use of different blends of leguminous to the use of vegetal bio-coal to regulate the humidity of the grounds during the driest periods and to improve the activity of the microorganisms.
Moreover, we are studying the use of oils and vegetal extracts in substitution of copper products and the sulphur, the use of biodegradable materials, and the reduction of sulphites during the production of the wines.
We, in Vigna di Pettineo, have no intention to stop our research and progress.

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