At the Agricola San Felice in Castelnuovo Berardenga the 2nd Pruner Festival

After the terrific success of the very first edition, which occurred in 2019 in Franciacorta, the #ChiantiClassico will host the second Pruner Celebration developed and arranged by Simonit & Sirch Vine Master Pruners, understood for having actually established a pruning technique that protects the health of the screws keeping them strong and long-lived, effectively exported all over the world. The consultation is for 16 March 2024 in Castelnuovo Berardenga (SI), where the #PruningContest will occur, a hard-fought and interesting vine #pruning competitors, which will reward the very best pruners and the very best arborists. The competitors will occur in the vineyards of Agricola San Felice, a leading business in the location and partner of the Celebration, which has actually been using the Simonit & Sirch pruning technique for several years and hosts the courses of the Italian School of Vine Pruning.

The Celebration will be preceded on March 15th by the technical conference “Vigna and Water: sustainable style”, which will include crucial speakers from all over the world (comprehensive program on the site www.festivaldelpotatore.it). The conference will begin at 10.00 and will be kept in the spaces of Agricola San Felice. Appointment needed at this link https://festivaldelpotatore.it/convegno/. The subject is a hot subject: water remains in reality a resource to be saved, to prevent water tension on the vines, however likewise to be gotten rid of, to prevent excesses, stagnancy and disintegration. A great “style” of the vineyard and using build-up systems react to both these requirements within the structure of an effective usage of water targeted at enhancing production. Involvement in the conference consists of the acknowledgment of expert training credits from the Order of Agronomists which of Agricultural Professionals. After a light lunch, a round table will be held at 3.00 pm with Italian and foreign manufacturers who will highlight the courses carried out, the associated advantages, the crucial concerns that emerged. The day will end with the tasting of 2-3 white wines from various soils (bookings needed, 100 seats, cost EUR70.00 consisting of light lunch and tasting).

Pruning Contest

The Contest is open to all those, Italian and foreign, who wish to reveal their abilities in a competitors that will reward precision of cuts and speed. 100 rivals will participate and will contend in private competitors and in groups of 3 members. Registration at this link: https://festivaldelpotatore.it/iscriveti/. The jury, comprised of Simonit & Sirch specialists and worldwide pruning professionals, will choose the very best categorized in the 2 classifications. The general public will have the ability to carefully observe the rivals intent on pruning the plants. Speaker of the competitors will be Francesco Quarna, DJ and wine maker, voice of Radio DEEJAY, enthusiastic about viticulture and food and white wine.

A day of event committed to “knowledge in the vineyard”

The Pruning Contest will be the heart of a day of event committed to “knowledge in the vineyard” open – with totally free entry – to everybody, pruners, vineyard individuals, farmers, households, good friends and nature and countryside lovers, who will have the ability to invest an enjoyable and uncommon day. To surround the competitors, music, stands, tastings and a series of security activities connected to the farming world, consisting of craft workshops and technical ateliers, beginning with the scissors workshop held by FELCO, technical partner of the occasion, which delights in the patronage of the Chianti Classico Consortium, of the Town of Castelnuovo Berardenga and of the ASA Italian Agri-food Press Association. Media partner is Radio Toscana and Main Sponsor FINE+RARE of London, which considering that 1994 has actually been a leader in the purchase, sale and management of personal cellars, permitting the worldwide public of collectors to have access to the most important items. FINE+RARE is based upon an enthusiasm for the remarkable.

The program

The day will begin for the rivals at 8.00 with the true blessing of the pruners by the Parish Priest of Castelnuovo Berardenga, followed by the Pruner’s Breakfast arranged by the In a different way Eroici association. The stands will open at 9.00 and the competitors will start at 10.00, as will the security activities. To name a few, Da Move will exist with an adrenaline-filled screen of freestyle and acrodunking basketball, the Lumberjack Athletes who will carry out magnificent cutting presentations with axe, saw and chainsaw, and regional craftsmens intent on their ancient crafts. You will find the tricks of making barrels from a master cooper, you will have the ability to view the working of the vineyards with horses and take brief trips to appreciate the stunning hills of Chianti and Siena from above on the helicopter of record mountaineer Simone Moro. In cooperation with the Chianti Classico Consortium, stations will be established where you can taste the very best Chianti Classico labels and there will be numerous truck-food points with regional specialities.

Wannabe a pruninguy

A corner of a vineyard will be scheduled for the youngsters, where they will be associated with “Wannabe a pruninguy”: each kid will pick a vine cutting and plant it, marking it with their name and the date, hence enlivening a symbolic vineyard, promise for the future. Other activities have actually been produced for them, consisting of saddle baptism and a horse-drawn carriage trip through the vineyards and academic check outs to the Orto Felice, the natural veggie garden of San Felice, which sees senior citizens of the location associated with the work. and some youths with specials needs.

All the information of the races, registrations, the program of occasions on: www.festivaldelpotatore.itFor info: info@festivaldelpotatore.it