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Images of Sant’Angelo in Colle and our Facebook
If you are on Facebook, please ask to be a member of the fans group for Sant'Angelo in Colle e Scalo. Just do a search for Sant'Angelo in Colle in the search window in the right hand top. And if you...
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Understanding Brunello terroir using Google Earth part III
Click here for a larger version of the map. In his review of Tenuta Il Poggione’s 2004 Brunello di Montalcino, Antonio Galloni noted that “The Brunello is made from four vineyards ranging from 250 to...
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The Amiata and the past, present, and future of the wine Brunello di Montalcino
This is a photography taken facing southward from Il Poggione's estate at the Amiata chain of extinct vulcano mountains. The Mt Amiata has been there for a very very long time and it will still be...
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Snow on the Mt. Amiata and in Sant’Angelo in Colle
Last night has arrived even in Sant’Angelo in Colle a disturbance that has caused a sprinkling of snow in both our zone and clearly, with much more abundance, on Mt. Amiata, at 1,738 meters above sea...
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Snowfall in Montalcino, more snowfall on the Mount Amiata
The disturbance in the weather is continuing. It has snowed in Montalcino while here in Sant'Angelo in Colle it has only rained. However, the snowy mantle on the Mount Amiata has descended even lower,...
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Could 2013 Be Another 1979? All Things Being Equal
In recent weeks, the inclement weather on alternate days has flagellated also the zone of Montalcino. Saturday, on the peak of the Mt. Amiata, numerous centimetres of snow have fallen while at the...
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Snow in Montalcino
Bad weather has hit Italy over the past few days, including Montalcino. In this photo, you can see that nearby Mount Amiata got hit heavily with snow. Here in S. Angelo, however, the weather was not so...
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Weather Update: Rain in the Vineyards
Finally after many days with a lack of water, it rained from Friday to Tuesday morning, with approximately two inches of rain falling on the vineyards. Since the rain was not too strong, the soil has...
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Weather Update: Interesting Mid-June Weather
Over the course of the last weekend we have had some thunderstorms in Montalcino, and on Mount Amiata hail mixed with snow fell. This weather is certainly unusual for the second half of June....
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