Paradise in Tuscany: Organic Farming at Antonella Manulli’s Fattoria La Maliosa

When is a field of wildflowers in southern Tuscany actually a vineyard? When it is under the care of Antonella Manuli! Following the patented “Metodo Corino” which she developed with Lorenzo Corino (in memoriam),  for this new vineyard, which she planned with Lorenzo before he died, Antonella first mowed the grass  on the hillside, then seeded it with a legume to add nitrogen, then letting it go for two years before planting root stalk in February 2023.  You have to search the ground closely to see the baby vines nestled among the native grasses and flowers but they are there, sending down roots in the volcanic soil of this area of Maremma in Southern Tuscany and gaining strength with plenty of rain this year as well as sunshine. Normally by June these wildflowers would be gone and all the green turned brown! 

Thriving Rootstalk planted February 2023 at Fattoria La Maliosa destined to become Sangiovese

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