In the farming world, the harvest marks the moment in which the year’s hard work is over, along with the fears linked to the season’s progress, and the hardships faced by the grower and his family.
The harvest is also hard, hard work, to be carried out with great care and attention, but also at speed, during long days with short nights and no time to celebrate.
The farming world is all about sharing, since agriculture makes us all equal: in the hard work, the sadness of adversity, and the joy of the harvest.
And this is why, in Tuscany there is a farming tradition of celebrating the end of the farming year, known as the Benfinita, which had a religious element - that of thanking God for the harvest - as well as a more celebratory side. And they were true celebrations, outside, in front of the home or inside in a cellar or a large room. Celebrations with food that women spent days preparing, with “good” wine, music and above all, with neighbouring farmers and friends. An occasion to celebrate all together.
For Sequerciani, this year was the first large-scale grape harvest. Lots of work over many, many hectares of vineyards for us, with new care and attention to picking the grapes, to the vinification, and the racking... Wine varieties that are linked to Tuscan tradition, but in greater quantities compared to previous years.
And the harvest meant just under two months of vines and cellar, working around the clock and with no weekends off. Healthy grapes that began their fermentation spontaneously, and well-balanced fermented musts that began their maceration and refinement.
And without beating about the bush, we can say that the harvest has been great and we are full of hope for the wines!
All this has given us the wish to share these feelings with our friends, just as traditional farmers used to do and as they have always done after every harvest.
A great evening with our friends, family, and those who have always been with us. No representation, public relations, or tastings: just a genuine sharing of our own joy.
