<h1>DOMAINE BERTAGNA</h1> <br> <h2>Domaine Bertagna Across the four Seasons</h2> <br> <h3>Winter</h3> The working of the vines is continual and follows the natural vegetative cycle of the plant. Through the harsh winter months, pruning is the key process for the renewal and durability of the plant and has a fundamental influence, second only to the wine making process itself, on the quality of the finished wine.\n\nThe Guyot style of pruning is most commonly used at Bertagna with the vines trained low to the ground allowing the grapes to benefit during the night from warmth radiated by the stony soil. <br> <h3>Spring</h3> The arrival of spring triggers the flowering and the birth of a new vintage. The vines release subtle and delicately unique scents of flowers. During the early season the vineyards are at their most vulnerable with late heavy frost being the principle danger as well as the first signs of the many threats to the vine such as mildew, odium, leaf-moth, spiders and weeds. <br> <h3>Summer</h3> Mother Nature continues to be the predominant force in summer as far as the growth of the vine and the outcome of the vintage is concerned. However, hailstorms are a real threat at this time of year and violent storms can cause irreparable damage to the grapes. The “green tasks”, that is to say taking away excessive grapes and working the soil for optimal aeration are the main daily occupations in the vineyards during the warm summer months.\n\nOur philosophy of integrated production is based on the refusal to use chemical products (insecticides and fertilizers) and compost will only be used if seen to be absolutely necessary.\n\nThe use of reasoned prevention and sexual confusion enables us to control pests whilst respecting the ecological balance of the soils, and the environment as a whole. More recently the plants own life-rhythm has become the focus with the efforts to consider cosmic-time cycles as a calendar for working in the vineyards and cellar. <br> <h3>Autumn</h3> During the second half of September (about 100 days after flowering), the grapes arrive at full maturity – a subtle balance between the aromas and the chemical components of the juice (acidity, sugar and phenol richness) which guarantee the colour and the intensity of our future wines.\n\nThe harvest comes along and our faithful team of ‘pickers’, many of whom have harvested at the Domaine for more than 20 years, harvest the fruit of our labours. All the picking is done by hand into small baskets to protect each individual bunch from damage. The harvest lasts approximately two weeks commencing in the Côte de Beaune up through the Côtes de Nuits and finishing slightly later in the elevated vineyards of the Hautes Côtes de Nuits. <br><br> <a href="the_domaine.php">The Domaine</a> <a href="wine_making.php">Wine_Making</a> <a href="domaine_bertagna_across_four_seasons.php">Domaine Bertagna across four Seasons</a> <a href="wines_of_the_domaine.php">Wines of the Domaine</a> <a href="contact_us.php">Contatc Us</a> <a href="news.php">News</a> <a href="../pages-fr/index2.php">Version Française</a> <a href="../pages-de/index2.php">deutsche Version</a> <br> <a href="http://www.vinium.com/">Creation Vinium Business & Design</a>