De Cultores #44 ENG

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De Cultores Saber el vino July 2010 Nº 44

Summary • The challenge of the grapevine in a hotter world According to the scientific consensus, the planet’s temperature would reach 4ºC above the normal average in the year 2100; this would represent a great challenge for all wine regions.

Vitiviniculture

The birth of wine

Time of harvest

• Kobe, Japanese meat… typically Argentinean

Although it is very difficult to compete against our meat, from faraway lands, we receive one that, according to gourmet specialists, has an exceptional quality known as Kobe that is “on fashion” today.

• Sustainability, looking after the future Sustainable viticulture takes part of an increasingly stronger line of thought. It suggests the care of the aspects that ensure a harmonic development of vine growing production without any risk for the new generations.

• Tastes and scents with their own style

His consolidated background in the fires of Tierra del Fuego, turned him into one of the clear beacons of our gastronomy. He confesses he is in love both with the Mediterranean food and the tastes he has been incorporating during his trips around close and distant lands as well as the Argentinean wines.

Collectable publication published by Luigi Bosca Winery - Familia Arizu

Printed Edition

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The vital process of grapevine has this mysterious fascination of the growth from all the vegetables. With the arrival of spring, there is a series of transformations taking place that reach a turning point by the beginning of autumn from the next year. That is when the most important act takes place: the harvest. Its precise date and care is the key element of great wines. Due to genetics closeness, man usually captures the mystery of animal’s growth very easily. But at the same time, he stills watches with astonishment the same phenomenon in plants that is being developed before his eyes, getting fed with water and sun, putting into motion this wonderful “engine” of leaves that is called photosynthesis. Of course, as in

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the rest of arable vegetables, the influence of climate during this cycle is essential for grapevines, since the combination of sunny days, fresh nights and the absence of accidents (such as hail and frosts) not only allows for reaching the harvest with a happy end, but it also forms a balance in the grapes of the substances capable of generating higher quality wines. The continued on page 4

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