Springtime in Tuscany and budbreak in Montalcino

Here’s the latest, just in from the Tenuta Il Poggione in Montalcino, Tuscany, where Mazzoni wines are made:

Finally it feels like spring has arrived in Montalcino as well.

The temperatures are rising and today we have had the minimum temperature at 8° C. and the maximum at 18° C. and there are the forecasts of fair weather for at least seven other days.

The vines are opening their buds (see photo above) and we were are in line with the previous years.