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April: news from the Vineyards

posted on 4 May 2016
Just two pieces of news about the start of the season...
  1. Field and seasonal trend + organic
After a particularly beautiful and sunny winter, spring broke out with a rapidity that left us not a little surprised. With unusual anticipation, the vines started up again for the new season with unexpected strength thanks to almost summer-like temperatures, and we are now about two weeks ahead of a normal vegetative cycle. At first glance, we seem to be witnessing good, regular budding, with the fruit set expected to be far too abundant for now, but as we know, the season is still long... In the meantime, our path towards organic production continues, and from this year we are trying mechanical tillage of the under-row. We have put an old tool that had lain forgotten for years back in the field, and although this implies a greater burden of work, we think it will certainly benefit the vines.
  1. Bottling
We will soon bottle the Valtènesi 2015, our Groppello 100%, and let's face it, 2015 was indeed a very good year for this wine in particular, to which we are affectionately attached. For the first time, in fact, we are able to bottle wine from Groppello grapes grown entirely by us in the vineyard we rented last year and in the new vineyard planted in 2013, and we are convinced that this can be felt in the glass. In July it will be the turn of the Rinè 2015, now a constant in terms of product quality and identity, and the Nepomuk 2012 with which we are continuing on our path towards an increasingly austere and integral wine, perhaps little prone to market “mushyness”.
  1. Information on opening the cellar to the public and appointment notice
We would like to remind you that for those wishing to taste the products in the cellar or make purchases, it is always best to give notice of your arrival by phone or e-mail. Saturday is the day we devote the most time to these meetings, but it is always better to let us know.  
  1. Upcoming events
Italia in rosa, from 10 to 12 June from 17:00 to 23:00 at the Moniga del Garda Castle, where it will be possible to taste the Rosanoire 2015. Cristina and Diego

Happy New Year to all!

posted on 24 January 2023
Once again, we find ourselves confronting another challenging year. True enough, Covid is finally largely behind us, but there is still a general climate of uncertainty, underscored by the war at Europe’s borders, whose impact is anything but negligible. The opening weeks of the year bring all of us the opportunity to renew our resolutions and launch new projects. We all must face our problems with optimism and hope, doing our own part with commitment and honesty. And now, on to what is happening at Catrina and what we’re planning…

Random considerations regarding drought

posted on 9 September 2022
Drought plants
Drought, increasingly frequent now, is one of the signs of climate change in action, but for those who live in Europe, our current 2022 constitutes a true, and significant, turning point. It’s no longer a matter of numbers, statistics, appeals from environmentalists and scientists: each one of us, throughout this dry year

2021 year-end report

posted on 17 December 2021
Here we are at the end of 2021, and it has been even more stressful and challenging from various points of view: the freeze we had in the spring; the uncertainties we are all aware of, that make it so hard to make long-term plans; the work that we had to do, which exceeded all mid-year and later projections; and finally our usual autumn newsletter is off the presses so late. Cantrina is known for producing, in very limited editions, wines whose hallmarks are decisive personalities and strong characters, in some cases utterly unique, wines that targeted to niche markets of dedicated wine-lovers and represent the quintessence and vital spirit of our winery.
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