Let's go back to the question of suitability:
our vineyards have been here since Roman times;
we are in a very windy area,
so we have very few problems related to mushrooms
and the codling moth problem is solved
with very low doses of copper.
There are some additional problems
with the​ ​oedio​,
but those we solved quite easily
with mine sulphur:
and the oedio problem itself disappears.
[It must be done] at the right time, so at the time of flowering.
One must try to be careful in the moment,
and with these two expedients linked to suitability,
the fungi problems are solved.
The problem of weeds is a very trivial one for me,
in the sense that we have very high water
retention here,
there is a lot of clay,
and we have never had problems with weeds,
on the contrary:
there are some places with several springs
where we would need even more grass,
because we often have stagnation problems;
but once the right balance is found through tillage of the soil,
inter-rowing in the driest years,
or even a good tillage now at the end of autumn
the problem of grass becomes minimal.
The insect problem is a little bit more difficult:
as I said before, the drosophila trick
is very interesting,
trying to understand according to your vineyard
where the most delicate areas
and the most delicate varieties are...
and then, for example, using pyrethrum on insects:
nevertheless, it’s important to use it well
and to try and find the right balance;
making random treatments is highly unrecommended.
The biological project began for ourselves,
for the very idea of looking to our own future
and that of our children.
It is linked to the important balance
between the earth and man.
What exists between the winemaker and the vineyard
is very similar to a marriage:
every now and then you “fight” but the important thing
is to understand why you have fought.
The fortune of the farmer is that every year he relates to all the vineyards,
especially at the time of pruning, for example,
en you talk to all the vineyards and understand
what you can expect from that vineyard.
Not all the vineyards are the same:
the change there can be at a distance
of a few meters is impressive.
Such things show you the importance of living in the vineyard,
and from there the idea of starting with a biological project
linked to the balance of the vineyard was born.
As you have seen,
luckily here there is also a beautiful balance
from the point of view of biodiversity:
there is a lot of woodland and many orchards...
certainly it needs to be improved but we have
also begun to plant
some ancient varieties of apple trees to do something different...
Captures are carried out every year: for example,
for grapevine ​Flavescence
 e carried out captures of the ​Scaphoideus insect
to see what is the real scaphoideus presence in the area,
and from there then work together
to make samples and sectorizations...
