There are harvests that define a vintage. And there are some that seem to gather not only the grapes, but time itself. For Venica&Venica, the 2026 harvest is one of them.

It began on August 6, earlier than ever before in our history. An extraordinarily early start, reminding us once again of the vineyard's ability to surprise us, and how our work asks us to listen to it, year after year, as if it were the first.

But this year, among the rows of vines, time seems to have chosen to weave together past, present and future.

For Gianni, this is his fiftieth harvest. Fifty years marked by the rhythm of the seasons, as the climate, wine and ways of working changed, without ever ceasing to learn from the land. A milestone that comes in the very year of his seventieth birthday: almost as if life and the vineyard had decided to count the years together.

And while Gianni celebrates his fiftieth harvest, someone else is experiencing her very first.

Ginevra, Serena's daughter, arrived just a few months ago. She is still too young to know what a harvest is, what a ripe bunch of grapes looks like, or the fragrance that fills the winery at this time of year. And yet her presence already tells the story of a new generation becoming part of the family's history, the fifth, while the vineyard continues on its journey.

In this incredible harvest, time once again takes centre stage in the glass. Thirty vintages of Ronco delle Mele Sauvignon will come together in a tasting that will rediscover what each season has given to the wine.

Thirty vintages to preserve a story.
Fifty harvests to tell the story of a life.
A newborn baby to remind us that every story, when its roots run deep, continues to grow.

Perhaps this is what the harvest teaches us, every time.

Time does not simply pass.

Time puts down roots.

PHOTO CREDITS: Carola Nitsch
TEXTS: Francesca Orlando