Harvesting the Sangiovese grapes at Reschio. This year a downy mildew has devastated much of the grapes in Italy and France. This will cause a tremendous loss in wine production, especially for those of us who farm organically and biodynamically and do not want to employ chemical treatments so cannot fight this attack. We are already looking forward to 2028 when we will be able to uncork these grapes, blended in our outstanding Connubio wine and despite a much lower total production than last ye