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Apulia's vineyards

Already 2000 years ago, in Apulia, the grape was grown and the wine produced giving rise to a very modern concept of wine chain.

 

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Tenute Rubino's 2011 harvest

As the last white grapes enter the vinification cellars, the first data seems to confirm that 2011 will be a particularly good vintage

 

An extraordinary harvest in Salento

An extraordinary harvest in the Salento area and grapes superior in quality than the previous vintages according to all winemakers.

 

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Negroamaro, grape variety

Negroamaro is a red wine grape variety native to southern Italy. It is grown almost exclusively in Apulia and particularly in Salento.

 

Salento, Apulia: lands of great wines

In Brindisi and in Salento (Apulia) inimitable quality wines are created, characterized by a strong and expressive territorial connotation.

 

Visellio, a wine of the Roman Empire

Visellio, a historical figure of not local origin, produced a wine coming from the vineyards of the today's estates of Jaddico and Marmorelle.

 

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Tenute Rubino: the estate

Jaddico, Uggio Santa Teresa, Marmorelle, Punta Aquila.

 

Susumaniello and Torre Testa

This is the place, with its ideal climatic and soil conditions, where the Susumaniello project of Tenute Rubino took shape.

 

Tenute Rubino: the wines

The production consists of a range of 11 wines, most of which are monovarietals.

 

Tenute Rubino: contacts

Luigi Rubino and the Staff of Tenute Rubino winery are at your disposal: here below are the contacts where you can address any requests.

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Tenute Rubino, grape harvester women

Traditionally, the women of Salento attend to the farming activities in the vineyard. Tenute Rubino exploits this cultural tradition.

 

the fascination of the grape harvest

Harvest time is a sacred moment in Salento. Work and earth give the best fruits: the ripe and sound grapes of Primitivo.

 

The cutting of the bunches

Early, in the morning groups of women reach the vineyards. Hours pass among the rows of Negroamaro, to perform the rite of the grape harvest.

 

Grape harvester carries the grapes

The grape harvest lasts for about two months, according to the ripening times of the different varieties. The work paces are established by nature.

Grape harvester: close-up 02

The women of Salento call by name. Cultural identity and social responsibility of business: in this way Tenute Rubino exploits land and work.

Grape picker close-up 03

The Harvest in Tenute Rubino. The baskets are filled by the women and then are shoulder-carried by the men. Force and responsibility.

Tenute Rubino, worker in the vineyards

The Harvest in Tenute Rubino. The grapes have reached the right degree of ripening in the estate of Uggìo. Today White Malvasia is harvested.

Women in harvest in Tenute Rubino

The harvest in Salento also plays also a social role, along with an economic-productive one. Culture, territory and enological quality.

Salento, the harvest: baskets of grapes

A moment of the harvest of Tenute Rubino in Uggìo, Salento. In the dry season, the red and sandy soil becomes almost like face powder.

viticultural nature in Apulia

Oenology of Nature in Apulia. A large foliar surface to catch the sun's rays in the vineyard.

Vineyard in the estate of Punta Aquila

The harvest in Punta Aquila: all the most important farming operations in the vineyards are carried out by women. Sensitivity, experience, accuracy

Tenute Rubino: view of the vineyard

The vineyards of Jaddico on the coast of Brindisi. Deep and sandy soils, which are so fertile that a careful cultivation is necessary to limit the yields.

Vineyards: grapes in the sun

The grapes have reached the right degree of ripening and have been picked to be transported to the vinification cellar in Brindisi

The vineyards: bunch of white grape

White Malvasia, a native grape variety of great oenological significance. Rich and absolutely sound grapes for a great wine of Salento: the Giancola

The harvest of the women in Salento

The women of Salento work in the vineyards. Between them and Tenute Rubino there is a close relationship, which is based on land and participation.

Producing quality wine in Salento

The harvest in Tenute Rubino. Trust, commitment and collaboration. The technical and operative staff of the winery is a strength point of the project.

Viticulture of precision in Tenute Rubino

Pride, experience and strong cultural roots. Every face of Tenute Rubino contributes to express the identity of a productive project of high value.

The work of the women in the vineyard

In South Italy the of the women in the vineyard was once considered marginal. Tenute Rubino has been revaluating it.

Salento, The harvest of the women

Tenute Rubino and the harvest of the women. In Salento territory the management experience in the vineyard is handed down from mother to daughter.

Awareness of the value of the land

The land of Salento is particulary suitable for wine growing. The entrepreneurial project of Tenute Rubino is based on this awareness.

Salento between history, sea and great wines

Salento, a land where viticulture has an ancient history. In the estate of Jaddico the grapevine has been present for over 2000 years.

Women in the agriculture, for the quality

Estate of Jaddico: Tenute Rubino practices a meticulous and attentive viticulture to get the best in the production of the indigenous grape varieties.

Women, an added value in the harvest

Jaddico, the vineyards of Susumaniello receive the attention and the care of women workers. Reduced yields for each plant for an extraordinary wine.

A Symbol of tradition in Tenute Rubino

A face that has become a symbol in Tenute Rubino. The women in viticulture are an element of tradition that the winery wishes to improve fully.

Viticulture and sustainable economy

Establishing a sustainable economy, respectful for the positive worthiness of the land. The women are an important strategic resource of South Italy.

The added value of the women in Salento

In Salento the women involved in wine growing are an important point of distinction for Tenute Rubino. A significant added value.

Commitment and will in the sign of the women

To team with each other and share the productive project of Tenute Rubino. There are pride and sensitivity for the results, expressed also in women's faces.

Harvest in Tenute Rubino

The white Malvasia is one of the most renowned grape varieties of tradition in Apulia. It is characterized by aromatic load and organoleptic structure.

Tenute Rubino, moments of harvest

Negroamaro's grapes are picked up, the main variety in Salento. Tenute Rubino gives birth to a spectacular rosé wine, vinified in white: Saturnino.

Bunches of Black Malvasia grape

At the end of September, the Black Malvasia grapes are about to be picked. The careful cultivation in the vineyards have produced the desired results

Bunches of Susumaniello grapes

A spectacle of Susumaniello grapes in the estate of Jaddico. In the first decade of October it is the last variety of Tenute Rubino to be harvested

Tenute Rubino, Susumaniello grapes

A row of Susumaniello. Architectures of the grapevine. An uncontaminated nature which marks the soul of a great wine of Salento: the Torre Testa

Tenute Rubino, White Malvasia

The microclimate in the north of Salento is very favourable for the vine. The White Malvasia, grown in full sun, reaches the perfection.

Tenute Rubino, Palms in the vineyard

The estate of Marmorelle is an oasis of endless beauty. Great sea pine trees and high palms stand out near the vineyards of Negroamaro and Primitivo.

View of the estate of Jaddico

The vineyards of Jaddico are characterized by the closeness to the sea and by very loose, deep and sandy soils. The luxuriant nature gives spectacle

Brindisi, Jaddico, vineyard and sea

The presence of the grapevine in Jaddico is millenary. In those places already the ancient Romans grew the vineyards and produced wine

Brindisi, Jaddico, vineyard and heaven

Brindisi. The vineyards extend up to the sea and become main characters of the landscape. A spectacle of incomparable viticultural nature

Tenute Rubino, vineyard: bunch of grape

The harvest time of the bunches is established by the technical staff of Tenute Rubino, through the visual exam and the tasting of the grapes.

Tenute Rubino, Jaddico, nel Salento

Tenute Rubino, uno scorcio del vigneto di Jaddico, nel Salento.

La vendemmia, giornata conclusiva

La vendemmia, giornata conclusiva

Salento, agricultural territory

Agricultural territory in Salento. The wheat has been harvested and the hay has been gathered. In the estate of Jaddico the agricultural activities never stop.

Tenute Rubino: the vineyard

A foreshortening of the vineyard of Susumaniello in the estate of Jaddico. An extraordinary land north of Brindisi, where nature and history coexist.

Tenute Rubino: the harvest

The harvest in the vineyards of Tenute Rubino. The women select and cut the bunches, the men carry the baskets loaded with grapes to the tank.