News & Insights from Tenuta Il Finale

There is a point towards the end of summer when life at Tenuta Il Finale changes quite suddenly. Crates begin appearing outside our front door. Tractors seem to occupy every available piece of the driveway. People come and go from early morning. Conversations become shorter and weather forecasts are checked with an almost obsessive regularity. This is vendemmia. Before living in a vineyard, I thought harvest was essentially the culmination of the year. The grapes were ripe, e

One of the first things you notice around a table in Piemonte is that nobody seems particularly interested in leaving it. Lunch slips easily into the afternoon. Plates are cleared, but the conversation continues. Coffee arrives. Someone remembers another story. Another bottle is opened and, before you know it, several hours have passed without anyone appearing especially concerned about what they should be doing next. After two years of living here, this willingness to give

What happens when the rolling hills of Piemonte meet the South Coast of England? You bring the wines of Tenuta il Finale to the South Coast Wine Festival. For us, wine is about more than what is inside the bottle. It is about the places wines come from, the people who make them and the conversations that happen when a bottle is opened and shared. The South Coast Wine Festival brought together wine lovers, producers and enthusiasts for a celebration of wine, and we were deligh