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title: Santa Margherita wines - Santa Margherita wines
description: Santa Margherita rappresenta la tensione ad innovare, a creare e comprendere i mutamenti del gusto degli ultimi 60 anni del vino italiano.
author: Santa Margherita
url: https://www.santamargherita.com/en/component/special_projects/project/13
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# VINUM DEMERE

Vendèmmia [ lat. vīndēmia ]




The Italian word “vendémmia” (grape harvest) is derived from the Latin "vīn-dēmia", a



word composed of two parts: vīn, from the noun vīnum denoting grapes and dēmia, from the verb demĕre, meaning to remove.




Searching for the origins of this word in Italian also means seeking the roots



of an ancient act that is still repeated today, practically unchanged, in our area.




AN ANCIENT ACT




Passionate, acidulous, green scents



Glints on the leaves, sharp shadows



reveal labours and hopes



Old broken tracks



furrow the skin of skilled hands



that cradle the golden grapes



Voices, laughter, chants



caress solitary tendrils,



dusty and alluring,



while a shower of sunny droplets



flows in ferrous slivers



forming pools of warm anticipation.




Happy eyes...



the grape harvest at Santa Margherita.