Arcangelo Michele

English

Today is the day of Saint Michael, the Archangel. In fact, he is the patron saint of Coldigioco and therefore, it's a tradition in Coldigioco to celebrate its patron saint day with the Mass at a small chapel in Coldigioco.

It was simple but very meaningful! I enjoyed the Mass which was celebrated in both Italian and English plus the refreshment afterwards.

Earlier in the morning, we also started our new short project for this week which will also help us with our Croatia fieldtrip project (4th - 9th of October). The short project is titled "Soil, Terroir and Mediterranean Colonization." From the introduction we had today, basically this project will help us to understand how wine taste different among different places in Italy. It has to do with the soils formation which are greatly contributed by three major factors such as life, rocks and water.
Life has to do with small organic living things that die, decay and reach a point of stability. This product also known as humus and has an important role in improving soil structures.
Rocks, also referred to as parent material within the context of soil formation, are one of major contributors to soil development including especially the chemical contents within them.
Lastly, water has its role in chemically and physically breaking the rocks, carrying them down slope and hence depositing them, making it possible for the formation of the soils.
For this project, I am working with Ellen (Luther'14, Bio major). We will collect a bag of soil, dry it and will later analyse different materials found in it.  We will ll then construct a power point, at the end of this project, to present our findings about how soil affects the growing of grapes which in turn will be expressed in different tastes of wine.

Sparapani vineyard at Jesi terroir