This video provides a rare opportunity to see the ancient art and techniques of highly skilled artisans preparing the clay material and crafting a large amphora in the town of Impruneta, a center for producing terracotta for thousands of years. Mossimo Pocci filmed this workman in his studio and the kilns in which the amphora was fired.
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Join us for a symposium on ancient winemaking 6000 in clay vessels with winemakers and archaeologists around the World in 2023.
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Our viticulture and wine history in San Luis Obispo County originated with the Spanish Crown seeking new lands to conquer and sending explorers to the Pacific Coast. The grapevines, Vitis vinifera, were brought by ship from Spain to Mexico and became known in the New World as Mission Grapes. The grape variety was identified as Listán Prieto in the 21st Century. The first chapter of California wine history is defined by twenty-one missions with chapels, agricultural crops and vineyards managed by the Spanish Franciscan padres who made a dull unstable red wine and an exciting distilled brandy to fortify their wine.
Read MoreJohn H. Foott served as the agricultural advisor to San Luis Obispo County from 1966 to 1991 when he retired from the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Department of University of California Statewide Extension (UCCE). Everyone knew him as Jack Foott. His legacy surrounds us in the vineyards, fruit orchards, avocado groves and vegetable fields that grow throughout San Luis Obispo County.
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Stephanie Terrizzi is a viticulturist with years of experience and training, who focuses on sustainable farming and building healthy soil in the vineyards. She is known for planting Nebbiolo, Trebbiano, Sangiovese, Friulano and Ribolla Gialla that thrive in San Luis Obispo County.
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