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Fortunato Pucci
The main methods of cultivation of alberello vine

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Fortunato Pucci discusses the methods that accompany the practice of growing alberello vines. The main phases are sowing, pinching, pruning, “conca”.
We then move on to the description of the harvest, the function of dry stone walls and some famous Pantelleria sayings.

Interiew by: Mariangela Bianco e Marco Bottigliero
Video by: Vincenzo Pascolo, Napoli Film Industry
Video Editing by: Paolo Barone, Napoli Film Industry
Document by: Mariangela Bianco
Subtitle ita by: Marco Bottigliero
Subtitle eng by: Francesca Magnani
Translation by: Francesca Magnani
Realized: 26/10/2022

Production of ethnographic video interviews for the populating of the Virtual Museum of the cultivation of “vite ad alberello” of Pantelleria, a UNESCO heritage site

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Fortunato Pucci

Year: 30/01/1936
City: Scauri (c.da di Pantelleria)
Profession: Wine growe and former
Language: Italian and local dialect

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Video table of contents

- 00:06:11 The main methods of cultivation of alberello vine
− 00:00:28 The pinching
− 00:00.35 The pruning
− 00:01:04 The hollow space
− 00:01:23 Donkeys in agriculture
− 00:02:06 The grape harvest
− 00:02:38 The importance of dry stone walls
− 00:03:32 The Pantesco saying onSant'Anna
− 00:03:53 Cutting the grapes
− 00:04:49 Knowledge handed down

Geographic information

Country: IT
Region: Sicilia
City: Isola di Pantelleria, c.da Scauri (Trapani)
Altitude: 101m slm