{"id":30153,"date":"2026-09-14T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.banfi.it\/?p=30153"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:51:52","slug":"not-only-wine-the-harvest-of-the-banfi-plums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banfi.it\/eng\/non-solo-vino-la-raccolta-delle-prugne-banfi\/","title":{"rendered":"Not just wine: the harvest of Banfi plums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Banfi, the vintage is not just about the grapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the vineyards and olive groves, the Montalcino estate also includes spaces for <strong>prugneti<\/strong>, a historical production that tells another part of the agricultural identity of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cultivation of the pruna has been a part of Banfi since the late 1970s and early 1980s and today represents one of the main arboreal crops on the estate after the vines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the proper maturation having been reached, harvesting begins. The plums are then sent to the subsequent processing stages: drying and grading take place at the company\u2019s Fruit Center before final packaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A process that, from the plant to the finished product, reflects the same attention given to other Banfi products and demonstrates an agricultural vocation that goes beyond the world of wine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year, the collection of the prunes becomes another important moment in the estate\u2019s calendar: a labor that involves the seasons, experience, and care throughout all the stages of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is also the one who tells this reality <strong>TGR Tuscany<\/strong>, which dedicated a service to the production of Banfi plums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7503475869466759168\">Watch the TGR Toscana service.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Banfi, l\u2019annata non riguarda solo l\u2019uva. 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La coltivazione del pruno accompagna Banfi dalla fine degli anni Settanta e dall\u2019inizio degli anni Ottanta e rappresenta oggi una delle principali colture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"sp_smart_badges":[],"class_list":["post-30153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Non solo vino: la raccolta delle prugne Banfi - Banfi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Per Banfi, l\u2019annata non riguarda solo l\u2019uva. 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