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Fined
& Filtered
Chianti
Classico's
Boar War
Changes are afoot in Chianti Classico.
Some of those feet are cloven.
By STEPHANIE JOHNSON
S
prawling between the
cities of Florence and
Siena, Chianti Classico is a
wild and rugged place, some twothirds
of its hilly terrain covered
by forests. Winegrowers often
point to this as a positive indication
of the region's biodiversity,
but the forests are also harboring
a danger to the vineyards-wild
boars, or cinghiali.
" At nighttime, they come out
of the woods like an invasion, "
says Francesco Ricasoli, proprietor
of the Barone Ricasoli estate
with its historic Brolio Castle and
nearly 600 vineyard acres. In September,
when the grape clusters
are approaching maturity,
the
boars' other food sources start
to run low, and they turn to the
vineyards for sustenance. Ricasoli
estimates that he loses thousands
of kilos of grapes in direct damage
each year.
IN ADDITION TO CONSUMINg CHIANTI
CLASSICO'S WINE gRAPES,
CINgHIALI HAVE BECOME A SERIOUS
THREAT TO MOTORISTS.
During a visit to Chianti Classico
in December, boars were on
the mind of almost every producer
I met. Tuscany has a higher
density of boars than other Italian
regions, and a few years ago
the government undertook a
program to cull that population
from about 400,000 to 150,000
by extending the hunting season.
But producers say this has
backfired.
" I was born here, and I never
saw a cinghiale when I was growing
up, " recalls Ricasoli. " Boars
are more plentiful now because
it's a business. " Hunting clubs
have a long tradition in Tuscany,
but producers say that the exploding
boar population has attracted
outside interests that promise
" safari experiences " to hunters
from outside of Tuscany. This
has led to a culture clash between
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