The 2024 grape harvest has officially started in Italy. As often happens, Sicily kicks off what is one of the longest harvest periods in Europe, with grape picking continuing in various Italian regions until late October, or even early November. 

Cantina Settesoli, a large cooperative in the province of Agrigento managing 6,000 hectares of vineyards with 2,000 winegrowers and producing 18 million bottles, inaugurated the new season. In the early hours of the morning, the harvesters took up their scissors and buckets and started picking grapes in the Puccia district.