The written vine
Castiglione Tinella: the country of the Vineyards written
The written vine
The vine, a structure that is splendidly widespread in this area of the Langhe, is undoubtedly a poetic element in its broadest sense. La vigna trasuda poesia come ogni tralcio la sua linfa: è poesia la sua stessa storia che, proprio come il tralcio, ha radici nella terra e nella fatica ma trasporta anche una passione, la visione che tratteggia i caratteri della bellezza e dell’estetica, oltre a quelli del bisogno.
The vine is poetry
The vine is poetry because itis culture, itis a scene that interprets man and reveals his soul, and it is poetry, enjoyingitin its wonderful iridescent structure shapintghe landscape in all its glory. In imagination and in its development, the vine structure concretely becomes the body of a poetic literary form. Each vineyard is a sequence, a static photograph of a rhythm based on measure and length, a pace that is also the daily step of men visiting and cultivating it. Let’s imagine a vine on a piece of paper: each row becomes a verse starting a new line: the formal act of poetry in literature and the repeated action of the farmer find, thus, their meeting point, conjunctionand correspondence. Therefore the Castiglione slopes become pages and provide lines to those enjoying them: this is thevillage of the “written vines”, asort of unpublished, physical, tangible literary park.
Words dressing the rows
From the ridges, from the scenic views and along the paths of the four nature trails running through the municipal territory, you can unveil, or search like in a game, 6 written vines, each one featuring a poem of 5 verses dedicated to these hills, to the daily work of the peasants.
A project born from the generous and industrious soul
The written vines are quite distant from each other, they overlook different views, to follow their story you have to cross this beautiful territory, see the white and giant letters as you walk along the paths or move clotso teherm to get a more intimate contactand a better view. Thanks to the collaboration of the vineyard owners, the texts are set up permanently, so that they can be thoroughly enjoyed in every season of the year.
Visitors are offered an original and unique exhibition, which takes shape only here in Castiglione Tinella, an exhibition amongst the Moscato grapes aiming to be an added value to the breathtaking beauty of the place, an action with a distinctive scenic, cultural, literary and tourist character.
A project born from the generous and industrious soul of the people from Castiglione, the same feature thatawarded them with the UNESCO World Heritage certification. An intimacy which is also expressed through the selection of the writings taken from the works oftwo authors from Castiglione: Lorenzo Dulevant and Bruno Penna.