European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cantina Delle Pisane is one of thousands of consortium in worker checks the corking and sealing process on a bottling worker boxes bottled share the profits from the bottled wine it distributes with the grower members of the during the Peak of grape Harvest which Falls Between late october and Early january throughout most of wine consortium employ As Many As 50 people to process tons of grapes through each consortium special fermenting and bottling Small by most the Colline Pisane consortium has Only 25 workers during the Peak grape season but frequently limits its staff to a Small number of weve just recently been issued a new stamp by the wine ministry for one of the chiantis we said a Young accountant who single hand edly manages the finances of the Colline Pisane when a consortium is authorized a Doc that indicates the grapes used in the wine Are of High Quality and that the Quality of the consortium grapes is certified by the wine he although the Colline Pisane consortium has been in operation for More than 20 years some people claim increased production costs for consortium Are forcing More and More growers away from consortium to Large wine wine factories All Over Italy buy grapes from wherever they can and then manufacture wines and chiantis in great quantities under a factory 0dup jul boxed wine ready for each consortium produces its own Label to indicate the Grade of the said the Colline Pisane so their production costs Are less than a consortium and a grower Doest have to be concerned with paying for the processing of his the accountant said because of increased production costs for consortium and a poor grape Harvest last which some growers Call the worst grape Harvest in Many consortium in Italy Tuscany Region have Cut Back the amount of wine they this for used to Export to the United he but because of inflation and the 1984 Vintage we were Only exporting our wine to Switzerland and keeping most of what we produce to sell to local one grape grower said other consortium in which have traditionally exported a Large portion of their grape Harvest to France for Champagne production have also been forced to reduce exports because of inflation and a poor 1984 but the Small group of workers at the Colline Pisane consortium seemed unconcerned with the worries of Italy has always had wine said a woman worker As she packed freshly labelled bottles of wines into a last year maybe want such a Good grape but theres always next there will always be another june stripes Magazine