Alfredo and Patrizia grow vegetables and greens with music. And Giancarlo produces Brunello to the tunes of Bach and Mozart among the vineyards.

Alfredo says: “We are the only company in Abruzzo, and one of the very few in Italy, that has a musical greenhouse to grow your own vegetables music therapy, through the reproduction of classical pieces in the seedbeds, allows a growth better and more luxuriant than the seedlings”.
The idea of ​​using music to stimulate plant growth isn't entirely new, and has shown good results wherever it's been applied. Some studies suggest that specific frequencies can improve seed germination, accelerate growth, and even strengthen plants' resistance to environmental stress. Certain types of classical music or sounds with low frequencies appear to have more beneficial effects than louder or dissonant sounds. And confirming the enormous benefits of music for plants are some studies from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Pisa, which suggest that musical notes can also prove to be an excellent natural defense system against the harmful insectsIn fact, music would keep insects and overly voracious birds away from fruit and vegetable plants.

 

An important project has also been carried out in Val d'Orcia, in Tuscany  Giancarlo Cignozzi produces an excellent Brunello with small musical systems placed among the vineyards, According to a method already studied in the 1960s. Mozart, Handel, Bach: the music of these masters, in addition to keeping pests at bay, increases the vegetative vigor of plants. And so Cignozzi decided to write a book with a very significant title: The man who whispers to the vines (Rizzoli Editions). A must-read.