Italian wine makers and wine drinkers(all Italians) were shaken from their beds early this morning as a swarm of earthquakes swept through the most important grape growing region in Italy. Seismologists recorded at least 10 quakes, the largest at 4.1. The rest were in the range of 2.0 -2.4, barely enough to be felt. But they were centered on the town of Greve, just south of Florence(Firenze) on the Chianti Road as it is locally known.
This comes just months after a significant quake, 6.1, shook up America's premier wine region of Napa. The city of Napa is still digging out debris from that incident. An untimely rainfall over the last 10 days has caused some minor flooding in downtown Napa.
Chianti region vintners will probably consider some structural upgrades to their buildings; especially paying attention to the cellars where they age their vintages.
More later as information is known.
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