Fradé manages to keep its vines and grapes healthy by treating them with copper and sulphur against peronospora and oidium and by using natural pyrethrum-based insecticides to fight leaf hoppers that cause flavescence dorée. The treatments are carried out in the cool hours of the day, starting from the first fortnight of May until the end of July.

In order to produce our certified organic wines, the grapes are hand-picked when they are ripe and placed in crates, paying special attention to the selection of only the best grape bunches. White grapes for sparkling wines are harvested at the end of August, for white wines they are picked in mid-September and red grapes for red wines are gathered from 25 September.

Autumn organic fertilising in the vineyard is carried out on alternate rows. The supply of nutrients after the harvest and before vegetative dormancy allows the vines to accumulate reserves of substances that are very useful for their subsequent growth cycle in spring. Moreover, this type of fertilisation offers the advantage of appropriately preparing the vines to survive the winter and for their new growth in spring.

After fertilisation, the mechanical tillage of the soil is carried out in alternate rows and in the aisles.