Chianti (IV/IV) - Permanence through Repetition

Chianti is not a monument. It's a rhythm -- of hills, villages, and vineyards as far as the eye can see.

The continuity has been cultivated over years and years. Grapes are harvested in season. Wine is pressed and aged. Families tend the same soil for years, eventually passing the torch to future generations. Medici law recognized Chianti's wine in 1716, but the practice is older -- as old as the Etruscans, in fact.

The lesson of Chianti? Tradition survives through repetition. Cathedrals stand because of a strong foundation and proper architecture, but a vineyard endures because of care. Both last. One loudly, the other quietly.

What we repeat, we also preserve. The smallest rituals may outlast us more definitively than grand projects. Not everything eternal must be monumental. Some things last because they are simply never allowed to stop.