{"id":507,"date":"2026-01-24T17:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balsamica.it\/?p=507"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:28:42","slug":"2026-01-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balsamica.it\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Topping up 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"507\" class=\"elementor elementor-507 elementor-486\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85a5562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85a5562\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-525d138\" 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years.<\/p><p class=\"p2\"> <\/p><p class=\"p1\">Before carrying out the refills, this year we also decided to improve visibility in the vinegar cellar by installing new LEDs to facilitate our work, helping us during the dark hours of January.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8448468\" data-id=\"8448468\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c233cae elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c233cae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" 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