by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Le Chiantigiane, Producers, Regions, Tuscany
This historical winery in the Florentine countryside, is one of the oldest wineries in Tuscany. In the Medieval period it belonged to the monks of the Certosa di Firenze who cultivated the land.Tuscany conserves a historical, artistic and literary patrimony which is...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
Donatella Cinelli Colombini is something of a vineyard revolutionary, having opened Italy’s first winery run solely by women.Her ancestors first owned land in the Montalcino area in the 16th century, and recent generations have passed property down the female line....
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
The winery that produces the wine Chianti Classico operates within the walls of the Castello di Volpaia, a fortified village of medieval origin.The Castello di Volpaia was built in the 11th century as a fortified village on the Florence/Siena border. Although only...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
The Cantina dei Barbi, with its 300 wooden wine barrels and thousands of bottles of Brunello laid down for aging, has been open to the public for more than fifty years. During this time more than a million and a half wine lovers have visited our cellars, admiring the...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
Labor omnia vincit”, as never before, this motto reconfirms its validity in the tenacity and attachment to the work of the owners of Fattoria Mantellassi in Magliano in Toscana.The Mantellassi coming from the Pistoia area moved to the area of Scansano and Magliano...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
In the twenties the Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi with his wife Vittoria bought the property of Capezzana, then enlarged with the purchase by the Marquis Aman Niccolini, of two neighboring farms, “Il Poggetto” and “Trefiano”. This is how the Tenuta di Capezzana...
