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Wine tour to Machiavelli’s Chianti Villa

“VILLA”: A WORD FULL OF MEANING In Italy we say “we go in villa” to say “we go to the countryside” to reconnect ourselves with nature; from the ancient Latin word “Villa” means tuscan countryside, farm and land. Many centuries…

Bubbles time!

STILL WINE AND SPARKLING WINE: BRUNELLO, SUPER TUSCANS, CHIANTI OR PROSECCO  Still wines look like a coffer made of precious and massive materials as gold and silver, copper or platinum. In the glass, we will have a thick liquid, with dark…

Wood, terracotta, concret and steel: the wine houses.

IRON AND STEEL In Italy to say that a person is safe, at work, in life and love is said to “being in a iron barrel”, a phrase that is probably from ancient Rome when the soldiers were traveling with…

In the cellars of Chianti between wine bottles and natural corks

The Cork and the wine In the Chianti cellars, stored horizontally lie the bottles of wine that, after maturing in barrels, are making the refinement, that means … they are still working. If you take a Tuscany wine tour at…

The vines and their leaves

If you really want to learn about wine you have to learn about the vine, mysterious plant that enters into the depths of the earth, able to condense in a few ripe grapes the essence of the man-nature relationship, the…

Chianti: a comfortable “all wood” home

The Chianti wine has a bright ruby color, you can look through the glass, just before a wine tasting, aroma of spices and black berries and a strong and velvety texture. Minimum aging of at least 11 months and a…

Winter wine tours in Tuscany

  In Tuscany countryside 40 minutes drive, with our comfortable mini van, the scenario you have under your eyes changes completely: in the city there is a concentration of works of art, architecture, as a result of humanity’s genius, and unmistakable sign…

Olives harvest in Tuscany

The olive tree has its roots in the depths of the soil and its presence draws the Tuscany landscape. And while the vines work in group, resembling each other in their rows, every olive tree has his own shape: a…

Winter Tuscany wine tours

Having long worked in the vineyard, comes the deserved rest! The end of the grape harvest is the best moment for the vines, they finished to be “in production” and to put together the natural agents under and over the…