From Vine to Glass

Follow the full lifecycle of wine — from vineyard to cellar to bottle. Gain insight into the craftsmanship, techniques, and care that transform grapes into exceptional wines.

Le Filigare, where Pope Pio IX relaxed with the Archduke of Tuscany

Chianti Classico and Super Tuscan are the main wines produced by Le Filigare, a farm in the Chianti heart, San Donato in Poggio, 34 km from Florence, that makes extra virgin olive oil, grappa and brandy too. Filigare is the…

Biondi Santi, where Brunello di Montalcino has been created

Montalcino wine: if you say Biondi Santi you mean Brunello, one of the most appreciated red wine in the world. This wine was born in 1865 with Clemente Biondi Santi, but the official recognition would have arrived just in 1932…

Artimino, a wine tradition from the Medici family until today

Chianti and Vin Santo just how they were done at the Medici time. Artimino farm produces many Tuscan wines following to the Grand Ducal notice of Cosimo III emanated three hundred years ago. The Estate, 20 km from Florence, covers…

Il Palagio di Panzano: two families, the same destiny within wine

Small-berry Sangiovese is the vine used for any wine, Chianti Classico most of all, produced by Il Palagio di Panzano. Organic products and respect for environment are the passwords of this farm situated halfway between Florence and Siena, 36 km…

Castelvecchio winery in Chianti colli fiorentini

Nestled in San Pancrazio, within the serene municipality of San Casciano Val di Pesa, Castelvecchio winery stands just 20 km south of Florence, making it an essential stop for anyone embarking on a Florence wine tour. As a beacon in…

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…

Italian red wines: aging the wines

While we all run to rejuvenate with creams, cosmetics and clothing as teenagers, someone loves the passage of time and considers it as the ideal completion of his life and achievement of perfection. No, it’s not an old zen wiseman!…

Grappa: The last product of the wine process.

Grape skins red. In the country, you do not throw anything away! Everything completes its life cycle, there are no waste but only material to be reused better. In these days of harvest, for example, we see the bunches brought…