The Wine Harvest: The tradition of wine in Tuscany and in the Siena countryside
Posted by admin in Archive, Food & Wine on 17. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Vine-growing is a very ancient art; it is depicted in a wall painting in a Thebian tomb from the XVII dynasty or 2000 years B.C. which shows two farmers picking bunches of grapes from a pergola. Over 6000 years ago, Assyrian bas-reliefs show slaves who draw wine from large dishes to serve to guests in [...]
Handicrafts and Siena: The Art of Terracotta
Posted by admin in Archive, Handicraft on 16. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Siena, together with Orvieto and Faenza, is one of the most important areas in central Italy for the production of ceramics, especially the traditional brick-red terracotta made from the clay soils extracted from the surrounding hills. The first remains can be traced to the mid 1200′s but the most important development of this industry was [...]
Brunello di Montalcino: from wine to legend
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Food & Wine on 06. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
In the sunny countryside of Siena there is a special enchanted hill which offers a perfect and still unspoilt panorama. It is Montalcino, a Sienese village with its own rocky summit which rises 564 meters above the Orcia valley: a name known world-wide today for its fine wines, especially Brunello di Montalcino. Since the Middle [...]
Piazza Tolomei in Siena: from history to legend
Posted by admin in Archive, Culture, Itineraries on 01. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Piazza Tolomei takes its name from the family of Guelph bankers and merchants “Tolomei”, most probably of German origin and who already in the XI-XII century possessed vast estates in Siena. Only the Palazzo Tolomei remains today, a noble construction in stone from 1205 but rebuilt after 1267 and is the oldest private residence in [...]
