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On 25th and 26th April, the “Villa dai Cento Camini” (One Hundred Chimneys’s Villa) will open its gates to welcome thousands of gourmands from all over Italy, offering to wine enthusiasts a synthesis between history, art, nature and gastronomic Made in Italy: it’s “Salotti del Gusto” by Raffaella Corsi Bernini.
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Olio Capitale 2014 confirms the key international event for quality oil, demonstrated by the presence of the Ambassador of Japan Masaharu Kohno and Curtis Cord the director of the American publication Olive Oil Times. The stand of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence was one of the most visited during the first day.
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From 8th to 10th March 2014, the Stazione Leopolda in Florence will once again host Pitti Taste 9, the fair dedicated to excellence in taste with 300 exhibitors for three days of tasting, discoveries, shopping and special events.
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Producers of Montepulciano wine, designated with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) status, said that by 2020 they will create their wine with zero-carbon emissions.
Read moreFamous Brunello di Montalicino producer Franco Biondi Santi, dubbed the “gentleman of Brunello” died on Sunday at the age of 91.
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Tuscany’s world-famous wine Chianti has had a name change for the Chinese market, President of the Consorzio Vino Chianti Giovanni Busi said on Thursday. “To avoid mistakes or fraud we decided to register the trademark in China with a Chinese name,” Busi said.
Weather’s jokes, for Tuscan wine: two swinging winters and two dry summers have meant that a wine region geographically cold as Chianti Rufina has produced very alcoholic wines. It’s one among the main issues raised at the meeting organized by the consortium Chianti Rufina DOCG to taste the wines of the 22 wineries represented.
Nearly 700 hectolitres of Brunello di Motalcino were lost Sunday in a raid on a winery in the Montalcino wine-growing region near Siena. Unidentified vandals broke into the cellar of the Case Basse estate, opening the taps on barrels and barriques and allowing the contents to drain away.
Art and wine: a Florentine artist in Hong Kong. The painter Elisabetta Rogai made the first live Asian performance at the Tsim Sha Tsui Center with the Chinese celebrity Jason Chan. She has performed a live painting of today called EnoArte, where artist to use wine instead of colors to paint pictures as they age over time.
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The Wine Trail of the Pisa Hills is an itinerary through the Tuscan countryside, which highlights many small towns that boast great traditions. In the immediate vicinity of Pisa, the trail winds through farmlands, hills and valleys. It is a highly accessible itinerary and can be explored with environmentally-friendly alternatives to cars, like bicycles.