This year, Expo Chianti Classico is scheduled from September 5 to 8, 2024 (always the second Sunday of September), with a rich program of events parallel to the square tastings, making the event more accessible to all age groups: music, shows, art exhibitions, concerts, and much more. This year, many initiatives will be dedicated to two important anniversaries: the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s journey, which led to the discovery of present-day New York Bay, and the 100th anniversary of the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico!
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Today, thanks to an ambitious restoration and enhancement project, the estate has been reborn as a top-level tourist destination: the historic buildings have been carefully renovated, preserving the original architecture and introducing all kinds of comforts to pamper guests and ensure an unforgettable vacation. The estate offers a refined variety of experiences, from wine tastings to vineyard walks, cooking classes to excursions in the Tuscan countryside: each activity is designed to immerse visitors in the beauty and culture of the region, offering an authentic taste of Tuscan life.
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During summer, when the weather is mild and the days are long, Chianti’s restaurants open their terraces and gardens, offering visitors the chance to dine al fresco. There is nothing better than enjoying a dish of pappardelle with wild boar or a Florentine steak, accompanied by a glass of Chianti Classico, while admiring a sunset that colors the sky with shades of pink and gold.
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In the fascinating landscape of Tuscan gastronomy, a figure emerges who turns cooking into a declaration of love for nature and quality: we are talking about Simone Bianco, chef of the restaurant “La Loggia del Chianti.” His approach to gastronomy not only respects the cultural roots of the territory but enriches them with a modern and sustainable touch.
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We met a group of professionals in the heart of Chianti who come from different but complementary experiences. It is no coincidence that, in fact, they have ‘found’ and appreciated each other in the recovery of prestigious properties – historical legacy of fascinating farmhouses and agricultural estates that belong to a legendary and fairytale time: that of sharecropping.
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For those of us who were born in the ’70s, it is not difficult to evoke the romantic aesthetic, a decadent thread, of those times still devoted to beauty and freedom, where living the good life consisted exactly in having a precise and determined style – where even roaring engines and sports cars played their daring game. Today we know the Team Cars team that is able to give back this ‘lost’ dream to sports car lovers. Imagine what a spectacle it would be to enter the Tuscan countryside with a super car!
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A treasure chest that contains environmental, archaeological, historical and architectural ‘diamonds’: the current network of paths in Castellina has a genesis of more than twenty years, from the ‘historic’ Pact of Pontignano between the mayors of Chianti (1997), for the establishment of a system of pan-Chianti routes, to the current cartographic and digital re-edition.
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Simone Torresi is a calm man, a dynamic entrepreneur who is able to bring his business together in different sectors. He is a real enthusiast of the construction industry.
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A walk under the loggias of the scenic square of Greve in Chianti, on a March morning with a still pungent air, leads us to the outdoor area of the Pasticceria Chianti, where Christian and Selene are waiting for us: brothers, colleagues and co-owners of the ‘Pasticceria in Piazza’, a true trait d’union of tradition and contemporaneity.
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Luca Lapis is a true craftsman: one of the few left in circulation, in this time devoted more than ever to the race of technology. A man tremendously attached to the raw material, wood in his specific case, and who stands in this panorama of automations like a torchbearer who preserves the torch of work – which he carries on with his own hands.
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The shop windows, you should see them in real life, have an incredible silhouette and shapes; Developed vertically, they are slender and light at the same time, giving a sort of impetus in height to the creations and restoring the exact size of a jewel worn.
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The “Vivaio Fiori nel Chianti” now extends over two different areas: the production nursery is in the Municipality of Impruneta, while the exhibition and sales nursery is located in the Municipality of Greve in Chianti, near Strada. Today, the company operates throughout the Tuscan territory even if, in Chianti, it has laid deep roots with creations of absolute importance and international patronage.
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Volunteers do just that – in addition to classifying and cataloguing books, new acquisitions and organizing, managing and executing cultural events. In order to promote this cultural partnership, meetings, conferences and artistic and convivial events of excellent workmanship have been organized.
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Vincenzo Bucci, better known as “I’Babbo” is the character you don’t expect: a man full of stories and anecdotes about Chianti. His stories will involve and entertain you so much, that you can’t help but fall in love.
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One of the core values of the ‘èssenziale’ activity, as well as the very heart of the company, is in fact that of “not throwing anything away – because everything that nature gives us has a value that it is our duty to understand and protect for the well-being of every creature”.
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Entrepreneur, audio video professional, communicator, writer and film lover – Gianluca reminds us how entrepreneurship has changed and how it requires a rather scrupulous multifunctional and multi-sectoral approach, with the timely help and expertise of consultants and ad hoc professionals and maintaining a great open-mindedness, to be able, when the circumstance requires him to ‘think out of the box’
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