Fernando and Andrea belong to the Pioppi family, renowned throughout the territory for the Forno di Mantignana – which has been churning out artisanal specialties for more than 60 years. At the age of 50 (and with twenty years spent in the family business), Fernando had decided to change course, with a precise dream to realize.
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A glass with an elegant shape and water droplets, the sound of ice meeting glass, the refreshing aroma of a herb leaf, the touch of lips on the plastic straw, and finally, the liquid reaching the mouth, bringing all the flavors a good cocktail can offer. A drink that evokes such pleasant sensations is not just a combination of ingredients but an alchemy crafted by an artist who uses the right techniques and intentions to create a masterpiece.
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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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“We were the first in the city to offer Milanese-style aperitifs,” they tell us.
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An ancient hunting lodge built in the fifteenth century by Cardinal Silvio Passerini, protected by the Medici family and friend of Pope Leo X – and today a luxurious 5-star hotel in the heart of the Valle dell’Esse, a secret treasure chest on the outskirts of Cortona, on the border between Umbria and Tuscany. Let’s see what are the services open to the local community and for those who do not stay directly in the structure but had the desire to know it and spend ‘moments of forgetfulness’ – so Totò described, together with poet Giacomo Leopardi, happiness.
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