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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There is an ancient and at the same time new way to better manage the work in the vineyard: the plough horse. The idea was born in Burgundy, to fix vines that were even a century old, and Axel decided to (ex)bring the (brilliant) idea to Tuscany. We talked to him about it.
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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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Today we are oriented towards the selection of mainly foreign markets and operators, wanting to consolidate the relationships already undertaken at an international level. Using a winemaking metaphor, the last decade has really made us ‘mature’ thanks to the creation of the ‘Private Collection’ which has decisively raised the target audience with high-profile wines, also dragging with it the ‘Classic’ line.
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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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In the splendid residence of the Podere ‘La Stanghetta’, surrounded by cypresses and dotted with multiple points of colour of many essences in bloom, in this locus amoenus that is an oasis of peace, we meet Stefania Gornati and Claudio Gori who introduce us to the secrets of plant cultivation and extraction of essential oils – absolute protagonists of an interesting cosmetic line of which we speak. Let’s get to know them.
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Because walking is not a sport, but the opportunity to return to enjoy the intensity of the sky and the strength of a landscape: can such a simple gesture have such depth?
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But let’s get to the tasting that was dedicated to us: we start with the curious, opulent, speciality of the pizzeria, that “Scarpetta” which refers to the same all-Italian custom, made with ‘Authentic Integrated Grinding Flour’ from the famous mill mentioned above .. Our ‘scarpetta’ (small shoe) is with “Pecorino fondue, nduja, crispy bacon and pepper powder” and is an extra-menu, recurring in the restaurant that follows the best of the market. Large and baroque alveolation, it seems that it opens and closes like an accordion, perfectly absorbing the ‘sauce’.
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In fact, history and tradition have been intertwined since the times of the ancient fair promoted by the meritorious Lega del Chianti …
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