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WSET
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust, WSET, provides education and qualifications in wines for professionals and enthusiasts. Level 2 Award in Wines is an intermediate level qualification. During the course we studied about wines, grape varieties of the world, the...
Olive oil mill in Montepulciano
Il Frantoio di Montepulciano Frantoio means olive oil mill or olive oil press. Many olive oil producers rely on an external frantoio. Il Frantoio di Montepulciano is established in Montepulciano and counts 600 members. It is a farmers cooperative that supply members...
Hand picking the grapes
Grape harvest Hand picking the grapes means that pickers go through the vineyard and pick the grapes bunch by bunch. They can choose the ripe grapes, or rather, they can avoid picking rotten or bad grapes. Hand picking of the grapes The grape harvest in Tuscany...
Wine tour at Dievole
The wine estate Dievole is located in the Chianti Classico area, one of the most popular wine region of Tuscany between Siena and Florence. Dievole overlooks the wonderful vineyards and olive groves. It covers an area of 400...
Wine cooperative Cantina Mori colli Zugna
A wine cooperative is where wineries buy in grapes from a network of grape owners and make their own labelled wine. Most of the co-ops are after volume sales. Often it seems that co-op wineries produce a lot of boring wines and that they are more after volumes than...
Official certified FISAR sommelier
I have my diploma sommelier. I can’t explain my happiness and satisfaction! But I want more, I will keep on studying, tasting and organizing wine and food experiences.