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At home in Montepulciano
Lockdown in Italy As we all know people in Italy have been staying at home since 9 March. Schools, shops, restaurants, bars and many offices are closed. Since then I only go out for a good reason: grocery shopping. I live nearby the Conad grocery. It's only 5 minutes...
Wine and Spirit Education Trust
WSET The Wine & Spirit Education Trust 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 counts 600 members. It is a farmers cooperative that supply members various services for the production of extra virgin olive oil. ll Frantoio di Montepulciano produces different types of high quality olive oil.
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. The grape harvest in Tuscany usually occurs between September...
Wine tasting at Cantina Mori colli Zugna in Trentino
Wine cooperative in Trentino 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...
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.
Wine and food experience in Montepulciano
Wine and Food experience The nicest part I love of the Wine and Food Experience is meeting people and sharing my passion for wine. I love tasting wines in good company. All my guests come from everywhere: America, South Africa, Holland, Belgium, Italy... The Wine and...