Tuscan winesTuscan wines, Chianti Classico wines, "Super Tuscans", Brunello, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Tuscan wines, particularly Tuscan red wines, have improved out of all recognition during the course of the past 45 years. This generalisation applies almost universally throughout the Region of Tuscany to the extent that one no longer has to search for a [...]
Tuscan Specialities - fashion, food and winesShopping for typical and unique items in Tuscany - fashion, leather goods, ceramics, food items and wines Tuscany is famous not only for fine wines and fabulous food, but also for a wide range of artisanal work, especially handmade leather fashionwear and fashion accessories. Top fashion labels are available [...]
Il FerroneThe village of Il Ferrone, a major terracotta manufacturing area in Chianti Il Ferrone is a village in Chianti on one of the two popular routes from Florence to Greve in Chianti, and is a major centre of terracotta manufacturing in Italy. Indeed, Ferrone, as it is commonly known, is famous world-wide for a [...]
The best gelato in Chianti at Gelateria di Castellina in ChiantiThe best gelato in Chianti at L' Antica Delizia, the Gelateria di Castellina in Chianti Gelateria di Castellina The ice cream (gelato) made and sold at the geletaria L' Antica Delizia in Castellina in Chianti, now renamed Gelateria di Castellina, is commonly said to be [...]
All about Greve in ChiantiSights of Greve in Chianti, the market town of the Chianti Classico wine zone Greve in Chianti is a small and quite charming town located, unusually for a Tuscan village, on the floor of the valley of the Greve stream. It has always been a market place but only in the [...]
