Where do you run among the vineyards in Italy? In Piedmont in Santo Stefano in Belbo (Cn) there is the Moscato Trail, among the vineyards of the Langhe, a Unesco heritage site. The Chianti Classico Ecomarathon starts from the spectacular Castello di Brolio and...
"Buy yourself a piece of land", it was once said. Having it done a few years ago, especially if there was a vineyard above it, we would have made the deal of our lives. This can be seen from a survey by Wine News which shows that the prices of some Italian vineyards...
In 1278 Giovanni and Nicola Pisano inserted grape harvest scenes in the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia's Piazza IV Novembre. And at the end of the 15th century, Orvieto's wine was so highly prized that for the frescoes in the cathedral, the painter Luca Signorelli asked...
Umbria was inhabited to the east of the Tiber by the Umbrians, and to the west by the Etruscans. Terni was founded in 672 B.C. while Orvieto, Velz-na (later Volsinii), the oldest and most flourishing Etruscan city, whose name seems to etymologically recall the word...
Which is the most precious wine in the world and what makes a wine a collector's item? The paternity of the finest wines still belongs to France, but in recent years even American, Australian, Italian, Spanish wines are climbing the charts. But how much do the fine...
Is it worth buying at online wine auctions? The answer is yes but with precautions. The best known auctions via the web are Wine Bid, Wine Gavel, Zachis, Spectrum and the Munich Wine Company. Wines are often the same as those found in international auction...
The opinion of Richard Hodges, archaeologist. Professor what can amphorae tell an archaeologist?They can tell more than any other object of the ancient world: marble, painting, jewelry, glass. The study of the wine trade has in fact been the heart of the...
The Christmas holidays are coming and like every year it will be a struggle not to put on a few extra kilos. We at Limace, who love good food, hope you eat only the best things. But we recommend that you stay in good shape, because we want you toned and fit on our...
There is a beautiful love story that concerns Prato della Contessa, a large plateau at 1400 meters above sea level on the slopes of Mount Amiata, surrounded by majestic beech trees and fir trees that smell of resin. The lawn owes its name to an episode that saw as...
The combination of wine and painting comes from far away. Not only for the love that many artists have shown for the fruit of the vine, painting it in their works. But also when they used their intelligence to add value to the bottles, creating unforgettable images on...
There in front of the fireplaces of mount Amiata's villages, during the long winter evenings, stories and legends of old times are told. Among the most famous is the tale Santa Fiora's dragon (or of the "Cifero serpent", as tradition says). The friars of Selva's...
Who would have thought that by walking through Santa Fiora and entering the Pieve you would have been able to admire some masterpieces of Italian Renaissance art? The polychrome terracottas by Luca della Robbia. It is one of the most significant collections of Della...
