On Monday 30th May there was a members’ meeting at the Consorzio del Brunello. A vote was passed to further reduce yields per hectare. Now only up to 6.000 kg of grapes can be harvested per hectare for the production of Brunello, rather… Read the rest From Il Palazzone:
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On Monday 30th May there was a members’ meeting at the Consorzio del Brunello. A vote was passed to further reduce yields per hectare. Now only up to 6.000 kg of grapes can be harvested per hectare for the production of Brunello, rather… Read the rest 
Recently I enjoyed reading a post by Elizabeth Minchilli in her blog about “the good stuff in Italy.” It was about her foraging inferiority complex and included a recipe for some greens she had ended up “picking” off the… Read the rest 
Rose bushes at the end of each row of vines are a common sight in wine areas in both the Old and the New World. Montalcino is no exception, at least on those vineyards that are adjacent to public roads,… Read the rest 
The deer are out in force, attracted by the fresh budlets on the vines. Two of our vineyards are flanked by woods and, far from asphalted roads and traffic, we are particularly vulnerable. The damage a couple of grazing… Read the rest 
Focusing their most recent issue on the much-talked about five star vintage of 2006, Wine Spectator Insider offers their tasting notes on 35 wines, including the 2006 Il Palazzone Brunello di Montalcino. Read on for what they have to… Read the rest 
My NY colleague, Mandy Presser, put her time in Italy to good use and was kind enough to share the details of her classes at the Tuscan Wine School in Siena.
Read on…..
Freshly arrived in Montalcino and eager to… Read the rest 
Tuscany is emerald green. The hedgerows are hazy with biancospino and the hillsides have splashes of colour with apple, almond and cherry trees all in bloom. Primroses and wild violets nestle together on the banks and soon there will be purple irises along every… Read the rest 
As promised some more suggestions for child-friendly Tuscan excursions, within reach of Montalcino…
Il Bosco della Ragnaia, Strada Provinciale del Pecorile, 53020 San Giovanni d’Asso (SI) www.laragnaia.com
This is a landscaped Arcadian garden created by the American artist Sheppard Craige… Read the rest 
500 gr. flour, 5 spoonfuls olive oil, 5 spoonfuls dry vinsanto, 5 eggs, 5 spoonfuls sugar, the zest of an orange. Mix ingredients together and roll as thin as possible. If you have a pasta machine use it to get sheets of… Read the rest 
From 1 January 2011 the category of Vino Da Tavola ceased to exist.
From now on wines that used to be VDT must be labelled simply as “Vino Rosso” as per the OCM (Organizzazione Comune di Mercato). This is part… Read the rest 
This is not going to turn into a mum blog, and heaven forbid, certainly not a mommy blog…. but I do have several children and, above all, I was once a child on holiday in Tuscany. While wine, food, views and religious… Read the rest 
On the Grosseto side of Montalcino there are two S.Angelos. S.Angelo in Colle, a beautiful hamlet perched on the hilltop, and S.Angelo Scalo, its unsalubrious sibling that grew up around the station and is now a sort of annexe… Read the rest 
Following last week’s post about Agnese and her beautiful ceramics, here are two other places that are easy to miss in Montalcino. A local young illustrator sells her creations on the crest of Montalcino in Via Spagni. Carlotta’s shop… Read the rest 
Today I picked up the plaques for the new members of our olive tree adoption project. These plaques are hand-painted by a local artist and good friend, Agnese Andreucci, who has her own tiny work-shop in Montalcino. Every year’s… Read the rest 
Opus Vino, a magnificent reference book to more than 4,000 of the world’s greatest wineries and their wines, has showcased Il Palazzone as one of their chosen producers…
Opus Vino – Tuscany – Il Palazzone
Happy New Year everyone!
Anyone who has walked right down Montalcino’s main street will have come across the “giardini”. Here in the summer, older folk rest on the granite benches under the shade of the lime trees and watch the tourists trying to work… Read the rest 
We are thrilled to share the news of the safe arrival of
NIA* ROSE SASSETTI
23 October at 3.45 am
6,57 lb (2.982 Kg) - 46 cm
* pronounced Nee-ah, meaning radiant champion in Gaelic…
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