The celebration begins at the Fattoria del Colle: eating lunch outdoors ,being entertained by the starlings swooping in the sky whilst eating delicious soup and macaroni pasta, grilled sausages and cutlets, drinking Chianti and Doc Orcia ,and then afterwards learning and experiencing the fun of local Trescone dancing. An old fashioned way of spending time together and rediscovering local traditions. ...
Aroma of roasted meats, the taste of the traditional “cinta senese prosciutto”, the folk rhymes, the informal elegance of the noble park, the pleasure of meeting new friends…….. this is “Fattoria in festa” where Donatella Cinelli Colombini wishes to invite you [caption id="attachment_1892" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda - Courtyard"][/caption] Go back in your mind, about 100 years ago, to when in Fattoria del Colle, in a corner of the Chianti area yet to be discovered, there was a festival in honour of San Clemente, patron saint of the estate chapel. The ovens were lit for baking the bread, chicken...
Donatella Cinelli Colombini tells the story of the friars and the nuns sleeping in one of the rooms and apartments of Fattoria del Colle, now destined to tourists for their holidays in tuscany...
The cinta Senese, a breed of pig which was well known in Etruscan times and also kept throughout the Medieval period of our history. It’s prosciutto ham is available from the Fattoria del Colle...
[gplusone] The polyphonic choir, who from Norway has chosen Fattoria del Colle for its annual concert abroad is called Con Amore [caption id="attachment_1625" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Choir Con Amore nel bosco dei giochi antichi"][/caption] It is made up of 50 singers directed by Ida Baalsrud and is called Con Amore because of the passion for music, for singing and for Italy of its members. The have waited a whole year for this journey to Tuscany and they have rehearsed for 6 months. They have visited Siena and Pienza, they rehearsed at Fattoria del Colle inside the 16th century chapel San Clemente and in...
Agivi Associazione giovani imprenditori vinicoli, is in Tuscany for its annual general meeting. At Casato Prime Donne rustic dinner and dancing among friends in the vineyard ...
Brunello wine and Tuscan cigars, White truffles with IGT "Sanchimento", Doc Orcia "Cenerentola" with the Pecorino sheep's cheese from the Crete Senesi, Beer and Sausages from the Cinta Senese, these are the delicious meals which we serve in our atmospheric wine cellars ...
“Traveller” UK from the “Condé Nast” editorial group, so as if to say, the queen of tourism magazines, in the May 2011 edition has published the 10 most beautiful wineries to visit in Toscana and Umbria, ours are in third position. ...
Country wedding: unusual, trendy, economic- this the 2011 wedding. With Fattoria del Colle as its splendid frame. ...
The new trend for weddings in the wine cellar has convinced Donatella Cinelli Colombini to take on the role of “Wedding planner”, she has thus created two proposal made to measure for couples who adore great wines and the countryside...
At Fattoria del Colle a new friend arrived. He is a Golden Retriver, and he is just two months and a half [caption id="attachment_408" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Valerio is the new arrival at Fattoria del Colle"][/caption] old. The breeders called him Valerio. The Rough Collie dog that has been the mascot of Fattoria del Colle was named Baloo, like the sleepy brown bear from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”. Donatella would like to call him “Fram”, that means “forward” in Novergian. This was also the name of the ship used from Amunsen for the Antarctic expedition. From 1935, the ship is exposed at the Fram...
