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6 February 2015
in Not only wine..., Vines and wines
by Donatella
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Sangiovese weekend at Fattoria del Colle

Weekend in Tuscany for wine lovers to discover the king of Tuscan red wines including an exceptional vertical tasting of Brunello, from the barrel to a few cellared bottles

Sangiovese cluster 2012 Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Donatella Cinelli Colombini will personally welcome you, before the tour of her two wineries in Montalcino and in Chianti begins. The conclusion is a full immersion experience in Sangiovese having a bath in wine to regenerate your skin with the extraordinary virtues of the wines from Montalcino

For a minimum of 4 people                         €284.00 per person

Included in the programme:

2 nights’ stay in a double room with bathroom
2 buffet breakfast with homemade cakes and jams, fresh vegetables with olive oil dip, cold cuts and cheeses
2 traditional dinners (wines not included)
Tours, tastings, vinotherapy and meetings as indicated above
The price does not include transfers

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15 December 2014
in Forum: News and lifestyle, Not only wine...
by Donatella
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The best 2014 wine post regards Turkish wines

The digital wine Oscar, Wine blog award, went to  Lauren Mowery for a post regarding Turkish wines made with autochthonous varieties published in her blog Chasing the vine

Read for you by Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Lauren Mowery

Lauren Mowery

There are 9 wine blog awards but the most important is surely the one for best blog post of the year. The award exists since 2007 and has quickly asserted itself as a prestigious prize.  There are about one

Wine Blog Awards

Wine Blog Awards

hundred participants and they get voted online, so as to choose the 5 finalists. A panel of experts then chooses the winner. The award living ceremony takes place during the Wine Bloggers Conference, resembling the real Oscar ceremony which takes place in front of the whole film world.
But let’s see you won the most desired prize, she is called Lauren Mowery and is a pretty young blonde journalist who writes about travel and wine. Here articles have been published by Wine & Spirits, Wine Enthusiast, Saveur, and The Wine Merchant …. and by many other magazines among which her personal blog Chasing the Vine. On  Twitter she has 14.200 followers … in other words she is a grand opinion leader and most of all she has had the courage to study a wine region which is still unknown such as Turkey letting us thus all discover a paradox. It is the nation with the longest wine making history – 7-15.000 years –and the political and religious situation most contrary to the consumption of alcohol.

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10 December 2013
in Not only wine...
by Donatella
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Cenerentola 2010, will the Prince Charming fall in love?

2010, the perfect grape harvest, one that all wine makers dream about. Cenerentola, the flagship wine for Fattoria del Colle, Orcia Doc [caption id="attachment_8660" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cenerentola 2010 chestnuts and Foglia Tonda"][/caption] It comes from the Sangiovese and Foglia Tonda vineyards at 400 metres above sea level in a ventilated position and well exposed to the sun. Hand picked grapes which are chosen once arrived in the cellar, where the selection table allows one to choose only the best grapes. In the Fattoria del Colle winery the Cenerentola wine is aged in 500-700 litre tonneaux and in small French oak casks for one...

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21 November 2013
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by Donatella
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To sell wine you need a great panorama and agreeability

A nice tour,  someone available for a pleasant dialogue and useful information, that is what is necessary to sell more wine according to Professor Miguel Gomez [caption id="attachment_8651" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Science-Wine-Training Anna Mansfield"][/caption] Read for you by Donatella Cinelli Colombini The science of selling wine, I found this piece of news on Intravino a few days ago and I was curious because it seemed so obvious. Even though those of us who are producers accept this reality reluctantly, the agreeability, the ability to involve, influence sales more than the intrinsic quality of the wine Consequently the research carried out by the young professor from...

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18 November 2013
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by Donatella
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Amphora yes amphora no, that is the dilemma

Amphora: how and why the smallest container for wine has come back into fashion. From the Archipelago Muratori the first analysis regarding terracotta wine jars [caption id="attachment_8634" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="COS"][/caption] Read for you by Donatella Cinelli Colombini The meeting took place at the Tenuta Rubbia at Colle di Suvereto, on the Tuscan coast, with Professor Attilio Scienza from the Università di Milano as a real showman, with overwhelming enthusiasm [caption id="attachment_8635" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Suvereto return to clay"][/caption] He is the “grape Sherlock Holmes” who for many years has investigated on the prehistoric origins of the vine and is now following the traces of its oldest...

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