A Love Letter to Horses Around the World
We at Torciano have always loved horses, noble animals, sensitive and proud both in their bearing and towards all the people who respect them. We always find them in every fresco, in battle, in the most difficult moments in a binomial man-horse, a world made of love, respect and understanding. The sensitivity of the horse is something unique, its nature of submission to man remains a bond for life. Sacrifices and never back down for the person who has confidence in them, they give everything they can until death.
I’ve lived with horses since I was 20 years old and I’ve spent my best years and moments of happiness with them, exploring landscapes I’d never done before. We’ve laughed, cried, won and shared difficult and wonderful situations. Never did my horse put my life in danger, he always did his best to keep me balanced.
The rides on the prairies in the sunshine, the walks on the dirt roads, the sultry weekends in the Tuscan summers are memories that I will never forget when I think of my life with horses. Not to mention the sincere friendships, made up of laughter, help in the most difficult moments, picnics in the woods, real life, sincere and lived with such serenity and simplicity. I wish that everyone could get to know horses in depth, born free and then tamed by man for their strength, speed and also as an aid in the heaviest jobs. With their proud bearing, their big sweet eyes and their beauty that no animal can compete with them.
Wandering through vineyards, olive groves and vegetable gardens at Tenuta Torciano San Gimignano
Crossing breathtaking landscapes, medieval streets of San Gimignano, hills of vineyards and olive groves, horse trekking is an experience to live when you visit Tenuta Torciano.
A holiday in contact with the nature in Tuscany, the Italian region with the greatest number of itineraries: from the exclusive paths along the vineyards to through woods till the Via Francigena which passes through the center of the San Gimignano City.
The Tenuta Torciano Winery and Torciano Hotel Vecchio Asilo, located in San Gimignano between Florence and Siena is the ideal stop to continue the experience of Tuscan food and wine and an overnight stay in relaxation in nature, with riding stables a short distance away for the shelter of the horses.
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Luciana Cilemmi
Luciana Cilemmi, deals with Magazine, Style Director and Co-founder of Tenuta Torciano winery and Tenute Giachi wines and the innovative Viviarium Restaurant of Bottega Torciano- Tenuta Torciano & Winery is part of an international reality that is born in Italy by an initiative of Pierluigi Giachi and Luciana Cilemmi, who have worked for years in the Italian wine market , expanding throughout in the United States, managed and controlled by the american company ' Bellavini winery. Luciana Cilemmi was born in San Gimignano to a family of artists specialised in the restoration of medieval buildings. Having completed her technical studies, she now pursues the interests passed on to her by her family, like her passion for artistic objects, in particular works of art created in Tuscany between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. But she reserves her keenest enthusiasm for the historic works completed in San Gimignano between 1100 and 1300. Alongside her love of medieval history, she is fascinated in wines produced from Tuscan vineyards, which, together with saffron and wool, were the most sought-after goods traded by the wealthy noble families of San Gimignano already in medieval times. Luciana Cilemmi left San Gimignano at the age of 21 and embarked on a pilgrimage in search of knowledge and to discover the new winemaking skills and products that were then developing both in Italy and in France. In the meantime she added to her knowledge of wine by attending specialised courses and becoming a master of wine. On returning to Siena, she discovered a wonderful area near Murlo where she fell in love with the tiny, unspoilt village of Montepescini. She bought the estate of Montepescini where, based on the experience she had acquired over the years, she found a particular lie of the land, special climatic conditions and an altitude suited to the creation of great wines. With enormous enthusiasm, doggedness and considerable effort, a reclamation programme was started to renew the terrain which was then used to plant 30 hectares of specialised vines. Sangiovese is the dominant vine, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Years of experimentation and the introduction of new winemaking techniques eventually led to the creation of Luciana di Memmi’s prestigious wines. Some years ago, Luciana Cilemmi succeeded in realising her dream of a lifetime: to return to her home town, San Gimignano. She was destined to buy the historic palace with the medieval tower, which had been owned by the prestigious Useppi family from 1200 to 1927 and had then passed to the noble and historic Chigi family of Siena. The Useppi were a powerful Sienese family who owned several castles. This beautiful medieval building has an elegant and distinctive façade full of Sienese and Pisan architectural influences. If you find yourself in San Gimignano, make sure you visit the Chigi Tower and Palace. Luciana Cilemmi holds regular events in the rooms of the medieval tower, such as the presentation of wines, both from her vineyards and elsewhere, attended by international journalists, experts from the sector and critics. She also organises exhibitions of works of art and paintings, and press conferences on the subject of "Wine in San Gimignano during medieval times”. Visiting the home of Luciana Cilemmi is like re-living an aspect of the past that will not return except through the imagination of those who have believed and continue to believe in this story.
