Celebrate Venice and the story becomes style
On the border of reality, between truth and fable, the May 1727 ends the history of the Maritime Republic of Venice and Aristocratic comes the story of the fabulous CITY OF LOVE.
On the boat people look with admiration the magnificent palaces on the water, watching the city on the water, with great admiration and dreaming.
I go down to the ground and walked aimlessly, not knowing where to go, around a corner, then another, large and small streets, full of people always in celebration.
The contrast is life in this city, from the simple to the sophisticated life, from thes mall streets to the huge squares, dark streets that open up to the light.
MASKS AND MAGIC
walking with Luciana Cilemmi Giachi
The meeting between the beautiful Venetian masks and this magical city and the scene of the Carnival of Venice, world event every year at the scene Italian, enclosing with fairytale curiosity the relationship between history, fashion and magic.
This time of year, from January 31 to February 17, 2015, is presented each year a surreal story that materializes through famous tailors of fashion, beautiful and sophisticated wearing fancy dress outfits to make it real, this magical moment of Carnival in Venice.
BIG MASKED BALL
for Valentine’s Day
In the magnificent and ancient palace suite overlooking the Grand Canal will open the
dances of the most famous Italian masquerade ball with live music, entertainment, Venetian and fantasy characters in costume accompanied by a gala dinner. Why not participate?
In the world of fantasy, color is essential, and that’s in addition to the glitz of fine clothes, the reflections of red, gold and blue goblets of Murano glass that can be found on display in shops or workshops directly where they are made.
PREPARE A COCKTAIL
To prepare a cocktail, I recommend you get containers eccentric and colorful, like the precious Murano glass.
To these must be combined with decorated plates that contain fresh vegetables with vinaigrette, bread sticks, boats salad with cream, delicious appetizers and inviting, all for a surprise effect and to dazzle guests.
Each dish has to be a work of art and to achieve a good level of performance is essential to have a nice range of wines to be taken and to offer.
THE IDEAL CELLAR WINE
If we are lovers of good wine, probably we tend to drink red wine.
In our small cellar should not therefore miss four or six bottles of Tuscan Wine such as Chianti Classico Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.
Along with a few bottles of Amarone di Valpolicella and Barolo. Then, it takes a couple of bottles of Cabernet Sauvignon.
two bottles of Syrah
two bottles of Merlot
Finally thirty bottles of great red wines of vintages
As for white wines, the choice falls on the Vernaccia di San Gimignano, the Soave Classico, Pinot Grigio.
The choice will depend very much on the taste and the availability of these wines.
Five or six bottles of sparkling Italian classic method and two or three bottles of Champagne.
HOW TO UNCORK A BOTTLE OF WINE
If we have to serve a still wine, you put the bottle on the table so guests can see the label.
Cut the capsule at the bottom of the ring, using the box-cutter the corkscrew.
Then holding the bottle firmly with one hand, insert the tip of the corkscrew at the center of the cork and with slow rotation you get off to the end, being careful not to pierce the other end of the cap.
At this point you fold the decapitator of the corkscrew so that it rests on the edge of the neck of the bottle and while one hand holds it stationary against the edge, the other hand pulls the cap by performing a light effort on the lever corkscrew.
The last gesture is to pass a napkin inside the mouth of the neck to remove any pieces of cork.
Finally you sniff the cork to recognize abnormal characteristics (smell of cork or mold)
The aged red wines and delicate contain the deposit therefore, before consumption it is appropriate to keep them pr few days in the upright position and always vertically moves the precious bottle on the table.
Once uncorked the bottle, lies on the basket so that the deposit remains at the bottom of the bottle.
Have Fun!
Author
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.
