Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence wine tasting in Tuscany
2014 has just begun and already we can say that is a very good year, in fact, love for our work has already brought us a huge prize: Winners on Tripadvisor of the year 2014 for wine tasting in Tuscany.
Tripadvisor, an excellent and very famous website of reviews, has given us this great recognition and we are honored and happy for this.
A Certificate of Excellence that fills us with pride and joy, for us it is a pleasure to welcome each day so many friends from all over the world, to do a wine tasting and typical Tuscan products.
Here are some reviews that talk about us:
“One of our highlights in Tuscany”
“The trip to Tenuta Torciano was one of our best days in Tuscany. The staff was very attentive and the wine and food outstanding. I would highly recommend it for anyone wanting to visit a vineyard for the day.”
“My son, daughter in law and husband booked a wine tasting dinner based on the recommendation of a friend and the reviews on Trip Advisor and we were not disappointed. Pierlugi met us as we arrived and his cousin was our host for the evening. We had a fabulous time!!The food alone was wonderful: Lasagna with truffle oil, cheeses and salami, soup, pork — all were fabulous. The wines to go with it? WONDERFUL! Don’t ask me how many bottles I ordered! The 30 year old balsamic vinegar was fabulous as well. We had great food, great wine, fun time. If you go to this area, do not miss the opportunity to visit this vineyard!!!”
“maybe the highlight of our trip…..”
“We stopped by the Winery last week with Marta and Go Ahead Tours. It was so surreal, it felt like a movie. Pierluigi met us at the gate and proceeded to entertain. The accommodations were very comfortable and the wine samples began to flow. What an experience!! We were so enamored with their hospitality AND their product, we ordered a case of Chianti to be shipped back home. We highly recommend this stop for anyone who wants a taste of the real Italian wine country. Thanks again, Pierluigi!”
A big thank you to all of you!
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.
