A very special guest came all the way from the United States to visit Tenuta Torciano: Steve Perillo of Perillo Tours, together with his assistant Diana.
During their business trip to Tuscany, Steve and Diana spent a whole day in the green of our estate, filming the next video commercial for Perillo Tours and trying our best experiences in person.
An old friendship
A surprise for the guests
Perillo Tours has been one of our best business partners for years. Almost every day we host their groups for wine tasting classes and visits to the cellar. Steve and Diana decided to surprise one of their groups during a Pierluigi wine school tasting — the astonishment on the faces of our American guests when they saw Steve in person was priceless.
Pierluigi and Steve improvised a small demonstration on how to taste the wine, followed by a toast, in front of the cameras and an entertained audience. After the greetings, the group carried on tasting with Pierluigi while Steve boarded our helicopter to start his tour — from the top.
From above
Thirty minutes over Chianti and San Gimignano
A fantastic thirty-minute Helicopter Tour let Steve admire the Chianti vineyards and the most beautiful medieval villages of the Tuscan countryside from above: San Gimignano, Certaldo, Monteriggioni, all the way to Siena and Piazza del Campo, before flying back over the San Gimignano towers and our estate. Steve was speechless. After landing, he carried on touring the winery, our natural oasis and the truffle forest, where our traditional truffle hunting was underway.
At the table and in the tower
Lunch in the vineyards, a view from the Chigi Tower
After the filming, it was finally time to try everything in person: a Tuscan lunch in our vineyard restaurant, with a full tasting of the best wines of Tenuta Torciano, paired with meats and cheeses, our traditional truffle lasagna and stewed boar — the same flavors our guests taste every time they choose to spend their best holiday moments with us.
Before heading back to Florence, we took Steve and Diana to San Gimignano for a short tour of the city and a visit to our Chigi Tower in Piazza del Duomo, closing the day with a breathtaking view from the roof of our historic tower.
It was a real pleasure to host Steve and Diana from Perillo Tours, and we can't wait to see them again at Tenuta Torciano. Thank you for a wonderful visit.
See you next time. Ciao from Italy — Pierluigi Giachi, President.
