From the Manual of Pierluigi: first lesson
Wine has always been my passion
I have always believed that wine was born to give pleasure to those who drink it and it is an important aid to socialize and I am convinced that it helps us to live better.
A controlled consumption of wine, from studies in the United States , is extremely healthy and lengthen the life expectancy of my grandfather told me drink a glass of wine a day and you will life until 100 years.
My advice is to suggest to consume wine in a conscious way and I guarantee you will derive immense pleasure.
Since appetizer until lunch and then at the end of the day, opportunities to drink a good glass of wine are endless, as there are infinite types of wine.
Imagine sitting comfortably in an armchair, thinking about how to deal with friends for dinner this weekend and we are thinking about how to make it a success.
I advise you to give it some “importance” to this dinner with friends and maybe even wine connoisseurs, so I advise you to tell your visitors why you have chosen and what they think of that wine glass that you place in front.
If you start to enthrall even just a little, in a few weeks, after drinking a few good bottles, all of this will be natural.
The opportunities out there, the good appetizer at the bar with a flute of sparkling Italian , or at the working lunch , afternoon from the glass in the wine bar up when planning the evening until the big dinner and after dinner.
My advice to wine enthusiast is to transform these occasions, often with drinks anonymous and distracted, in an event of cultural enrichment.
I advise you to put more attention to the wine you are bringing it to his lips and make up its mind, stop for a moment to reflect IS THIS GOOD WINE? I drank this wine before?
This wine looks like another one that I’ve been drinking? What aromas and flavors in this wine feel? What is the aroma and flavor of this wine? Who is the winemaker?
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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.
