Archive for 'Food and Wine'

Do you wish to embrace the heart and soul of Tuscany during your vacation here? Then check out many of these enchanting festivals and fairs across the region that lift community spirits to new heights and offer visitors a wonderful experience of colourful sights, sounds and smells.

Stay in a lavish luxury villa in Tuscany, awarded five stars for its beauty, views and amenities. Here you can relax in the warm sunshine after a few days of travelling around some thrilling Tuscan events!

If you’re here for a magical Christmas vacation in Tuscany then you’re sure to experience the ‘Befana' or 'La Festa dell' Epifania’ which is the ‘Feast of the Epiphany’ on the 6th of January.

A town once enveloped by the cork forests that filled the hills around it, Suvereto is indeed a wonderful Orange Flag town to visit! This town is not only revered as a cultural hotspot thanks to its Orange Flag award, it’s also well known as being a loyal advocate of traditional Italian Slow Food and Slow Living traditions.

Also famous for its olive oil and wine, Suvereto is definitely a place to visit if you love your food and want to try exciting new flavours and recipes! Stay in a pretty vacation rental in Suvereto and experience a wonderful tourist experience

Check out these fabulous Tuscan treasures on your next holiday to Tuscany! Why not stay in a fabulous old Tuscan farmhouse rental where you can relax after long days of tasty culinary explorations!

Be sure to order an antipasti (first course) dish of crostini di fegato when you next arrive here. This is a richly flavoured pate made by blending chicken liver, onion, broth, capers, anchovies and butter. It’s spread thickly across freshly baked Tuscan bread and is truly a little taste of heaven!

A favourite first course dish in Tuscany (which follows the antipasti) is a dish using pappardelle pasta.

Vin Santo, meaning ‘Holy Wine’ is a popular kind of Italian dessert wine. Believed to have originated in Tuscany, Vin Santo is most often made from white grape varieties like Malvasia and Trebbiano. Vin Santo is also often referred to as straw wine as they begin production as freshly picked grapes which are then laid out on straw mats in the warm air to dry.

Vin Santo is produced all over Italy today but for some of the finest vintage ones, come to Tuscany. Stay in a superb vacation rental in Tuscany where you’ll never be far from a local wine bar or restaurant that serves it!

Come to Colonnata on a culinary trail of Tuscany to try a famous slow food delicacy here, delicious white pork lard. The village of Colonnata is situated high up in the Apuan Alps and has a busy marble quarrying industry. It dates back to around 40 BC when it was built to house slaves who excavated the marble to be sent to Rome. The quarries here are known as ‘Gioia Calagro’ and visitors to Colonnata can even see the veined marble being quarried during their visit to this industrious part of Tuscany.

Stay in a cosy villa rental in Florence, only twelve kilometres away from Colonnata where you can experience a wonderful Tuscan holiday experience.