From time to time, we enjoy telling you about the beauties in our area, both with regards to archaeology, landscape and architecture. Today we will tell you the story of Scansano's Porta Grossetana, which you can find at the entrance of the historic centre of town, entering from Piazza Garibaldi. As many...

[caption id="attachment_1312" align="alignleft" width="300"] Brunella (in the middle) in a picture taken by blogger Davide Arnesano at the end of a dinner at our winery, last year. To her left, Monica, the wife of our vice president Paolo Gobbi[/caption] With the holidays coming up, we've thought of asking our talented...

[caption id="attachment_1392" align="alignleft" width="300"] The awards prepared for our elderly members[/caption] There's a saying in Maremma that literally goes like this «An old man in a corner will do much more than a young man in a field», meaning that experience and wisdom often has a greater effect than physical strength. This...

Here are a few photographs shot during the filming of  "Il segreto degli alberi", Alessandro Tofanelli's new movie, in the cinemas across Italy. The film is set inside the Parco Migliarino San Rossore - Tofanelli has directed many documentaries on nature. Among the protagonists, Raffaella Rea and Stefano Dionisi and...

At last, here are the photos taken on the occasion of the dinner during which we celebrated with our members the 40th anniversary of our winery, a dinner organised in Scansano just before Christmas. The evening, as Chiara Farusi so finely described, saw all the people who have made the story of this cooperative,...

#Aperitaly Twitter-aperitif - Monday 8th April at 5,30 pm - Pavilion D, stand D3.http://vignaiolidiscansano.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/aperitaly_zps0beeec26-1.jpgaperitaly_zps0beeec26.jpg/home/vignaioli/public_html/wp-content/uploads/aperitaly_zps0beeec26.jpg756|1523aperitaly_zps0beeec26

Here's a detailed article covering our coop on the pages of Italian wine journal Corriere Vinicolo. It all began from our project of offering private producers 100 euros per quintal for their grapes. We wrote about it here. Unfortunately the article is only available in Italian but just in case,...

Work in progress Here are a couple of pictures which were taken yesterday, in the morning, in order to tell you about our new project: we are renovating the area where the grapes will be received when our members-vintners will deliver the fruit of their harvest. Works began at the...

Wine, cooperation, best practices... could this be the recipe for success? We will talk about it in two days time,  on Saturday 29th June at 10 am in Scansano's Teatro Castagnoli, within a workshop in which some representatives of both cooperatives and wine will participate, together with Florence's and Verona's mayors, respectively Matteo Renzi and Flavio...