Our Vignabenefizio featured on Spaziovino

A few days ago,  Spaziovino.com featured an article on our Morellino di Scansano Vignabenefizio. This Russian website is currently running a project called Project DOC 365 where every day of the year they present a different wine. For each wine they also present the area of production, its history, and finally the wine itself. So...

“I luoghi del tempo” returns in Maremma, a festival dedicated to little-known places

I luoghi del tempo, the festival dedicated to little-known places returns with its usual format that aims at enhancing unusual and little know places in Maremma, creating events with intellectuals, writers, artists, actors, musicians and journalists. As in the previous editions, these charming places will be the background for guided walks,...

Canti del Maggio, an ancient tradition in Maremma

Every year, in Maremma, on the night between the 30th of April and the 1st of May a very special tradition is celebrated, called Canti del Maggio [Songs of May]. On this occasion, in the countryside, following the tradition of Maremma, groups of people move from one estate to the other,...

Buying our Morellino di Scansano online

[caption id="attachment_1409" align="alignleft" width="300"] Acquista online il nostro Morellino di Scansano Docg e gli altri vini dei Vignaioli del Morellino di Scansano[/caption] We often receive emails or messages on Facebook from Morellino di Scansano enthusiasts who as us where they can find our wines. Very often they have visited our winery, perhaps when on...

Le targhe preparate per i nostri soci anziani

A special award for some special elderly members

[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...

Christmas in Maremma

[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...

Scansano’s Porta Grossetana

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...

Podere Aia Nova

A visit to the Roman ruins in Aia Nova

[caption id="attachment_1091" align="alignleft" width="300"] Oggi come 2000 anni fa, l'Aia Nova era circondata da vigneti. Già all'epoca, attorno a questa villa romana sorgevano fattorie e campi coltivati[/caption] Last weekend, the Luoghi del Tempo festival offered the chance for a visit to the Aia Nova villa. The meeting began with a guided visit to the...

Our Vignaioli interviewed on television

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300"] Click on the image to watch the video. Our interview starts at 26 e 40''[/caption] Our own Sergio Bucci and Benedetto Grechi were interviewed by Adele Di Benedetto within the tourism television programme La Scia Bianca, which was broadcasted on  Gold TV Italia. Here's the video for those of you who...