Beautiful scenery, fascinating rural structures, people and a “sense of history”.
Such landscapes do not confront but embrace; they do not shout at you like some angry god who tries to put you “back in your place” (as any romantic writer would have said), but make you feel a part of them, of the scenery and of everything that humans have done to it in thousands of years You can enjoy these landscapes everywhere in Tuscany, layer upon layer: from the layer of modernity (you never have to look long to find something...
INFERNO RUN at Torre a Cenaia, 7 may 2016
On May 7, 2016 Torre a Cenaia hosts an event without precedent, for which they are expected about 4,000 people, and that will mark the history of the estate. The 500 hectares of unspoiled countryside of Torre a Cenaia are the ideal set for INFERNO RUN (HELL RUN), a competitive and non-competitive race which is characterized by the massive presence of mud and natural and artificial obstacles to overcome, more than 20! The trail is...
Our Three Stars Veronelli 2016 awarded wines
Like every year, the publication of The Guida Oro I Vini di Veronelli edited by the Permanent Seminar of Luigi Veronelli, Association for the Culture of Wine and Food , is an expected event in the Italian wine world. With more than 2,000 companies and 15,000 censused labels, Veronelli is the guide with the highest number of technical information about wines and Italian producers. The wineries are ordered by region, from north to...
AGRICULTURAL CRAFT BEER J63: HOW TO MAKE BEER
Obtained from an old farmhouse within the estate Tenuta Agricola Torre a Cenaia, the Birrificio Agricolo Artigianale J63 cultivates independently the barley necessary for the realization of beer. After harvest, the cereal is sent to the consortium to obtain malt and from there sent back to the Brewery, where the work starts. J63 is part of COBI, Italian Consortium of Barley and Beer Producers and can show the certificated trademark of...
For Not Sleeping
When we push the heavy door of the millennial church of Sant’Andrea in Torre a Cenaia we are struck by a strange relief that is repeated several times in both door leaves. Many small bouquets of poppies enclosed by a ring, overcome a cartouche with the words “For not sleeping.” What a strange thing for a church. It looks like a encrypted key, a reference to some kind of affair: what do all those poppies want to...