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Black rooster seal of the Consorzio Chianti Classico. The production of Chianti Classico is realised under the supervision of Consorzio del Vino Chianti Classico, a union of producers in the Chianti Classico subregion. The Consorzio was founded with the aim of promoting the wines of the subregion, improving quality and preventing wine fraud ...
The Consorzio, by virtue of its "Erga omnes" Recognition, oversees and issues, where the conditions set out in a specific internal regulation are met, the inclusion in the label of the name for which it has the mandate. The most common foods that contain Chianti DOP wine among the ingredients are: salami, cheeses and ragù.
In the Middle Ages, the villages of Gaiole, Castellina and Radda located near Florence formed as a Lega del Chianti (League of Chianti) creating an area that would become the spiritual and historical "heart" of the Chianti region and today is located within the Chianti Classico Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG). As the ...
The Valdarno chicken takes its name from the Valdarno, the valley of the Arno river. It was in the past extensively raised in the lower part of the valley between Florence and the Tyrrhenian Sea and in the plains surrounding Pisa, in the areas of comuni such as Cerreto Guidi, Pontedera, Empoli, Poggibonsi and San Miniato.
A wine made from the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG. In a document dated 789, quoted by Emanuele Repetti in "Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana", the cleric Arnipert offers to the Church of San Silvestro in Lanciniano (Amiata area), farmland and a vineyard located in the Castello di Policiano; another document of 17 October 1350, also mentioned by Repetti, lays down the ...
Castiglion del Bosco extends across 2,000 hectares, most of which comprises dense woodland and a wildlife hunting reserve. A portion of the property is used to grow organic crops. Castiglion del Bosco contains a winery that mainly produces Brunello di Montalcino, and is one of the founding members of the Consorzio del vino Brunello di ...
Enciclopedia storico-nobiliare italiana Vittorio Spreti (1887–1950) was an Italian historian of the nobility of Italy. He came from an ancient noble family of Ravenna , in the Marche , and was a marquess .
The Consorzio ICoN is an interuniversity consortium for Italian Studies established in 1999. It consists of 21 Italian universities and focuses on philology and cultural studies . The consortium is based and administrated at the University of Pisa and is supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research ( Ministero dell'Università e ...