Below you will find a series of proposals on the theme of taste that will tease your palate.
Visits and tastings
Tasting of typical products
On Mount Amiata
Amiata is an area extraordinarily rich in typical products of the highest quality:
- Oil: Tuscan Dop from Seggianese olives
- Wine: Montecucco Doc and Docg, Montalcino Brunello Docg and Rosso Doc, Montepulciano Nobile Docg and Rosso Doc, Morellino Docg, Bianco di Pitigliano Doc, Orcia Rosso Doc
- Cheeses: Pecorino Toscano Dop
- Cured meats, artisanal productions
- Cinta Senese Meat
- Honey: numerous artisanal productions especially Chestnut
- Truffles: black and white from the Castell'Azzara area
- Mushrooms: all varieties from chestnut groves, beech forests and scrublands
- Chestnuts: Igp Monte Amiata, both from the Grosseto and Siena sides
- Ancient fruits: blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, Picciola pear, Amiatina rose
- Alcoholates: various products from medicinal herbs, ancient fruits and wine
- etc.
Amiata Rose
Extraordinary company that has made the promotion of local products its core business
Amiata… The Wines of the Volcano
Our vineyards grow on the slopes of Mount Amiata (400/500 m above sea level) and in the Montecucco DOCG, in that valley that Ildebrando Imberciadori already defined as the “Conca d'Oro” and where Sangiovese finds the ideal habitat to express itself at its best.
Food Experience in Tuscany
In the Cheeseclass I take you into the fascinating world of cheese. You will see how the artisanal transformation of milk into cheese takes place. From ravaggiolo to pecorino to ricotta. Later I will present you a selection of local cheeses, with various processing techniques
Montale Farm
Podere Montale is located in Seggiano, surrounded by a splendid setting of vineyards and olive groves as well as wild woods, with breathtaking views and sunsets. It was founded in July 2014 as a farm and its history is yet to be written
Bakkanali
An incubator of talents and an opportunity to unite young people under the same roof in sharing passion and curiosity for the world of wine and agriculture
Vabro Oil Mill
Located on the slopes of Mount Amiata in lower Tuscany, FRANTOIO VABRO is a family-run company that has been operating in the sector for over 40 years, dealing with the production and sale of extra-virgin olive oil and the related milling and packaging for third parties.
Hug Oil – Ciacci Anna Farm
The first extra virgin olive oil “Abbraccio” was born in 2007 thanks to Mirko Rossi who, together with his family, decided to make a secret dream come true: producing Olivastra Seggianese oil directly from the family olive trees. “Love”, “passion” and “innovation” are the three constants that accompany Mirko in his countryside activities and in the production of “Abbraccio”, an oil that is able to make itself known and appreciated on Mount Amiata and in the rest of the world.
Franci oil mill
World leading company for the production of extra virgin olive oil
Smart Roots
Within a historical and cultural itinerary of great importance, Diego will lead you on a tasting of oils from Olivastra Seggianese
Il Fiorino Dairy
In Roccalbegna one of the most awarded producers of Pecorino Toscano Dop in the world. The tasting room is very beautiful
Podere Borselli
In Montegiovi one of the most interesting experiences for the production of high quality oil in an extraordinary landscape context
Lombardi and Visconti
An excellent expert of the local plant varieties, Aurelio Visconti produces a large quantity of products, especially alcoholic ones, but also Agresto (a traditional Tuscan condiment) and preserves of Pera Picciola, a native fruit of Monte Amiata.
Hortulanus – Podere Bugnanese
The Hortulanus company, owned by the Steinberg family, is located in Podere Bugnanese, a completely renovated rural complex that extends over twenty hectares in the countryside of Seggiano. It is from the love for this land and the dynamic relationship existing between the natural environment and the organisms that live there, that Hortulanus has found the secret of its fine products
Campotondo Winery
The story of generations of farmers who have created ancient and indissoluble bonds with the land and which we have rediscovered and strengthened with Campotondo