“Metti, una sera a cena” – Al Michaels love ” Toscana”

“Metti, una sera a cena” – Al Michaels love ” Toscana”

“Metti una sera a Cena”:  a quote as a tribute to Giuseppe Patroni Griffi‘s great movie, with such a brilliant cast: Trintignant, Bolkan, Musante, Girardot, Capolicchio  and the marvelous Ennio Morricone‘s soundTrack. But the “dinner” we are talking about is not the one of those long gone seventies, but the one nowadays, “Steak night in …

American Rib Eyes and Sapaio for the Fourth of July

American Rib Eyes and Sapaio for the Fourth of July

Denver chef Troy Guard, who has cooked everywhere from Hawaii to Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, has learned about cooking with fire from cultures around the world. “In Korea, barbecue is obviously a big staple of their cuisine,” he says. “But they do that inside restaurants.” As of July, Guard will have 10 restaurants operating in …

The story of our “Vin Santo” began in 2000.

The story of our “Vin Santo” began in 2000.

The early years we didn’t have much to do during the harvest. In 2001, 2002 and 2003 we bought some “Trebbiano toscano” grapes from a neighbor, we had them wither, then in January we put them in some “caratelli scolmi” (small wooden vessels barrel-shaped) and forgot about them for 10 years. In 2011 we bottled …