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Siena’s All Saints’ Day cake recipe: Pan coi Santi

Donatella Cinelli Colombini presents the secret recipe of the Pan coi Santi

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“Pan coi Santi” is made each year at Fattoria del Colle in the occasion of All Saints’ Day in November. It is possible to buy it in the cake shops and in all bakeries. It is an ancient cake with a mixture of tastes: sweetness of the dried grapes and spiceness of the black pepper. This cake tell us the ancient and noble history of Siena, the gothic capital where bankers and medioeval merchants brought in town money, tales and gastronomic cultures from abroad.

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Weekend October 20th-21st for those who love wine and Sienese art

Breathtaking intense program for two days (one night) in the Siena land: night time visit to the Duomo in Siena and end of grape harvest festival with wine tastings

Buffet contadino - farmhouse in Tuscany

A cultural appointment which will give you great emotions: the night-time guided tour of the Duomo di Siena, in the occasion f the opening of the flooring, a one time event during the year. Sunday dedicated to the end of harvest with a vertical tasting which begins with a future Brunello jus born and reaches a great Riserva. At the end a farmhouse style lunch with “polenta” to be cut with a string, and pans of soups, grilled meats and lots of folk songs.

Italian recipe: how to cook a tasty and coloured chicken

A recipe created for the event of Calici di Stelle  2012 and for the Casato Prime Donne Award 2012 held at the Osteria di Donatella of the Fattoria del Colle  [caption id="attachment_7211" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Fattoria del Colle-Chicken-Mars"][/caption] The recipe was enjoyed by everyone, in fact it was greeted with enthusiastic acclaim during the night of the falling stars and for the dinner in occasion of Casato Prime Donne Award . It is a new recipe, it was conceived by Antonio Corsano, who based the idea on traditional Renaissance Tuscan cuisine with its combination of savoury and sweet flavours, the use of spices and...

A message for women from Maria Carmela Lanzetta an example of civil courage

Here is the quotation from the winner of the Casato Prime Donne award 2012 that will always remain in the Brunello vineyards [caption id="attachment_7175" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Montalcino-Casato Prime Donne Award 2012-Maria Carmela Lanzetta"][/caption] The Casato Prime Donne award 2012 has been assigned to Maria Carmela Lanzetta as an example of new femininity and civil commitment able to create involvement. The Mayor of Monasterace Ms. Lanzetta has had her family chemists shop set fire to, she has had her car shot at and has been threatened several times, but she has accepted to maintain her role in defence of legality and her fellow...

Farmholidays with emotions at Fattoria del Colle in Tuscany

Happy wine with Brunello and Tuscan cigars, “pinci” cookery lesson, trekking through the vines, … relaxation, panoramas and wonderful experiences at Fattoria del Colle [caption id="attachment_7131" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Bonella and Riccardo with Felix"][/caption] The Tuscan country inn belonging to Donatella Cinelli Colombini is definitely an unusual place. The rooms and apartments are furnished with antiques; many have a Wi-Fi internet connection, but no television. In the restaurant we serve the tradition dishes of Trequanda, a small and not famous village, but with 40 local recipes. The three swimming pools at Colle have views similar to advertisements; there is a wellness centre, a...

The sexy mermaids in Val d’ Orcia

Everyone knows about the Andersen mermaid but here in Val d’ Orcia we have sexy mermaids with two tails and posing in a provocative position [caption id="attachment_7120" align="alignleft" width="275" caption="Pieve-di-Corsignano-Pienza-luring-mermaid"][/caption] Near Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda and Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino, in southern Tuscany, it is possible to find the luring-mermaids. Here are the instructions for a very enjoyable cultural experience. The most famous luring mermaids are at Pieve di Corsignano in Pienza, in San Bartolomeo in Montefollonico and in the archaeological museum in Pienza which has just opened. The latter is an urn made of a type of stone that when wet...

Slow tourism, some suggestions in Tuscany

Alternative itineraries to motorways, bicycles, trekking … Fattoria del Colle is a good starting point for a slow travelling hunting for panoramas [caption id="attachment_7111" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Country Inn-in-Tuscany-Fattoria-del-Colle-"][/caption] In our area one finds a bit of everything: from the most beautiful kilometre in Italy, to the Eroica circuit, and its paths for strolling. Fattoria del Colle supplies news, maps of the circuits and even the bicycles… absolutely everything so that the guests can appreciate the spectacular panoramas of the Val d’Orcia and of the Crete Senesi. It is also possible to appreciate them from your car, but travelling slowly they are even...

Montalcino, Casato Prime Donne Award 2012 to Maria Carmela Lanzetta

Maria Carmela Lanzetta, the italian mayor who has resisted organized crime, is the Prima Donna 2012 The Casato Prime Donne Award that every years chooses an emblem tic woman, will be awarded on September 15th 2012 in Montalcino, to the Mayor of Monasterace, the woman who is a symbol of civil courage and resistance to organized crime through applying the “Regole per un Paese Normale” [caption id="attachment_7100" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Maria-Carmela-Lanzetta"][/caption] Maria Carmela Lanzetta reached the National headlines last spring when she decide to maintain the role as mayor after her family owned chemist shop was set fire to, and after repeated threats which...

Wine and music for Calici di Stelle at Fattoria del Colle

On August 10th Calici di Stelle with Brunello and Doc Orcia at Donatella Cinelli Colombini at Fattoria del Colle. Nocturnal itinerary with 4 musical resting spots dedicated to mystery, music, warmth and the sacredness of stars. Groups will be guided at 7pm and from 9,30pm – 10pm and 10,30 pm The night time itinerary that celebrates the night of shooting stars and of great wines is an adventure rich in suggestions at Fattoria del Colle. Something unusual and involving, worthy of Donatella Cinelli Colombini who invented the Calici di Stelle event in 1997 and now invites guests to her 16th century estate in...