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Rosa di Tetto Tag

30 June 2023
in Forum: News and lifestyle
by Donatella Cinelli Colombini
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OFFER: LEONE ROSSO AND ROSA DI TETTO FOR PICNICS AND BBQs

 

Summer is coming and so is the desire to have lunch and dinner outdoors. We propose two “limited edition” and “farmhouse” wines.

 

Rosa di Tetto, Leone Rosso, customized  mini shopper bag, vacuum wine saver

Rosa di Tetto, Leone Rosso, customized  mini shopper bag, vacuum wine saver

 

Two very special wines from Fattoria del Colle: the Leone Rosso Orcia DOC 2020 and the Rosato IGT Toscana, which is a trendy type. Both in preview and both wines to drink fresh, giving a special touch to your aperitif, your picnic or your brunch. Together with the bottles you will find a personalized mini shopper bag and a wine saver closure.

 

 

SMALL EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTIONS FROM FATTORIA DEL COLLE

These two gems are “family wines”, produced in small series to make your lunches and dinners exceptional, and they are not so easy to find!

For those who don’t know yet, Fattoria del Colle is located in southern Chianti, it is a sixteenth-century farm with an ancient history and a cellar projected into the future.

The buildings form a small hamlet, now transformed into holiday homes, surrounded by olive groves, vineyards and parks. Fattoria del Colle is a farmhouse in Tuscany with restaurant and wellness area with spa, a place miraculously preserved over time that offers guests a weekend in Tuscany with the emotion of reliving a thousand-year history

OFFER FOR MEMBERS OF DONATELLA’S CLUB

6 bott Leone Rosso Doc Orcia 2020 bio

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6 bott Rosa di Tetto IGT Toscana bio

1 customized  mini shopper bag

1 vacuum wine saver

Price 159,00 Euro (instead of 191,00 Euro)

15 Euro discount on shipping cost

 

For those who wish to double by buying 12 Leone Rosso and 12 Rosa di Tetto the price is even more convenient

Euro 297,00 (instead of Euro 382,00)

Always with the 15 Euro discount on shipping cost

 

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8 March 2013
in Farm experiences
by Donatella
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Baccalà alla fratina, friar’s cod, a recipe from Trequanda in Tuscany

Cod is really apt for the lent period, even though once it was considered a poor man’s fish, while today it is a delicacy for the rich; this is a traditional Tuscan recipe

Baccalà alla fratina di Trequanda

By Donatella Cinelli Colombini

In the Tuscan countryside baccalà was, together with anchovies, the only available fish and king of the days of lent

A CRAFTY TRICK

The housewives had learnt to cook it with great sauces, even though in the dish one got only a small piece of cod, although with bread dipped in this very tasty sauce one was able to ease the hunger.

Nobody remembers the reason for this recipe’s strange name even though monks touring the countryside asking for charity were a frequent vision in farmhouses and around the villages, so we can think that maybe there were some dishes created especially to honour them. At  Fattoria del Colle there is even an apartment called “monache” (nuns) which used to be used to welcome these religious people on their way, it is in a position that allowed the guests to go outside without having to pass through the kitchens and the pantry. It was not unusual in fact there to be monks who were imposters, who tried to get into pantries and cupboards to thieve food, and so it was necessary to take precautions.

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