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#SehnsuchtChiantiClassico: A conversation with Marco Ricasoli Firidolfi from Rocca di Montegrossi
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#SehnsuchtChiantiClassico: A conversation with Marco Ricasoli Firidolfi from Rocca di Montegrossi

The coronavirus pandemic is still keeping the world on tenterhooks. In Italy in particular, the virus has left its tragic mark - both in human and economic terms. And the situation is only slowly easing. In the meantime, as part of my #SehnsuchtChiantiClassico blog series, I have tried to tell you how my friends at the NinainChianti.com wineries are doing.

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#SehnsuchtChiantiClassico: Between vines and cement egg with Piero Lanza at the Poggerino winery
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#SehnsuchtChiantiClassico: Between vines and cement egg with Piero Lanza at the Poggerino winery

Today I would like to continue my blog series #SehnsuchtChiantiClassico, in which I look at how people in my beloved Chianti are doing in times of the coronavirus pandemic, with a video tip. I would like to recommend the videos by Piero Lanza, owner of the Poggerino winery, to you - as an "authentic insight" into how life is going on in "my" Chianti at the moment.

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#SehnsuchtChiantiClassico: my virtual aperitif with Vicky Schmitt-Vitali from the Le Fonti winery
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#SehnsuchtChiantiClassico: my virtual aperitif with Vicky Schmitt-Vitali from the Le Fonti winery

Today is part two of my new blog series #SehnsuchtChiantiClassico, in which I will be looking at how people in my beloved Chianti are faring in these difficult times over the coming days and weeks. This time, Vicky Schmitt-Vitali tells us about the current situation at her winery Fattoria Le Fonti, how her husband Guido and the children are doing, how the family will be celebrating Easter and what thoughts accompany them.

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For your overview: Topics to the point

  • Insights

    Everything that's going on in Chianti Classico right now

  • Chianti Classico knowledge compact

    Specialist knowledge that is fun

  • Tuscany on a plate

    Cooking like Tuscany tastes