I still remember those noisy lunches at grandma’s. The house was small, but the dining room, which was used only once a week and was otherwise kept closed, clean and darkened, became something huge and sacred on Sunday. We were all there together, despite living far apart: Sunday was the day when every one of us, through the food we were eating, could reflect in their own way on a value shared by everyone: family.

What always comes back to mind are the vivid smells ...

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It’s been over a month since Poggio Casciano returned to some kind of normality, and again we’re welcoming plenty of food and wine enthusiasts to the Le Tre Rane restaurant, to tours and tastings, and to well-deserved breaks at the Agriresort. And it’s all thanks to you, whom we are lucky enough to welcome as often as we do!

You will have noticed that we are pretty much as we were, but slightly different. We follow the ...

There’s probably nothing that hasn’t been said before about San Gimignano and its history, its golden century - its golden age - when it boasted 72 towers; its formidable economic heft and the artistic wealth of its most noble families; and the original great urbanisation drive that raised it on the plan for which we know it today.

Competition seethed between the powerful clans. So deep ran their obsession that an edict was issued, forbidding that privately-owned towers exceed the 54 ...

It’s still very hot for September. The sun presses down with its sheen of milky humidity and the constant cicada chorus blends with the voices of people bustling in the gardens of Ruffino’s Poggio Casciano. All around, we hear the clattering of tractors loaded with grapes after a fruitful day’s harvest. 

Florence is just a few hills away in the valley. The stage is assembled and the systems are all go for the nighttime concert. Sizzling aromas drift over from the kitchen of the Locanda Le Tre ...