Frollemente used our Gherardino Chianti Classico DOCG Riserva to make a sweet recipe to enjoy with guests for the holidays. Find out how to prepare pears cooked with Gherardino in a crunchy puff crust with spiced cooked wine glaze. Ingredients for four people: 4 medium Williams pears 1 roll of puff pastry (aka: pasta sfoglia) […]
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THE BORGO’S ROSES
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Roses have been a cultural tradition on the Italian peninsula since antiquity: in fact, we see them in the classic iconographic of the horti picti of Pompei. In later centuries, they are used architecturally and geometrically as espalier roses, and then become the uncontested feature of spaces dedicated to them: rose gardens. During the nineteenth […]
THREE DELICIOUS AUTUMN AND WINTER SALAD IDEAS
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Frollemente used our Prime Gocce extra virgin olive oil to create three delicious salads with the ingredients and flavours of autumn and winter. Find out how to prepare these simple, delicious and natural salads in just a few minutes. Chicken salad with radicchio, fennel, orange, and green and black olives. A chicken salad with an intense […]
The Vignamaggio harvest
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Every September is yet another milestone for Vignamaggio: this is the moment our team harvests the grapes that make our wines. Our experienced agronomist Francesco Naldi took us through the steps that lead up to the 2022 harvest. From winter 2021 to summer 2022 The 2021/2022 winter was characterised by very mild temperatures and not […]
The fascinating history of “Il Borgo di Vignamaggio”
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For 500 years the fortunes of Vitigliano were entwined with the remarkable men of Tuscany. A great explorer, a larger than life nobleman, a shrewd and visionary newspaper proprietor – these were the Florentines that shaped not only the fortunes of this proud estate but Florence’s place at the heart of Italian culture and public […]
A recipe for sweet new beginnings
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September: month of big projects and new beginnings. Let’s see it in with Frollemente’s dessert recipe starring our lemon flavoured white chocolate. Cupcake with lemon flavoured white chocolate, lemon curd and meringue flambé Ingredients for 12 cupcakes: 85 g cake flour 70 g melted butter at room temperature 50 g Vignamaggio’s lemon flavoured white […]
SUMMER IN A PLATE
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Frollemente has created a tasty pasta dish with flavours and aromas that express the real essence of an Italian summer. This is how to make your own organic grano tenero penne with creamed dried-tomatoes from the Vignamaggio farm. Ingredients for penne rigate with creamed dried tomatoes, almonds and taralli crumbs 300 g Vignamaggio organic grano […]
Nocino di San Giovanni
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It’s the end of June, the Vignamaggio hills shimmering as a gentle summer breeze caresses the vineyards, the blooming lavender, and the foliage of the walnut trees. And it’s these trees that we talk to you about today, because the walnut is the hero of a traditional liqueur prepared during the feast of Saint Giovanni […]
EVERY ROSE IN MAY IS A REVELATION
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May was the month of the rose, symbol of pure love and fiery passion. The rose is a flower of enduring fascination, inspiring poets, artists, musicians and especially generations of botanists and breeders worldwide. The latter have created many new varieties with unique characteristics and colours; varieties that continue to fulfil the dreams of millions of […]
VIGNAMAGGIO AT VINITALY
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A few days ago, the 54th edition of Vinitaly came to a close. This year, as per tradition, we were back in the International Wine and Spirits Hall. Talking in person again about the wines that have made and continue to make history on our estate was the greatest joy for us. And with visitors […]