Food and Drink
A land of strong emotions, Italy, and in particular Tuscany, has a special relationship with food which is in all senses a style of life. A passion and creativity in mixing ingredients using recipes passed down from generation to generation, the dedication required to prepare elaborate and time consuming dishes, the pleasure in tasting the final result with a good bottle of Chianti, Brunello or Vernaccia etc etc is all part of the tuscan way of life.

In Tuscany there are thousands of restaurants where one can try unique dishes and interesting wines, but even walking into a small village delicatessen or 'alimentare' one can acquire any number of delicacies, homemade pastas, or the simple ingredients to make a traditional bread soup or 'ribollita' for consumption at the villa, washed down with wine bought from the local farmer.