The label of this important vintage is dedicated to Ser Lapo Mazzei, a famous ancestor regarded as the pioneer of Chianti Classico. In fact, in 1398, Ser Lapo, who was a "notary", thus wrote to Piero di Tino di Riccio: "By 16 December (1398), 3 florins 26 dinars and 8 coins must be paid to Piero di Tino...
Ingredients for 4 people
400 g of Carnaroli rice or Vialone nano
150 g of lardo di Colonnata
400 g of fresh green asparagus
100 g of butter
1 white onion
Two glasses of white wine
A medium-sized potato
1 carrot
1 Celery coast
100 g of breadcrumbs
A branch of thyme, sage, rosemary
Salt and...
'Enoica derives from my activity as a wine maker and my passion for cycling. I like to discover beautiful hidden places; perhaps, if I had lived in another era, I would have been an explorer.' (Francesco Mazzei)
In 2018 the Enoica Road has moved to Sicily, at the discovery of one of the most beautiful...
Ingredients for 4 people
4 large ricotta and spinach ravioli/people
For the sauce
300 g walnuts
2 garlic cloves
3 sprigs of rosemary
2 tablespoons of soy sauce
salt and pepper
70 g butter
50 g of olive oil
1 glass of dry white wine
MethodFor the sauce: sauté over a low heat butter,...
On 1st March all the activities in Fonterutoli were resumed, from the Inn to the Società Orchestrale café and grocery and the Fonterutoli B&B. The new year has brought along some novelties, such as the rooms available to the customers who will stay at Fonterutoli, the tasty bruschette...
Ingredients for 8 people
4 egg yolks
400 ml fresh whipped cream
40 g cocoa powder
150 g caster sugar
1 vanilla bean
125 g orange juice
150 g caster sugar
2 orange slices to garnish
edible flowers for garnish
butter to taste
50 g Grand Marnier
Method
1. Bring the orange juice to the boil...
With the beginning of the new year, also all the the appointments around Italy dedicated to tastings start again.
In January, in the wonderful Rocca Salimbeni in Siena, the 3rd edition of Wine & Siena took place.
In Florence, February 12th, we wait for you at the Stazione Leopolda for Chianti Classico...
Mix36 is a wine with a very particular, unique genesis: it is born from the continuous research made by our agronomist and oenologist, aimed at selecting the best clones, byotipes of Sangiovese to produce wines of the highest quality, a process started at the end of the 90’s. The result of this...
Visiting the Mazzei cellar you get impressed not only by the almost sacred atmosphere of a large silent big room, illuminated by soft lights where you can only hear the sound of water falling down from the rocky walls, but also, and perhaps above all, by the quantity of barrique and tonneux that fill...
Ingredients for 4 people
1 kg of veal/beef/pork cheek
1 carrot
1 red onion
1 celery coast
1 sprig of rosemary
1 sprig of sage
2 bay leaves
500 ml of Chianti wine
100 g tomato paste
200 g of zolfini beans or cannellini beans
300 g instant corn flour for "polenta"
50 g of butter
salt and pepper
extra...
We were very happy to welcome here in Fonterutoli, right at the end of the harvest, the Italian TV broadcast Signori del Vino, who, together with Filippo Mazzei, visited the Mazzei vineyards and cellar.
Watch the video:
Let's talk about numbers, and December lends itself perfectly to this: it is time to make the final considerations about the year that is going to finish soon. And for the Marchesi Mazzei it finishes with exceptional results that we are glad to share with you. So here you find ratings and comments to...
