Family estates in tuscany

» Mese 04-2006

Liquid Gold

…The Corsini family has been in the oil business for about 500 years, and the tradition is tangible. Paul Ferrari harvested olives alongside Dino and Mario, the adult children of contadini (tenant farmers) who themselves have a child who lives and works on the estate. The property’s 15,000 olive trees are still picked by hand, and the fruits of the harvest are crushed on site in an authentic stone mill. Most of Corsini’s employees at harvest time take their payment in oil rather than cash, giving credence to this oil’s reputation as “liquid gold.”… read more

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The Mind of Leonardo

The Mind of Leonardo, the universal genius at work
Florence the Uffizi Gallery
from March 28th to January 7th 2007
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Accademy of Arts

A new Renaissance in fine art requires more than just great paintings. It also needs artwork exhibited in a captivating way, competing for people’s attention against easier visual entertainments like movies, TV and glossy magazines. It requires developing new patrons of the arts, by attracting them to enjoy, then inspiring them to collect fine paintings. A show like the Florence Academy’s Corsini Stables Alumni Exhibit is a strong move in the right direction ……….

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White Wine

Prince Corsini of the prestigious Tuscan Corsini family, is proud to display to the visitors of Vinitaly his wines from his two wineries: Fattoria Le Corti in Chianti Classico and Tenuta Marsiliana located near Grosseto in Maremma. The two estates differ not only in geographical location; Fattoria Le Corti has been apart of the Corsini family since 1427 and covers 250 hectares of Chianti soil in San Casciano in Val di Pesa, on the splendid hills surrounding Florence where stands the Renaissance Villa in which the family lives; Tenuta Marsiliana, acquired in 1759 covers 2600 hectares in the district of Manciano, just 12km from the sea. With innovative spirits, Tenuta Marsiliana were the first to plant vines in this area in 1996. In both cases the Corsini team have utilised the competent and experienced enologist Carlo Ferrini, which they have been working with since 1992, the year in which Duccio Corsini turned around the production of Le Corti through major quality improvements.

In this occasion of the 40th edition of the Vinitaly we are proud to introuduce a new product in our line-up: Birillo Bianco 2005, the first white wine to be released by Prince Corsini. The grape varieties behind the wine are Vermentino of Tuscany (63%) and Sauvignon Blanc (37%).

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Duccio Corsini

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The Corsini Family in Encyclopædia Britannica

… a Florentine princely family, whose first recorded ancestors rose to wealth as wool merchants in the 13th century. As typical members of the popolo grasso (rich merchants) that ruled Florence during the later European Middle Ages, they regularly served as priors and ambassadors of the commune.

Filippo Corsini (1334–1421) was created count palatine by the emperor Charles IV in…
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