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Set on the hills of Rignano Valdarno, the Wine Farm Petriolo is surroundeded by a unique landscape: ancient villages and historic grapeyards draw the perfect frame within which the work creates stronger relationships with the land and roots. 

The Petriolo Wine Farm has heard many stories, hosting numerous lives over the years. The Mozzi, Bardi, Pazzi, Serristori, Da Filicaia and Da Verrazzano families have lived here, as well as a whole Congregation, and even San Francesco di Sales was a guest. 

A place where the grapevine means culture, tradition and respect.

This very respect for the natural heritage gave birth to the new wine cellar Petriolo, a modern structure which represents a perfect blend between technologigal innovation and the craftsmanship of Tuscany.

In its grapeyards set 300 meters above the sea, Petriolo take care of the protagonists of Tuscany: Sangiovese, Trebbiano, Canaiolo and Malvasia, the real soul of Chianti. The grapevines grow on a clayish and calcareous ground, with a solid skeleton, from which derives the unimistakable ruby red of the great Tuscan wines. The lands of Chianti host the traditional and vigorous Sangiovese and also internationale grapes, such as Merlot and Cabernet, essentials to obtain the most elegant harmony of flavours.

The knowledge and the skills of those who with passion take continuous care of the grapevines are essentials when harvesting the grapes.

These expert hands are able to choose the best grapes during the harvest. This is the moment when the grapeyards becomes lively and colorful, expressing the joy of having witnessed for centuries the growth of the best wines of this great land, Tuscany.

Ivan Rossi photographer © Foto D'Arte Firenze

Foto D'Arte Firenze took a series of photo to commemorate the 2013 harvest and the complete renovation of Fattoria Petriolo.

Ivan Rossi photographer © Foto D'Arte Firenze

Land, tradition, passion and skilled hands which give a results wines worth tasting and remembering. Petriolo means all this, it is a story which gets renewed every day by the encounters with people.

Emiliano e Matteo have read this past and made a new story, lively and enthusiastic, which takes after a consolidate tradition. The renewing commitment of these young men for their job is what makes it possible for the past experience to be encacted again through a quality wine production. 

Ivan Rossi photographer | Foto D'Arte Firenze @ Azienda Agricola Petriolo - Via Fiorentina 40 - Incisa in Val d'Arno (Florence)

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