Archivio mensile:maggio 2010

Christiane and André – France

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Voilà, a nice letter from Christiane and André. They stayed at Ancora del Chianti last summer and we still keep in touch. This is a letter they wrote us about a big change in their life: moving to Mayotte. I only could have the impression they are going far away from France, but I actually needed an atlas to see how much. Very far away!!

“Bonjour Laura (et Philippo et les enfants et Maya !)
Juste un petit mot pour vous dire combien nous avions apprécié notre séjour chez vous l’an dernier au mois d’août. C’était un grand bonheur qui nous a aidé à passer ce triste hiver marqué par trop d’évènements mondiaux très tristes !
Nous vous faisons beaucoup de publicité et j’espère que des amis à nous viendront dès cet été à Ancora !
Nous avons dégusté le vin naturel de Philippo et mon fils lui même vigneron de vin naturel a beaucoup apprécié. Nous assaisonnons nos salades avec l’huile de la propriété indiquée par Laura et parlons très souvent de vous.
Nous étions restés 15 jours et je vous joins une photo pour le souvenir !
Nous allons quitter la France et partir à Mayotte où je suis nommée ProviseurAdjoint d’un Lycée dès le mois d’aout 2010. Mais promis quand nous reviendrons en France nous retournerons en Toscane.
Prenez soin de vous
Christane et André
Merci beaucoup pour vos voeux….”
 
More pictures on our Flickr Page

Wild Boar Festival on Show

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Here is the pictures of the amazing Wild Boar Festival that took place in the little village of Chiocchio from 23rd April to 2nd May. Me and Filippo partecipated as guests several times with our friends and as waiters on 30th April, Friday night.

As you can see from the pictures, the atmosphere is captivating. You can feel that all the big job that is done everyday from the morning untill late at night is volunteers and with joy. The harder you have to work, the funnier it is in the end.

The total number of volunteers is about 50 people to coordinate and there are mainly 4 teams: organising, cooking, waiters and casher, cleaning and washing up. Me and Filippo were in the waiters group with Gianluca, Bottega, Tiziana, Simona, Romolo and Francesca.

The beginning of the evening was slow and few people arriving, but by 20,30 the crowd arrived and it was difficult to catch up with the orders and follow all the requests. None of us is a professional and for that reasons our efforts were doubled. By the end of the evening all seats available were busy and we hardly arrived to satisfy all the request escpecially for “cinghiale in umido”  (wild boar stew) that was a real success. Later we all danced with live music!!

If you misses to enjoy this appointment, do not worry. Next year the Wild Boar Festival Team is waiting for you End April – Beginning May.

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Ingbert and Rita – Sweden

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Yorkshire Terrier: standard, carattere e foto dello Yorkshire TerrierHere a quick note sent by Ingbert and Rita and a special guest Nelson, their lovely Yorkshire dog. They arrived by chance following our signs on the road without reservation. As you know we usually have free rooms so, we accomodate them in their and they accommodated Nelson in its beloved doggybed. We were curious about Maya’s reaction with this new guest and ……a friendship started and bloomed immediately!

“Hello Laura,

First of all I would like to say that we really enjoyed our stay at your place. Certainly some very nice memories to pull out when needed.
We certainly also know where to stay when coming back to the area next time around. It was also nice to meet some of your other guests during our stay.

Many thanks,

Ingbert, Rita and dog Nelson

Events in Greve & Co.

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Here for you the most interesting events from 22nd May to 22nd June in Greve in Chianti and surroundings. Just a short note: the Philarmonic Band of Panzano is playing again in Strada in Chianti for Music and Book Festival. As usual, Filippo will be there with his friends, trumpet, uniform and tie!

Enjoy and Partecipate!

Saturday 22nd May: Open Market in Greve, main square, 8am-1pm.

Sunday 23rd: Open Market in Panzano, main square, 8am-1pm.

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd: Iris Flower Festival in San Polo, with wine, oil, zafferano and iris exhibition. Music, entertainment and market along the village streets. Filippo is going to play with the Panzano Philarmonica Band on Sunday at 4.00 pm.

Sunday 23rd May: Organic Farmers’ Market in Greve, main square, 8am-7pm.

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Saturday 29th May – Saturday 5th June: Classico is – 8 days of wine and culture, exploring Chianti ClassicoTastings for wine experts and newcomers, conferences, music, tours and open cellars. From May 29th to June 5th the Gallo Nero opens its doors to welcome a host of events all focused on the “Classico”. A program to keep an eye on at http://www.classico-e.it/.

Saturday 29th May: Open Market in Greve, main square, 8am-1pm.

Sunday 30th May: Open Market in Panzano, main square, 8am-1pm.

Sunday 30th May: Flower Market in Strada in Chianti. Filippo is going to play with the Panzano Philarmonica Band at 4.00 pm.

Sunday 30th May: Music Festival and Book Market in Greve in Chianti, main square: music festival with local music school young musicists and professionals.  

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from Wednesday 2nd June to 6th June: Lamole’s Frangrances in Lamole pictoresque village. Wine, Art, and Typical Products

Saturday 5th June: Open Market in Greve, main square, 8am-1pm.

Sunday 6th June: Open Market in Panzano, main square, 8am-1pm.

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Thursday 17 June: Stars and Merchants. Evening Market in the Main Square of Greve: from 6pm to 11pm.

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Pierre and Annie

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Voilà de Paris!!

We are happy to show these nice pictures coming from Paris. Annie and Pierre live in the suburb of Paris and they have a wonderful garden with lemon trees, vegetable garden, pbeutiful peonias and …..vines. I could not believe they can grow grapes as a such latitude in a private garden. This means that Pierre is really talented and grapes love him. They also make wine out of it and they offered us a bottle of their white wine for special occasions. We decided to open the bottle in occasion of our first barbecue in the garden with friends. We have now a table (someone have pictures of me painting the table in the barn….), a barbecue….just waiting for proper chair to match the iron legs of the table. Big deal…..

We thank you Annie and Pierre in advance for the wine and this the nice message they wrote to us.

“Bonjour Laura et Filippo,

Nous sommes de retour à Paris depuis 10 jours , nous vous remercions encore pour votre chaleureux accueil, nous sommes occupés à trier toutes les photos que nous avons faites en Toscane pour garder en mémoire le plus possible de souvenirs de cette belle région; nous avons consulté votre site internet qui est très bien fait ! Bravo !!
A notre retour à Vitry , nous avons trouvé le jardin bien avancé et très sec, il a fait chaud quelques jours mais depuis le 1ier mai il fait un froid de canard !!!  mais il ne pleut pas ; par contre il neige dans les Alpes et les Pyrénées . Vous verrez sur les photos notre vigne, notre citronnier et nos petits oliviers qui poussent bien malgré la latitude. 
 
Nous vous souhaitons une très bonne continuation pour les mois à venir .
Bien cordialement .  Annie et Pierre Mercadié”