The grape harvest in the province of Siena, a cult event for this territory

The cradle of fine wine

The province of Siena is a flourishing and generous land whose fruits, thanks to the constant care and love, are famous and esteemed excellences all over the world, so much that the Chianti hills have become to be renowned as the cradle of good wine. The vineyards of the countryside of Siena produce each year the precious grapes that, once processed and transformed into wine, delight the palates of connoisseurs and gourmets all over the planet. The wise hands of the winemakers of this area have been istructed and formed by centuries of culture and tradition. From the picking to the racking, through the intermediate stages of pressing, fermentation and vinification, the local producers always followed an ancient and secret recipe that has never failed in terms of the quality of the product. It is a recipe that is not written anywhere but the ingredients that make it are so strong that can be guessed with the senses. The magical formula can also be sensed through the provincial roads that wind down in the green and golden sea of the late summer Tuscan countryside. The vintage, this is evident, is the most important moment of the production process: the most celebrated and the most profited in all its value, even symbolic. The harvest, like nowhere else in the world, is a cult here.

Stuffed sleeves and bare feet

For wine professionals and enthusiasts, but also simply for the curious, the harvest in the province of Siena is a unique, sacred and solemn moment, to which even attending is a pure and simple privilege. In recent years, the desires of lovers of good wine to participate in various activities in this activity have grown so much to induce many local wine companies to organize themselves to meet them in the best way. And so, today, quite commonly, it is possible to cut the grapes and press them, walking among the rows and fiddling in the cellars as the most experienced of the operators. No one will obtain a diploma or a parchment from this, but everyone will take back home a life experience that is worth much more.

When the grape is ripe and the fig is hanging

On the occasion of the harvest, the structures of the Siena Inns Group offer ideal stays to live the activities vineyards in first person. Among them, the farmhouse Villa Agostoli, located in one of the most enchanting areas of the countryside of Siena, has been dedicating for decades the large part of the hectares of its estate to vineyards and offers its guests apartments surrounded by greenery and equipped with every comfort. Guests of the property will be the protagonists of the harvest and will also be able to enjoy organic products like wine and oil, but also vegetables and fruits cultivated with exclusively natural methods, without chemical fertilizers or herbicides. Villa Agostoli offers you a unique opportunity to spend an unusual holiday, dedicated to nature, good food and, of course, excellent wine.