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Where can you find us? Quite obvious to say: in the beautiful\u00a0Terre di Siena.
\nIf setting the geographical boundaries of Montepulciano is an easy matter, its cultural boundaries, which are fuzzy and not clearly drawn, are rather hard to define to the point that you might end up not knowing if you have gone too far eastwards, into the region of Umbria, or southwards, to northern Lazio.
\nThis blend of cultures is reflected in our local food, made up of dishes, recipes, and traditions coming from different parts of Italy, all of which may have different names, but are very similar to one another.
\nHowever, among the small towns of Italy, Montepulciano plays a leading role in the preservation of culinary traditions and in the enhancement of traditional food and recipes. Here, \u2013 not only to the town dwellers\u2019 delight \u2013 the past, besides being alive, lives everyday through its young population, who cook for passion and for a living, preparing traditional dishes with old names, which have made our dialect the town\u2019s official language of cooking. We leave out French and other rich terminology, which are to be used in other places and contexts.
\nFrom Cinta Senese pig cured meats (the pig breed depicted by Lorenzetti in a famous fresco at the Palazzo Comunale in Siena, dating back to as early as the 14th\u00a0century), to our local wines: Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano, and Vin Santo; from Chianina meat (made from the world\u2019s largest cattle breed), game or\u00a0aglione sauces \u2013 \u00a0the latter being a giant garlic, native of Valdichiana \u2013 to\u00a0pici, thick hand-made spaghetti, rightfully mentioned in the National List of the traditional agricultural and food products of Italy. These are just a few reasons to try and have a taste of Montepulciano. There are indeed a thousand more dishes that you can try, because recipe variations can be numberless, just by adding certain local fruit, extra-virgin olive oil, truffles or sheep milk cheese.
\nFeel free to enjoy a bit of everything, and take home the endless memory of our unique flavours.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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