The Maremma Travel Guide Blog
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the dolce vita in Maremma, Italy is very sweet...
You will find in this Maremma Travel Guide Blog:
- the latest additions to the Maremma Travel Guide,
- pages of the Guide that I have substantially updated,
- information about forthcoming festivals and events,
- comments and reviews of travellers in Maremma,
- reflections of life in Maremma, Italy.
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Tuscany Wine Tasting in Maremma's Medieval Cellars
Tuscany wine tasting in cellars beneath Maremma hill towns are rare not to be missed opportunities to try the best Italian wines including Maremma Super Tuscan wines.
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Four Star Hotels Tuscany: Maremma Hotels
Looking for four star hotels Tuscany? Here you will find all of the Tuscany 4 star hotels in Maremma: Italy's best kept secret. Breathtakingly beautiful, wild and undiscovered.
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Recipes from Italy: Everday Italian Recipes & more from Maremma
Recipes from Italy from Maremma in Tuscany: authentic & easy Italian recipes from bruschetta to pasta to cookies and my favourite Italian restaurant recipes.
Almond Biscotti Recipe: Easy Italian Biscotti Recipes from Maremma
This almond biscotti recipe is our Italian grandmothers homemade biscotti Cantuccini recipe and makes wonderfully moreish Tuscan biscotti: simply the best biscotti recipe for almond biscotti.
Sagre in July: Italian Food Festivals and Events in Maremma
Maremma sagre in July: over 40 food and wine festivals in Tuscany and Lazio: from wild boar and fruits to octopus & fish, snails, grilled meats, old-fashioned snacks, potatoes and tripe!
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Italian Wine Producers in Maremma in Tuscany and Lazio
Interviews with established and new Italian wine producers in Maremma who are receiving awards for the very best Italian wines and most exciting wines in the world.
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Dominique Genot Italian Wine Producer in Maremma
An interview with one of Maremma's youngest Italian wine producers, Dominique Genot, from the Tuscany vineyards of Caiarossa in the heart of the Val di Cecina.
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Best Italian Wine: the Best Italian Wine Labels from Maremma
Some of the very best Italian wine and most exciting wines in the world come from Maremma. Browse here all of the Maremma wine awards and read about these great wines!
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Fact on Italy: Interesting Facts about Italy from Maremma
Searching for a fact on Italy? These interesting facts about Italy are from Maremma, a place with a rich Etruscan, Roman, medieval, pirate, Spanish & mining history with intriguing tales and legends.
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For lovers of Peperoncino: Chillies
On the 14 and 15 July 2010, the Benedictine monks of the Monastery of Siloe at Poggio al Sasso (Grosseto) will be visiting two COOP supermarkets in Maremma to enable customers to taste the organic chilli peppers grown at the monastery. The chillies are dried by natural means and are recognized by the "Accademia Italiana del Peperoncino - the Academy of Italian Chilli.
As well as their yellow chillies - "Giallo di Siloe" - which originate from Vietnam and Laos, it will also be possible to taste red cultivars derived from Southeast Asia - "Terre d'Oriente" - and mixed colour and very potent chillies called "Colori di Siloe", together with fresh chillies, tea and spicy coffees.
14 July 2010
The monks will be at the Follonica COOP supermarket in via Chirici from 10:00 to 18:00.
15 July 2010
The monks will be at the Cecina COOP supermarket in via Pasubio from 10:00 to 18:00.
Their website may be found at www.monasterodisiloe.it
Italian Grappa from Maremma in Italy
Italian grappa: Maremma is home to 100s of Italian vineyards and wineries, many of whom produce herbal and fruity clear liquids to golden aged liquorice and reserva varieties: the choice is considerable.
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Maremma Wine: the Best Italian Wines
Everything you need to know about Maremma wine: the Italian vineyards & wine producers, trails and festivals, tasting Tuscany wine, tours...
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Italian Rose Wine from Maremma: the Best Italian Wines
Italian rose wine from Maremma: home to some of the most internationally acclaimed Italian wine labels. Find each rose wine here together with Maremma's famous red, white, dessert & sparkling wines.
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Italian Dessert Wine: Sweet Italian Wine from Maremma
A wonderful array of Italian dessert wine with an equally intriguing collection of names: find out how they are made and explore each one here.
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Bed and Breakfast Massa Marittima: Tuscany Italy Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
Tuscany bed and breakfast Massa Marittima: choose from accommodation next to the best restaurant in Maremma or a lovely farmhouse with a swimming pool...
The NEW LOOK Maremma Guide is coming: you may see two different page designs on this website for a while until I have finished the update
