CLOSED: Balducci 1, Di Matteo, Criconia 17, Ceparano 17, Renzi 25, Fall 2, Chapelli 5, Fazioli 10, Ius 2, Gravaghi 2, Raffaelli 6, Rasio 13. Coach Zanco.SAINT ANTIMO: Lucas 31, Castaldo 9, Spernanzoni 11, Mehmedoviq 10, Jurcek 4, Spizzichini, Rota 10, Ruggiero 10, Berra, Sullo, Cannavina, Bonarrivo. Coach Gandini.Referees: Bernassola, Fava.Partial: 27-21, 54-43, 78-59. CHIUSI - The San Giobbe Chiusi archive the case Sant'Antimo (100-85) and earns the chance to challenge next Wednesday Luiss Rome in the second round of the play-in, which will determine the seventh seed in the play-off bracket. The Bulls try to make things clear already in the first period, when they double their opponents (20-10); the atmosphere is already playoff-like, because a clash of play turns into a general brawl at the end of which the referees send them to the showers Jurcek, Nibbles, Chapelle and the guest coach Gandini. Upon resumption of operations Criconia He scores six consecutive free throws, but the guests don't give up, despite being decimated by absences. Ceparano he scores from long distance and there is really no more danger of surprises, coach Stilt It can also give space to young people Balducci e Matteo's for the last possessions. Now the focus has already shifted to next Wednesday's match in the capital. The Sant'Antimo DOC is located in Tuscany's Montalcino area in central Italy. It covers almost precisely the same production zone as the prestigious Brunello di Montalcino DOCG and Moscadello di Montalcino However there is – not surprisingly – more emphasis on varieties that are not the focus of the above designations The appellation is named after the magnificent Romanesque 12th-Century Abbey of Sant'Antimo which sits in a valley surrounded by vineyards The Sant'Antimo DOC laws were drawn up in January 1996 and reviewed just six months later to include varietal wines These developments have allowed local winemakers to maintain traditional winemaking techniques while also embracing international varieties to qualify for varietal labeling a wine must comprise 85 percent of the stated variety Sant'Antimo Rosso is a flexible designation that can be made form any proportions of red grapes authorized for the Siena province though it is more likely to end up in a Brunello or Rosso di Montalcino The Rosso can also be made as an early release Sant'Antimo Bianco may also be made from any grape varieties permitted in the province.  There is no Vin Santo designation within the Brunello di Montalcino DOCG This wines referred to as Vin Santo di Montalcino are actually labelled with this DOC The white version of these sticky wines is made from the traditional vin santo blend of Trebbiano Toscano and Malvasia Bianca grapes The blend may also contain up to 30 percent of the other white varieties sanctioned for use under Tuscany's DOC laws The pink Vin Santo Sant'Antimo Occhio di Pernice form is so called because its hue resembles that of a partridge eye (occhio di pernice). It must be made with 50 to 70 percent of black skinned Sangiovese and 30 to 50 percent Malvasia Nera grapes Both examples are made as very sweet (amabile) or as an almost dry (secco) version which is similar in style to a sherry For the added designation of riserva they must be matured for four years rather than the standard three For more information on vin santo wines and how they are produced, see vin santo Please email comments to [email protected]. In 2004, my wife and I first visited the magnificent Abbaye Saint-Michel de Frigolet, set in rural Provence, near the Rhone, northwest of Marseilles. It seemed like a dying institution. We returned in 2014 to visit with Joël Houque of the Order of the Canons Regular of Prémontré, the Premonstratentians, who had been tasked to see whether Frigolet could be saved from closing. Boulbon eventually brought the abbey into the Norbertine community, even though he was not a member of that order. He didn’t quite adhere to the order’s teaching, which includes a monastic life governed by liturgical prayer, pastoral work, and evangelization. But he did launch Frigolet’s restoration. Twice since the abbey’s nineteenth-century reincarnation, seasons of demise and renewal have befallen Frigolet. Anti-clerical government policies shut it down—for a few years in 1880, and for two decades in the early twentieth century. Each time it was reborn to resume its mission as a religious, educational, and community institution. Last year, facing closure again, Frère Joël was asked to advise the superior general of the Prémontré Order on the future of Frigolet. Joël had stepped down as abbot of Mondaye after battling a chronic blood cancer. In July 2014, he moved from Mondaye to Frigolet, arranged for local medical care, and settled into his spacious office with ancient furnishings and five computer screens to begin his review of the abbey’s workings. Avoir confiance—have trust—we said as we bid farewell to Joël. We trusted that Frigolet would see another season. But Fr. Joël would not. He died on March 25, 2015, the Feast of the Annunciation. His mission to renew Frigolet had been completed. He had returned to Mondaye, where he had served most of his priesthood and had served as abbott. The community’s announcement read: Our brother Joel came from Abbey Frigolet on March 17. He never left his room and ate very little. Friday night around 8:00 we needed to drive him to the Bayeux Hospital. For several days he faded, gradually. Yesterday morning at 7:45 he left for the house of the Father, the day of the Feast of the Annunciation. The decision about Frigolet’s future turned on a choice between a community run by a different Catholic order or an independent Premonstratentian community. In late April 2015, the abbot general announced that Religiosi di Sant’Antimo, a community of Norbertines from Tuscany, would make Frigolet their own. Their membership is also limited and all are praying for a renaissance, a future of abundance for their new community and for Frigolet. Lloyd I. Sederer is a psychiatrist and medical journalist. Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. SARANAC LAKE — A local choir conductor led more than a dozen singers on a 10-day concert tour to Siena, Italy, this summer, strengthening the bond between the two cities that was first established in 2006. “It was a phenomenal sharing of American music with an Italian audience,” said Helen Demong, artistic director and conductor of Northern Lights Choir. The roots of this summer’s trip reach back more than a decade to when Demong worked as choral director for the Saranac Lake High School. In 2005, Demong invited composer Glenn McClure to teach a music master class to her students. McClure was so impressed by the quality and professionalism of the Saranac Lake students that he invited them to perform a concert tour in Siena. As a result, in 2006, at McClure’s invitation, Demong led 25 Saranac Lake High School students to Italy. “We spent an incredible 10 days and performed,” Demong said. “And it was a dream of mine to bring adults.” This July, Demong she returned to Siena with 14 adult singers from the Northern Lights Choir and Lake Madrigal Singers, known together as Mountain Voices. The group sang at three venues: a concert at the Abbey of Sant’Antimo in the Tuscan countryside, a street concert in the Fonebranda neighborhood of Siena, and then they performed Gregg Smith arrangements, Americana pieces, spirituals and songs from “Promised Land: An Adirondack Folk Opera” at the Church of San Giuseppe. “We were a group of people who knew each other, but not closely,” said Dorit Gaedtke, who attended the 2006 trip as a chaperone and this summer’s tour as a member of the chorus. “A group of people from the North Country that become one big singing family.” During the street performance, or “apericena” — a combination of the words of “appetizers” and “dinner” — in Fonebranda, Gaedtke said that their start time became delayed due to the relaxed nature of Italian social appointments. Seven p.m. quickly became 9 p.m., darkness fell, and the choir couldn’t read their music. “We had to sing from memory, which was new to us, but very good for us. People were streaming in from all sides,” Gaedtke said. “There had to be more than a hundred.” Two of the three venues the Mountain Voices played, Fonebranda and Sant’Antimo, had never hosted an outside choir before, according to McClure. “Us going to sing there, being a part of this long history, was also about adding new chapters to that history,” McClure said. He said he hopes this summer’s trip opens new doors for musicians who tour after them. A choir trip to Siena with McClure is not like another choir tour through Italy, he said, where a group might make seven stops in seven cities, spending most of their time inside of a bus. “This was about going to a place and planting our flag there,” McClure said. “While my family does not own land there,” McClure said. “It is like a second home.” From its cafes to its museums to its duomos, Demong said Siena retains a local and vibrant character, that make it and its people a pleasure to visit. “It is a city that still retains its medieval wall,” Demong said. “Its streets are cobblestone.” When describing the city to people who haven’t yet visited, McClure said Siena comes across a lot like Saranac Lake: “It’s a small city with a small-town feel.” LAKE PLACID — The Barkeater Trails Alliance annual meeting will be on Saturday, May 10, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the ... TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Town Board is set to hold a special meeting at 2 p.m. today at the town hall to ... Copyright © 2025 Adirondack Publishing Company | https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com | 54 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY 12983 | 518-891-2600 Three Cork childhood friends, James Beckom, Sean Jenkins and James Hannigan, before the Irish senior men’s basketball game against Denmark at the National Arena in Dublin recently. Geko PSA San Antimo have two teams that play in the Italian national leagues one plays in the Italy-Series B and the other in the Series C and the latter is where James will be playing so this is a fantastic opportunity for James to improve his overall game He will practice everyday on all aspects of his game with his own personal and development coach Beckom would be used to this kind of lifestyle as he spent one year in Italy playing one season with Lido Di Roma many years ago two years playing with the Bentonville High School in Arkansas and four more years playing in John Brown University After a standout year playing in the Super League with his boyhood club Blue Demons that saw him become a senior Irish international he also helped them to National Cup honours last January and that got overseas clubs looking for his signature for the coming season after some offers from different clubs in different countries he chose the Italian club as his preferred choice James Beckom at the National Arena recently.“So I am moving to a club in Naples called PSA Sant Antimo and they have two teams that play in two different Italian National Leagues," James said “The Serie B 1 team plays in the third league in Italy I’ll be playing for their second team who play in Serie C which would be similar to Super League in Ireland and I will be going over as a professional so I will be training every day with the Serie B team but I will be playing my games with the Serie C side "The whole set-up of the club is like a college campus so everything I will need will be on campus “This opportunity came out through my agent Alessandro and his agency so thankfully they were in a prime spot for this team and this opportunity to be reached “I’m super excited to get over there for the main reason of just getting better as a basketball player plus any individual sessions I do throughout the days of the week." James also was called up to the Irish senior men’s program this season and he intends to be a mainstay with this team for the coming years as he is always honoured to represent his country “The main goal for me over there is just to get better as a basketball player but also prove my worth and prove why the club brought me in "I also want to be a mainstay in the Irish men’s senior Irish team so getting over to play professionally in Italy with definitely improve my chances of that and improve my chances of being a big part of the Irish international program in years to come “One of my main goals is to try improve the team as much as I can we can have a great season and go as far as possible in the league and in the championship as we can “I’d like to thank everyone involved in Blue Demons that supported me and helped me throughout this year "Coming back to play in the Irish Super League after seven years away the expectations could’ve been too high I really never felt the pressure as everyone involved at the club made me feel so welcome "I thoroughly enjoyed my time back home and I would like to give a special thanks to Pat Keane and all my teammates as they made last season very special for me “I will definitely make the most of my time away to improve myself as a basketball player as they have been my biggest supporters from a young age and I can't thank them enough for all they have done for me to help get me to this stage of my career." more Cork Basketball articles Keep up-to-date with the top stories in Cork with our daily newsletter straight to your inbox Please click here for our privacy statement. Join Éamonn Murphy, Denis Hurley and Barry O'Mahony on the new season of The Echo Sport Podcast where they'll be analysing Cork GAA. Add Echolive.ie to your home screen - easy access to Cork news PSA GEKO: Lucas 9, Rota 6, Jurcek 7, Lenti 18, Ruggiero 9, Spinelli 5, Spernanzoni n/o, Spizzichini 2, Berra 8, Mehmedoviq 8, Vita Sadi n/o. Coach Marco Gandini GENERAL CONTRACTOR JESI: Vettori 6, Ponziani, Carnevale, Bruno 9, Di Emidio 13, Berra 17, Valentini 11, Cena 2, Petrucci 4, Zucca 4. Coach Marcello Ghizzinardi Referees: By Gennaro and Rosato (Rome) Partial: 27-14, 44-32, 59-44 Acclaimed Spanish landscape designer Fernando Caruncho is renowned for his lyrical gardens that artfully play with light and geometry the Madrid-based talent has completed over 150 projects ranging from private homes and agricultural estates to minimalist public gardens that are perfectly in tune with their architectural surroundings His first book, Mirrors of Paradise, was released some two decades ago, and the intervening years have seen his firm complete an array of deceptively simple landscapes around the world—from New Zealand to Greece. Now, Caruncho is releasing a highly-anticipated follow up called Reflections of Paradise (Rizzoli) written with respected garden guru Gordon Taylor The new volume comprises 26 pitch-perfect green spaces that are derived from myriad influences Caruncho talked to Galerie about what makes the new volume so special which presents the first 20 years of projects The second is a continuation of the dialogue with the same writer and here you can see how the language of the garden is being enriched in my mind through geometry What we intended to achieve with the book is to give it the spatial-temporal feeling that you get in a garden when you walk through it; it is an inspiration that has a poetic sense and tries to express that feeling of a forgotten memory Is there a defining element that you want all of your gardens to have fundamentally the connection with the place and its interpretation through light and geometry This would be the common factor that I try to achieve in each project Which project was the most challenging and why Every project is challenging and every project always proposes a new challenge and when you are in it you forget the others… This is my personal perception but I understand that for someone who sees them or walks in them these gardens attract a lot of individual attention fundamentally their look depends on the look of the others they are all new and have always been a challenge This depends a lot on the look that each photographer has had when photographing it Without a doubt one of the gardens that best expresses the connection with the landscape is the Bacciolo a garden in Tuscany with the background of the Monastery of Sant’Antimo the landscape between the hills and the background of Mount Amiata My way of approaching the garden is to let the place speak to me and to listen to it through its light That light is revealed within me and my connection with the place is expressed through the hand with the sketches This is a very difficult process to explain and one that belongs to a personal and very intimate emotion © 2023 Hudson One Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy The fast-growing Blends wine group has bought Montalcino estate Podere Brizio – its third Tuscan wine acquisition in less than a year The deal was funded by Argentinian oil tycoon Alejandro Bulgheroni who formed Blends with fellow Argentinian Carlos Pulenta and Italian winemaking consultant Alberto Antonini vineyards and an agro-tourism project in the heart of Montalcino Rosso di Montalcino and Sant’Antimo Rosso Leonensis wines an IGT Pupà Pepu and a Vin Santo DOC Sant’Antimo Previous owner Roberto Bellini sold part of the larger estate in 1996 and partnered with Podere Brizio’s historic owners Vineyards on the 30-hectare property include 7ha devoted to Brunello 1ha for Rosso di Montalcino and 1.25ha of Sant’Antimo Blends said the acquisition gave Bulgheroni’s investment company plus 8ha of Rosso di Montalcino and 7ha of Sant’Antimo The company said Podere Brizio’s winery facilities with a capacity of about 4,000 hectolitres would suffice for the production of Brizio and its other Montalcino estate But it added that it was ‘analysing the possibility’ of building a winery at Poggiolandi the Chianti Classico estate bought by Blends – along with Poggiolandi – at the start of 2013 Blends also owns Argentinian wine brand Argento Garzón in Uruguay and Renwood in California Now in the play-in everything is reset: "What happened up to now doesn't matter – added the coach of the Bulls –, on Sunday we will face a different team than the one we faced in the regular season. They have a different set-up, we have to study the situations that worked well and those that worked less well, then give everything to avoid the next match being the last of the season". But once you get stuck in you lose them pretty easily It would be a big mistake to bypass this incredible region flavourful chianina beef and sweet-tasting lardo di colonnata (delicious spread on toast) It also has some of Italy’s most famous wine appellations including Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti Classico."},"children":[]}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":"Even though my heritage is firmly rooted in the neighbouring region of Emilia-Romagna I share the connection"},"children":[]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"text","attributes":{"value":" with my head chef the spiritual heart of Tuscany."}}]}]},{"name":"paywall","children":[{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Luke worked there for a couple of years while I did a two-month stage there after finishing at Aubergine (Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant) which has three Michelin stars and is amazing It was the rustic staff food that I remember the most along with the bountiful food market in Florence the city’s many food shops and the meals we ate in simple restaurants — dishes such as ribollita a Tuscan bread and bean soup that is so much more than the sum of its parts but it’s packed with flavour and one of my all-time favourite Italian dishes We have it on the menu at Lime Wood and in Café Murano in Covent Garden in London Boiled tongue with salsa verde is another rustic dish I fell in love with as well as cotechino (a slow-cooked pork sausage) with lentils — proper grandma cooking."}}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"I’ve been back to Tuscany many times on holiday and on research trips to discover the food and the wines before I opened at the Connaught in 2002 and again before Murano opened in 2008."}}]},{"name":"ad","children":[]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"My best Tuscan food memories but I’ll never forget the chickpea puree with shrimps I tried during another stage I did with the legendary Tuscan chef Fulvio Pierangelini at his restaurant Gambero Rosso on the coast in San Vincenzo (which has since sadly closed) It’s a dish that has been much copied ever since I’ve recently returned from the region and ate indecent amounts of it while I was there with Luke and some of our team to finalise our own-label wines."}}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"That’s a new thing for us but our sommelier at Lime Wood and our manager at Café Murano worked together to create the best blends And we wanted a range of Tuscan wines for the job — a red a white and a rosé."}}]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"link","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Tenuta Fertuna"}}],"attributes":{"href":"https://www.fertuna.it/en/"}},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":" makes the wines for us a chic but discreet Tuscan sub-region to the west near the coast with rambling estates and rosemary-scented scrubland running down into hidden coves."}}]},{"name":"image","attributes":{"id":"a11922e5-4e93-4c75-bfb3-bcd272402f18","display":"primary","caption":"Florence is Tuscany’s largest city","title":"The Duomo in Florence the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.","credits":"TIM CLAYTON/GETTY IMAGES","url":"https://www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F72bd446c-5d18-11e9-af83-9657ec7b0130.jpg?crop=8659%2C5773%2C0%2C0","ratio":"1500:1000","relativeHorizontalOffset":null,"relativeVerticalOffset":null,"relativeWidth":null,"relativeHeight":null},"children":[]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"After visiting the winery It’s one of my favourite places in the region and has one of my favourite wines the youngest of Italy’s prestigious red wines invented in 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in Tuscany for me is spent in Siena Tuscany’s second city after Florence takes some beating It’s where they stage the Palio horse race although it’s one I’ve yet to see."}}]},{"name":"image","attributes":{"id":"ae094a21-8d5f-4425-8fb6-522c01ceb840","display":"primary","caption":"Siena Cathedral There’s a great food emporium there called Consorzio Agrario with much of the produce locally produced."}}]},{"name":"inlineAd2","children":[]},{"name":"paragraph","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"For lunch I’ll choose one of the growing number of little restaurants there run by young chefs such as "}},{"name":"link","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Osteria da Trombicche"}}],"attributes":{"href":"https://www.datrombicche.it/"}},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":" Then I’ll wander the streets window-shopping and people-watching with a stop at the family-run 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in 1956 but you’re guaranteed typically Florentine and Tuscan food A favourite of mine is the pancetta di maiale con fagioli which roughly translates as pancetta with beans — delicious."}},{"name":"bold","children":[{"name":"break","children":[]},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Details "}}]},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Meals cost from £21 (00 39 55 225955 "}},{"name":"link","children":[{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"trattoriasabatino.it"}}],"attributes":{"href":"http://www.trattoriasabatino.it/"}},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"; Via Pisana whether for an impromptu picnic or for products to take home Baroni Alimentari in the central food market is the place to come This shop is family-run and one of Florence’s hidden gems "}},{"name":"bold","children":[{"name":"break","children":[]},{"name":"text","children":[],"attributes":{"value":"Details 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Montalcino","credits":"ALAMY","title":"Abbey Sant Antimo and Castelnuovo dell?Abate; near Montalcino and the dishes that inspire her cookingAngela HartnettSaturday April 13 2019 near MontalcinoALAMYAngela HartnettSaturday April 13 2019 The TimesPeople think Tuscany is just another Venice: full of tourists including Brunello di Montalcino and Chianti Classico but it wasn’t until I spent a bit of time there and got a proper taste of Tuscany that the penny dropped Angela HartnettCHRIS MCANDREW FOR THE TIMESI’m not talking about the cuisine in the Enoteca as well as cotechino (a slow-cooked pork sausage) with lentils — proper grandma cooking I’ve recently returned from the region and ate indecent amounts of it while I was there with Luke and some of our team to finalise our own-label wines Tenuta Fertuna makes the wines for us with rambling estates and rosemary-scented scrubland running down into hidden coves Florence is Tuscany’s largest cityTIM CLAYTON/GETTY IMAGESAfter visiting the winery Brunello means dark. The joke around here was that you had to open a bottle three days before it was ready to drink. Not now, though — these days it’s a class act. We dined with the Bianchini family, who own the winery Ciacci Piccolomini d’Aragona which makes some of the best Brunello di Montalcino While we were there we also discovered a fantastic old atmosphere-laden bar in Montalcino called Caffe Fiaschetteria Italiana 1888 it felt as if it hadn’t changed in a hundred years And not far from Montalcino we came across this great place called the Abbey of Sant’Antimo A perfect day in Tuscany for me is spent in Siena in the heart of SienaWOLFGANG KAEHLER/GETTY IMAGESI like to start the day (not too early) with an espresso but more importantly everything tastes amazing In the early evening, after a little apero, I go for dinner in an old-fashioned restaurant, somewhere that has been there for ever, such as Osteria le Logge The best places to eat and drink in TuscanyBy Angela Hartnett and Luke Holder Trattoria SabatinoA wonderful restaurant, the trattoria has been in the same family since its inception in 1956. The menu changes every day, but you’re guaranteed typically Florentine and Tuscan food. A favourite of mine is the pancetta di maiale con fagioli, which roughly translates as pancetta with beans — delicious.Details Meals cost from £21 (00 39 55 225955, trattoriasabatino.it; Via Pisana Enoteca BelliniThis is a great little wine bar to pop into for a quick drink and some nibbles It’s a great place to sit back with a glass of wine and some anchovies on toast before you head back out into the city.Details Meals cost from £18 (00 39 55 238 1257; Via della Spada Trattoria CammilloSet on a quaint street in the heart of Florence It is a ten-minute walk from Ponte Vecchio.Details Meals cost from £35 (00 39 55 212427; Borgo S Jacopo Osteria Vini e Vecchi SaporiThis restaurant needs to be booked because it seats only about 20 people which is always a good sign.Details Meals cost from £40 (00 39 55 293045; Via dei Magazzini InspirationMore from Inspiration17 of the best places to visit in June 2025April 23 2025 © Consorzio del vino Brunello di Montalcino The Brunello di Montalcino will attend the 57th edition of Vinitaly with 5 exhibition areas and 61 participating Montalcino producers (Hall 9 B4 Brunello di Montalcino Consortium will attend the 31st edition of Prowein one of the most important international trade fairs dedicated to the world of wine and spirits held in Dusseldorf from March 16th to 18th 2025 The Brunello di Montalcino Consortium returns to the United States in New York on February 4th 2025 for the American edition of Benvenuto Brunello The protagonists of the event to be held at the GH on the Park … the event dedicated to the Rosso di Montalcino denomination with the aim to promote the contemporary soul of an amazing territory will be held at the Fortress of Montalcino on June 21st 2024 The Brunello di Montalcino Consortium attends to the 56th edition of Vinitaly the international trade fair for wine and spirits industry from April 14th to 17th in Verona 63 producers will join at the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium stand (Hall … 63 producers will join at the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium stand (Hall 9 – stand B4 In the B6 area reserved to the Consortium the visitors can taste by appointment the new vintages of the 110 … The 2023 has been a great year for Montalcino denomination with some of the producers in the top list of the most important wine magazines The winery Argiano has been awarded as “best wine in the world” in the … Benvenuto Brunello flies to 6 countries around the world from the United States The preview moves simultaneously to New York The 2023 edition of Benvenuto Brunello confirms the Consortium’s appointment with the new vintage of BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO and the other appellation wines of the territory An extraordinary preview for Italy and abroad while awaiting their forthcoming debut on the … You can spend hundreds on a hotel room or luxury villa travel everywhere by car (diesel €1.75 a litre) and shop Florence's Via Tornabuoni boutiques wash it down with a bottle of Brunello di Montalcino (€50 and up) then climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa (€17 for half an hour) and the cheaper alternative need not take you "off the beaten track" in search of "undiscovered gems" You can see the same amazing sights as everyone else You may have to forgo the Frette linens and evening turn-down service but you don't need to pack your pop-up tent And welcome shifts in the pound-euro exchange rate are giving a little extra help this summer This city has been separating visitors from their spending money since before the Renaissance Yet Florence makes a good base for the cost-conscious You can walk everywhere and are at the hub of the region's transport network There's even a list maintained by the tourist office Accommodation in the centre isn't especially cheap. My favourite is Locanda Orchidea (+39 055 248 0346, hotelorchideaflorence.it, doubles from €50). Get a quiet, traditional room overlooking the leafy courtyard. Bathrooms are shared. Though billed as a hostel, Plus Florence (+39 055 628 6347, plushostels.com/plusflorence en suite rooms from €45) has amenities that would put hotels four times the price to shame including a new outdoor pool and Turkish bath haggle with somewhere in a higher price category there are addresses I avoid: Via Nazionale For food, steer clear of the streets between Piazza della Signoria and Piazza del Duomo, with the exception of Le Mossacce (+39 055 294361, trattorialemossacce.it) a rowdy place that serves the likes of spezzatino (veal stew) at €9 a plate I also like rough-and-ready Da Rocco (lunch only) +39 055 225955) is a friendly diner stuck in the Florentine 1950s Hearty mains like stuffed roast chicken cost around €5 Temporary show Americans in Florence: Sargent and the American Impressionists runs until 15 July at the Palazzo Strozzi (+39 055 264 5155, palazzostrozzi.org) but is two-for-one between 6pm and 11pm on Thursdays – or cheaper still download the exhibition catalogue from the iBook store skip the Guccis and Ferragamos of Via Tornabuoni in favour of the indie stores along Borgo degli Albizi I also poke around the flea market in Piazza dei Ciompi; last time I was there I picked up a fistful of vintage postcards and some costume jewellery for under €10 a cocktail and plentiful North African aperitivo (plus music) costs €7 you need to hire a car or join an expensive tour The "fast-food" outlet of celebrated Panzano butcher Dario Cecchini is a lively spot with communal tables Walk it off: a little south of the village are views over the Conca d'Oro (Golden Shell) one of the winelands' most picturesque tracts Tickets for the whole journey will total under €10 with an Antony Gormley show running until 20 August You can take a guided walk-with-views through those hills for €20 a head +39 0577 940008) sells a hiking map for €8 and you can guide yourself San Gimignano's spiky towers are visible for miles around – it's practically impossible to get lost because Tuscan classics cost about €3 less than anywhere else in town so when I'm with my children they eat at their normal times Decent cheap rooms are hard to come by in San Gimignano so catch an early evening bus back to Siena The best free art in Siena is at the Archivio di Stato (Via Banchi di Sotto 52, +39 0577 247145). Inside are the tavolette della biccherna, medieval wooden covers (for the civic accounts) painted by Siena's leading artists. For €12, the Opa Si Pass (operaduomo.siena.it) gets you half-price entry to everything arty around Piazza del Duomo for a better (and cheaper) view than the Campo's Torre del Mangia follow St Catherine for free: she was born at the Casa di Santa Caterina now an ornate oratory with a 16th-century majolica floor and is now in the nearby church of San Domenico – her shrivelled doubles from €55 room only) has simple rooms ranged round a peaceful garden Anyone dressed "respectfully" is welcome North of here, my favourite bargain lodging in Tuscany is stylish Vizi Ottavo (+39 334 587 4174, viziottavo.com B&B doubles from €70) in sleepy Castiglion Fiorentino whose rooms are themed on the seven deadly sins Use it as a base to explore pricier Cortona and Arezzo Donald Strachan is the co-author of Frommer's Florence, Tuscany & Umbria, John Wiley & Sons, £16.99 The Isle of Man Photographic Society held its annual print competition this week and was delighted to have Jeremy Malley-Smith LRPS DPAGB BPE2* to judge. Jeremy is an accredited judge with our federation, the Lancashire and Cheshire Photographic Union, and brings particular expertise in the subjects of wildlife, macro and landscape. He faced a major task as he was presented with more than 210 images submitted by our members, who are split into intermediate and advanced groups, with their entries judged in the five different genres of open colour, open mono, nature, creative and record. Given the sheer size of entry, the morning session was spent selecting those images chosen as winners, to be shown during the usual evening meeting, time not permitting comment on every image. However, eventually some 75 images were selected covering the 10 sections being judged - each section usually being awarded a first, second and third place plus commendations as necessary. In the intermediate group, Claire Schreuder shone, winning four of the five sections - open colour with a well lit still-life image of soup ingredients being made ready for cooking, the open mono with a street musician backlit against some shops, the creative with an image of nuts and bolts seen in close-up as though a city of sky-scrapers, and the record section with a stained glass window image. In contrast, Steve Johnstone swept the board in the nature section, taking all three winning positions, a stunning shot of a greenshank wading in shallow water and beautifully reflected in the surface earning him first place. Geoff Atkinson, Beryl Quayle, Richard Shafto, Jonathan Carey gained commendations in various sections. In the advanced group, honours were more evenly spread, albeit in hard fought competitions. Jeremy Broome-Smith won the open colour section with a delightful long exposure shot of a beach scene, Ruth Nicholls the open mono with a wonderful Italian church interior, Sue Blythe taking first place in nature with a very close-up and detailed image of an approaching tiger and Ron Shimmin showing his experience and expertise winning both the record section with a shot of the altar in Westminster Cathedral and the creative with an imaginative treatment of a collection of umbrellas. The evening finished with our judge showing a selection of his wildlife shots taken in Scotland. These included otters, ospreys, pine marten, and eagles, all shown with helpful advice as to equipment required, the techniques and time needed to get close to the subjects and to get ’the shot’. What was readily apparent throughout the evening was Jeremy’s enthusiasm and enjoyment of photography in all its forms - a joy shared with our audience and who appreciated the opportunity to see his work. The society’s season of weekly meetings is rapidly coming to a close, but our members will have opportunity during the summer to practise their skills with field trips and social events - details will be found in due course on our website www.iomps.com. Members of the public interested in attending these events should make contact via the website for further details. The society thanks the Arts Council for their continued support. 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