Still life showing the characteristic fiasco of Chianti wine, a large bottle held in a woven basket.
The Chianti Classico wine region of
Tuscany lies between the hills to the west of the Val
d'Arno and the mountains to the west, covering the southern part of the province of Florence and the northern part of that of
Sienna. The Chianti Classico zone was inhabited by the Etruscans, a few
of whose place names still survive, possibly including Chianti itself, and then by the Romans. Next came
the Longobards and then the armies of three Tuscan cities that strove
for predominance over this part of Tuscany, namely Arezzo,
Florence and
Sienna.
Throughout this long history, right up until the 1950's, Chianti
produced wine, olive oil and, above all, wheat. It was for this latter
that Chianti was valued by the numerous conquering powers. It was only
from the mid-nineteenth century onwards that wine began to predominate
as the most valuable product of Chianti. Hence we have the beautiful
valley south of Panzano
in Chianti known as the Conca
d'Oro, the golden bowl - the colour of wheat - now a green bowl
of vineyards. |
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