Fattoria la Ripa, en vingård att minnas.
Hejsan! Vi gjorde, tack vare våra goda vänner ett fantastiskt vingårdsbesök i Chianti Våra vänner brukar köpa vin här. Vinmakaren Sandro Caramelli var en härligt frispråkig, intressant och kunnig man, vi kunde nog fört samtal många flera timmar men vi hade lång väg hem. Vinerna vi provade var helt underbara, enl. oss. Denna vingård har en mycket speciell historia. https://lnx.laripa.it/wp/en/ Fattoria La Ripa Fattoria La Ripa is a property of S.A.Santa Brigida from 1940. In the 15th century La Ripa was owned by Antonio Maria di Noldo Gherardini, the father of Monna Lisa (the Gioconda of Leonardo da Vinci), who gave a smaller part of the property as dowry for his daughter’s wedding with Francesco di Bartolomeo di Zanobi del Giocondo. The main house was already indicated in the maps of the “Capitani di Parte Guelfa”and is situated in proximity of an ancient “Via di Cresta” (Ridge Road) connecting Val di Pesa and Florence, with Val d’Elsa and the “Via Francigena”, the mai...
