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The Taste of Siena is Sangiovese: History, Traditions, & Territory

Bindi-Sergardi Wines Celebrate the Soul of Siena

Tuscany is known for its picturesque rolling hills studded with tidy rows of cypress and poplar trees wending their way along ancient, sun-soaked roads. Natural stone and plaster structures wound with wrought iron and topped with terracotta shingles cluster together creating villages dating back more than a millennium. Speckled across the countryside are grand estates and Renaissance palaces anchoring vast vineyards and forests.

Some of the most important, prestigious, telling, and traditional wine regions in all of Italy, in all the world, are located in the Sienese province of Tuscany in Central Italy. The lands were settled by the mysterious Etruscans as early as 900 B.C. and planted lush with vines then. Some vines were brought with them and others were native to the land. The Etruscans were keen grape growers known for trellising their vines and irrigating their crops.

Florence may be the capital of Tuscany, but Siena seems to be the heart and soul. Siena is located one hour south of Florence, and two hours north of Rome. Pisa is to the northwest, and Cortona, to the east. Siena is nestled in the center of the Tuscan region with the Chianti hills to the northwest, northeast, and south, the Montagnola Senese to the west, and the Arbia river toward the south. The Merse and…