I like to add crunch to creamy dishes with these delicious polenta crackers. At Petraia we serve polenta crack with our apperitivi or we use them as garnish with creamy fonduta, eggs, braises and of course creamy polenta. These are reminiscent of corn chips or tortilla chips but I think they are way more interesting. Stay tuned…
What an amazing spring we’ve had. Two successful wine fairs (Raw in London and Radda nel Bicchiere) and lots of special visits from our family, good friends and guests. We’re enjoying the long, warm sunny days of June, dining al fresco most evenings and cool early mornings working in the garden before the heat sets in….
25.05.15 pranzo PRIMAIA 2012 lovage and red beet chips, eggplant yogurt pickled egg mimosa, aspargus, tarragon EVOO emulsion, crispy blu potato, polenta crack, new romaine lettuce and spring pea tart ETERE 2014 crudo cotto stagionato baby beet stems & tops, extra virgin egg, black garlic, capofreddo …
So excited to have arrived in London. Just spent the evening in this lively neighborhood around Spittalfields Market where we will be showing our Primaia wines at the Raw Artisan Wine Fair this weekend in the Old Truman Brewery. Check out the pictures below and read our latest blog post over here on the RAW blog. …
Dear Friends, Spring has sprung at Petraia and we’ve got wine on the brain. FOR ONTARIO RESIDENTS: A pre-summer shipment of a few hundred bottles of our 2014 red, “ETERE” (Italian for “ether”), is on its way. It’s a fresh, reasonably priced red without sulphites added, that is ready to drink now. See the tasting…
Hi Everyone, Just a short note to let you know we’ve just uploaded another guest post in our series, Il Morso Periodico, over at the RAW blog. You can have a look at it here. Enjoy!
Spring. Its late and a little cool this year in Chianti but it has arrived. And like every year it is a little overwhelming! We’re busy getting things ship shape, inside and out, after a long winter. Yesterday we welcomed the firsts guests of the season, for a farm tour and lunch. I’m sorry I…
Hello everyone, Just a short post to announce how excited we are to be attending RAW, The Artisan Wine Fair in London, England this coming May 17th and 18th. RAW is the brain-child of THAT CRAZY FRENCH WOMAN, Isabelle Legeron MW and it’s a wine fair celebrating small artisan wine makers using natural farming techniques. We’re proud to be taking our Petraia wines…
It’s that time of the year again! Like every winter, this has been a busy one at Petraia. People are often surprised to learn most of the work on our farm is done in the winter. We have about 40,000 grape vines to prune by hand before bud break in early spring. A couple of…