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We all know honey, we all know it is made by bees and is a food with formidable nutritional and healing properties. But are you sure you know what honey really is? Do we know how and why it is

How to keep the white truffle The White Truffle is a hypogeal mushroom, it means that grows underground. Unlike other mushrooms it is characterized by a very intense and volatile scent. So drying it, freezing it or preparing a sauce

Podere Il Casale launches “Autumn Flavors“, a series of themed tasting dinners, to discover the best flavors of this season. In the fantastic setting of the Val d’Orcia, our Chef will take you on a journey that will touch the

Let’s start immediately by saying what is not. If at first glance you thought that Green Wedding is a vegetarian or vegan wedding, I’ll tell you right away that you’re off the road. So if you want a dinner or

The harvest of white grapes is approaching and the Incrocio Manzoni vineyards are almost ready to give us a product with an aromatic flavor but yet little known. In fact few people know this wine and the most curious fans,

Podere il Casale join CASEIFICI AGRICOLI OPEN DAY 2018, the first edition of a national event promoted by Associazione Casare e Casari di Azienda Agricola on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September. Podere Il Casale will be a paradise for

The Cheese Fair in Pienza is a traditional event celebrating the most famous local product: the Pecorino cheese. The cheese fair in Pienza is one of the most important events by tourists and citizens, not only for the opportunity to

The biodynamic preparations are considered real drugs to treat the agricultural organism and in particular the soil. Biodynamic agriculture is based on traditional farming methods, the use of these preparations is an extremely innovative aspect. The preparations are at the

Biodynamic Agriculture is a working method in which all the living elements are part of a single organism. This living organism has its balance to safeguard. The farm is an “agricultural organism” (link) where every aspect is important and has

Raw milk cheese is a product of great quality, expression of a territory, made in respect of nature, animals and consumers. It is a product that can not lie, because it is the expression of the natural process of milk

After giving you some advice on how to combine goat’s cheese in the kitchen (READ ALSO: “3 winning combinations with goat that you did not know” and “Other 3 winning combinations with goat that you did not know”) is the

Goat’s cheese is a cheese with extraordinary qualities in all its maturation phases. In fact, from the fresh to the seasoned cheese its intensity increases, but with different characteristics that make it inimitable. So make it a great aperitif, an

With the article on the importance of drafting a tasting sheet, we concluded our journey on How to taste cheese. Below we will collect all the steps and the rules to approach a cheese tasting in the right way. What

We arrived at the end of our mini-course on “how to taste cheeses”. Of course, it will not be enough to study the topics covered to become real cheese tasters. The purpose of our course was that those who approach

LET’S MAKE CHEESE: FROM MILKING TO PECORINO CHEESE Sunday, March 24 at Podere Il Casale Pienza we will show you up close how we make our organic raw milk cheese. From grazing, to milking, and from the dairy to tasting!

In the last article on how to taste the cheeses was the moment of tasting (READ ALSO: “How to taste cheeses: taste“). We have seen that we must recognize both the traditionally classified 4 flavors and the aromatic notes that