From 1962 onwards, scientific rigor was applied to production, giving rise to Casalvento Laboratories. Giovanni Domini, a professor at the University of Siena, published an experimental study using gas chromatographic analysis of essential oils, correlating distillation with the balsamic properties of Lavandula Angustifolia grown in Casalvento. This milestone marked the beginning of our scientific evolution. […]
In our Hystoric Chianti, harvesting juniper berries has always been a seasonal activity. Every year, from mid-August until the beginning of the harvest, every farming family took part in the harvest. On every farm, the elders taught the young how to harvest juniper berries. It was a true art. No branch was to be damaged, […]
Old Castellina was an Etruscan town situated at an altitude of 635 meters, halfway between Siena and Florence. It was once known as Salingolpe. <When I was taken to visit the property before purchasing it, I saw, along with a nearly dilapidated farmhouse, a meager plot of land on the top of a hill 630 […]
with the new millennium everything has changed: we implement significant restructuring measures that boost productivity. Vineyards are uprooted and replanted, olive groves are expanded, and aromatic plant crops are reorganized according to advanced technical criteria. We design and build new distillation systems, and establish a new nursery… all without interrupting production and sales. We enhance […]
the structural reorganization after the crisis has taken doctor Lorenzo Domini very seriously, both from an economic and cognitive point of view. We have reorganized the old Casalvento farm from the roots, but to do so we needed new ideas and knowledge. To modernize the entire property, 10 years of study and careful planning were […]
The market crisis: an ice age is coming… the sharecropping crisis and the development of the wine market completely changed the production fabric of the small Chianti area. Far more devastating, however, was the earthquake in the world of cosmetics and essences: synthetic chemistry is taking hold and few are looking for a natural product […]
Born in 1892, painter Vittorio Zani was born, studied, worked, and died in Siena in 1972. A true Sienese. He painted the banner for the August Palio, won by the Nobile Contrada del Bruco in 1922. Vittorio Zani created the sketches for the renewal of the costumes for the Palio di Siena in 1928 and […]
