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Every Artist or Artisan must work for himself, to express himself, to communicate, to transmit or receive emotions, with the wish that his creation is appreciated for what he had first imagined. With these compositions, we wanted to help you in drawing near objects and situations related among them, to create the right atmosphere, collecting them in a suitcase, like the fantasy contained in a painting.

 

IT CONTAINS :

 
  • One Italy Rare leather suitcase
  • One Berti's cheese knifes set
  • One Giusti's balsamic vinegar bottle
  • One Muffato of "Sala Antinori" bottle
  • One Pietrafitta's farm Extra Vergine Oil bottle
  • Three Officinalia's acacia honey, chestnut honey, "melata di quercia" little pots
  • One Cecchini's "Profumo del Chianti" little pot
 

 

 
 
The cheese suitcase contains:
 
Italy Rare leather suitcase

 

This suitcase, unique object in its kind, is made on purpose by the Master Artisan Varetto Boldrini to contain the nice and precious things of Italy Rare in respect for the age-old tuscan tradition of the use of materials, of the leather's quality and the entirely manual techniques.
Each product is numbered and recorded in his personal book by the Master.

 
One Berti's cheese knifes set

 

Each cheese requires his own knife. Each cheese requires a precise cutting ritual. The shape, the consistency of the paste, the dimensions: these particular features characterize a specific cutting exigence for each cheese and therefore in choosing the cutting tool.
Click here to know more about the Berti cutlery works

 
One Giusti's balsamic vinegar bottle

 

For centuries, Giusti, Modena's oldest producer of balsamic vinegar, has been making their own product seasoning it exclusively in woodden casks Supplier to the Este Dukes, to the aristocracy of the whole of Europe, from generation to generation the Giusti family have never stopped producing their balsamic vinegar, with their method known as the "Giuseppe Giusti recipe"

 
One Muffato of "Sala Antinori" bottle

 

Muffato della Sala is produced from botrytised grapes grown on vineyard plots whose microclimates favor noble rot; 1987 was the first vintage released. It is one of the 'experimental' wines Antinori's developed in the 1980s, and was originally produced from 50% Sauvignon Blanc with Grechetto (30%) and Drupeggio (20%), the blend that Antinori used then in its Orvieto Classico Abboccato. The grape mix was adjusted until 1989, when the current blend was decided upon. Muffato della Sala is produced in extremely limited quantities.

 
One Pietrafitta's farm Extra Vergine Oil bottle

 

The oil is composed by olives Moraiolo, Frantoio e Leccino. The harvest time is middle of november: trhe olives are hand-picked and ground within the three days immediately following the harvest. Traditional mil-stones are used. The oil is extracted cold in an oil press.

 
Three Officinalia's acacia honey, chestnut honey, "melata di quercia" little pots
Acacia's honey is produced on the highness near Pistoia, it has a delicate taste that reminds the sweetness of the ripe fruit. Chestnut's honey is obtained by the second harvest after acacia on the mountains near Pistoia. It has a strong, persistent and sharp taste. The honeydew don't comes from the flowers nectar, but from the lymph of the trees, that bees pick up on the leaves. It is produced inside the woods around San Gimignano.
 
One Cecchini's "Profumo del Chianti" little pot

 

Dario Cecchini, creator of the "scent of Chianti"(sea salt with aromatic herbs from Chianti), is surely one of the most famous butchers in Italy....

 
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