WINE MAKER

A legacy treasure

Wine is Tuscanys life blood, no stronger than in Tenuta Torciano winery, where Pierluigi Giachi, the winemaker together with his wife Luciana and his children Emanuele and Vittoria bring centuries of family tradition in the new age art of winemaking. Pierluigis passion is reflected in the history of this winery, born three centuries ago, a 13th generation vintner, winemaking literally runs through Giachis veins. Like his father before him, every first born of these 13 generation Tuscan winemakers, has been taught to maintain the growth of the Giachi vineyards, located among 5 estates in the Tuscany region. These experiences and qualities are found in all wines of Giachis family. The winery has earned Italys top rating classification and carries major prestige worlwide.

Tenuta Torciano founded in 1720 by Bartolomeo Giachi, the family, originally from Florence. Bartolomeo left Florence and moved to San Gimignano. The settling of Bartolomeo and the Giachi family in Ulignano is found and witnessed in documents and records.

This was to become a place to drink, to rest and to meditate for the thousands of pilgrims that passed through San Gimignano on there way to the city of Rome. The Tenuta Torciano location, near "Magione di Torri" brought trade and economic development to the Giachi family throughwine sales, CHIANTI, VERNACCIA DI SAN GIMIGNANO, RED and WHITE TABLE WINE and OLIVE OIL.

Bartolomeo passed down the art and passsion for winemaking to his son Gaetano, who then passed it down to his son Angiolo and successively to Alfredo, Romano and Pierluigi Giachi. The contact with pilgrims and priests that passed through San Gimignano every day, heavily influenced the religious attitude of Bartolomeos neice , Veronica Giachi, who entered the Convent of "Cappuccine Nuns of Siena", and some years later, Veronica became Mother Superior.