100 Flavours of Anghiari, Tuscany

Anghiari is a wonderful,

medieval town in Tuscany and,

until the 4th of November,

hosts 'I Centogusti dell'Appennino'

(100 Flavours of the Appennino Mountains). 

I Centogusti dell'Appennino

is a market/exhibition

dedicated to agritusmos and enogastronomy,

showing the excellence of food which comes from agriculture.

Here are some recent photos of Anghiari,

taken by Samuel Webster. 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster. To see more, go to https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in FB (Samuel Webster or Bella),

Twitter (Samuel Webster, Bella, or #BellaToscana) and in my blog Capitocome. 

This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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Tuscany lifestyle

I want to share with you 

one of the L'Intrepida series of photos 

by Samuel Webster. 

This is what I mean for 

lifestyle in Tuscany. 

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The story of Il Fontanaro Organic Farmhouse & Alina Pinelli

Once upon a time, 

there was a clever girl, Alina Pinelli, working in communication just like me. 

She quit it, 

to develop her family's project, 

ending up in the "glocal" philosphy. 

Read the story of Alina below, 

and watch the video of 

Il Fontanaro Organic Farmhouse, 

that we made for Bella Toscana. 

Alina says, "We bought a ruin from the 18 century more than 30 years ago, with about 50 acres of land, and gradually restored it into a country home for our family. We started planting olive trees until we reached the present number of 2000. Now, we produce our own extra virgin organic olive oil, honey and saffron. We have also expanded and developed the property, transforming it into a small tourist rural resort accommodating up to 18 guests with very high comfort and great personal care for our guests, since they are like friends for us, not just customers. We like to share with our guests our love for local, genuine food matched with great wines from our cellar (approximately 2500 bottles from all over Italy and the world), organizing cooking classes, and wine and oil tasting. We also love to transfer our passion and interest for the country life to our guests and we suggest and organize visits to many artistic and cultural destinations in the surrounding Umbrian and Tuscan towns." 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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September in Tuscany

September in Tuscany is just fantastic... 

fairs, "sagre", festivals, history and culture 

which end up in heaps of wine and food. 

Just in and around Arezzo, 

in the first 2 weeks, 

you will find 

Giostra del Saracino in Arezzo,

Palio della Balestra in Sansepolcro, and

Palio dei Lumi in Pieve Santo Stefano.

Watch the video that we made 

for Bella Toscana about the start of 
Palio dei Lumi. 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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People and stories in Florence

We started Bella Toscana in Florence 

with the people 

and their stories. 

There is our favourite guy in the historical San Lorenzo food market.

then there is Luca, who gives new life to lost soul furniture in San Frediano 

Roberto, who offered us a coffee, a real one, while telling us the secrets of the market. 

I want to point out that not one of them had time to stop and pose, 

but they had no problem sharing their stories with us. 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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#BellaToscana, Between Tuscany and Umbria

... while we're in Chianti, 

I just want to share with you a few photos of 

Il Fontanaro Organic Farm House  

on the border between Tuscany and Umbria. 

If you believe in 

green hills, 

natural food, 

slow living, 

this is the place. 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

...d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome?

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Il Fontanaro organic farm house for #BellaToscana

Bella Toscana is arriving in Tuscany. 

We are just on the border 

between Tuscany and Umbria 

@ Il Fontanaro, 

a real 

Heaven on Earth. 

With Alina and Lucia, 

the owners, 

you'll get the best of a 

real organic farm house lifestyle.  

This video is about our first night in Fontanaro: 

making pizza, 

celebrating with Champagne, 

and ... yes, being a bellydancer. 

All the photos are by Samuel Webster, 

to see more... 

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.webster.aus 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

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...capitocome?

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Bella Toscana, the B side of a postcard

Cosa farà Bella adesso? 

Finalmente rispondo alla domanda di amici/fans intorno a me, dopo aver lavorato gli ultimi mesi 7 giorni su 7 a Milano, cosa farò per queste vacanze? 

Farò parte del progetto di Samuel Webster "Bella Toscana", un blog- viaggio fotografico in e intorno la Toscana, con lo scopo di mostrarvi com'è veramente la vita qua, come un LATO B DI UNA CARTOLINA, toccando tutti gli aspetti: la Bella Vita, la gente, il cibo, il vino, la moda, handmade, la musica, l'arte ecc. 

Vi porteremo in giro con noi, aggiornando le pagine 

Fb Samuel Webster o Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster o Bella #bellatoscana 

e il mio blog Capitocome. 

Questa è la pagina ufficiale Bella Toscana,  

e questo è il suo sito, 

dove potete vedere il suo favoloso lavoro/portfolio. 

Un grazie speciale a tutte le persone che hanno già creduto in questo progetto, e allo sponsor Walks of Italy, che offre meravigliosi tour in tutto il Paese. 

What is Bella going to do next? 

I'm finally answering the question of friends/fans around me, as I've been working last few months 24/7 in Milano, what am I going to do for holidays? 

Well, I'm going to join Samuel Webster's project "Bella Toscana", 

which is a photographic and blogging trip in and around Tuscany, 

with the aim of showing you which is the real life here, 

the sort of B SIDE OF A POSTCARD, 

touching all the aspects: 

la Bella Vita, people, food, wine, fashion, handmade, music, art etc. 

We're going to take you along, by updating our fan pages in 

Fb Samuel Webster or Bella 

Twitter Samuel Webster or Bella #bellatoscana  and in my blog Capitocome. 
This is Sam's Bella Toscana official page  

and this is his website, where you can check out his amazing preview work/portfolio. 

A special thank you to all people that have already believed in his project, 

and to the project sponsor, Walks of Italy, which offers wonderful walking tours all over the country. 

...d'you know what I mean? 

...capitocome? 

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Bella SNOW

...let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... 

after 2 years of summer, 

and few more of no snow anyway, 

I feel like I'm in a movie. 

I kinda like winter, 

when you've got a RIFUGIO = refuge. 

Mine is called CASA LAURONE REFUGE: 

There are always warm vibes, wine, food, funny people. 

P.S. all photos by Laurone, check out more on her Flickr account! 

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My job at the moment

...well, 

this is my job at the moment. 

La Bella Vita, I would say, is the position. 

(Federica La Fè Madonna's photo) 

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Two Italian Boys : STYLISH VINO

Totally love when food/wine meet style. 

You know. 

Running every week a stall in the most trendy 

Organic Food Market in Sydney is something I guess... 

Anyway, check out this new project: 

Two Italian Boys, 

both Australian, Italian origins 

traslating in such stylish way 

and highly innovative techniques 

the rich tradition of their culture. 

Loving the website as well 

because it's BOLD, 

Italian BUT NOT BULLSHIT 

it's "Vino BUT NOT PRETENTIOUS"... 

well, I can't wait the time to taste it, then! 

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