Pienza is the city of “cacio” (cheese<\/strong>!)\u00a0Pecorino di Pienza<\/strong>\u00a0is a very tasty cheese,\u00a0more or less seasoned<\/strong>, made with sheep’s milk, very famous and really delicious.<\/p>\n A pecorino that stands out from the others for its variety of flavors: strong if the sheep have fed on wild herbs, delicate if they are grown on cereals, more markedly sweet if among the herbs there is also absinthe, which abounds in pastures in the area, with an average price of around 20 euros per block.<\/p>\n If you are in\u00a0Pienza<\/strong>\u00a0in the first week of September, don’t miss the famous and fun\u00a0Fiera del Cacio<\/strong>, a great festival dedicated to pecorino and other traditional local products, to be tasted for free! A\u00a0Montepulciano<\/strong>, on the other hand, it is the wine that reigns supreme.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Vino Nobile di Montepulciano<\/strong>, obtained from grapes of\u00a0Prugnolo gentile<\/strong>, together with the\u00a0Chianti<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Brunello di Montalcino<\/strong>, is one of the 3 most famous Italian wines of the world. In Montepulciano they produce\u00a0DOCG \u201cNobile\u201d and DOC Rosso di Montepulciano, Vin Santo, Chianti Colli Senesi and Bianco Vergine Val di Chiana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Nobile<\/strong>\u00a0is the ideal wine to accompany local cuisine, offering simple, yet robust and tasty products and dishes such as\u00a0Cinta senese sliced<\/strong>, the typical\u00a0pici all’aglione\u00a0<\/strong>or the classic\u00a0grilled Chianina steak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Do not miss the famous\u00a0Brav\u00eco delle Botti<\/strong>, a historic race that takes place every year in August, in which the eight districts of Montepulciano compete among the historic streets of the village by rolling bolds:(| barrels of about 80 Kg each), along an uphill path of over a kilometer, all accompanied by flag-wavers and re-enactments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pienza and Montepulciano .. races and competitions Pienza is the city of “cacio” (cheese!)\u00a0Pecorino di Pienza\u00a0is a very tasty cheese,\u00a0more or less seasoned, made with sheep’s milk, very famous and really delicious. A pecorino that stands out from the others for its variety of flavors: strong if the sheep have fed on wild herbs, delicate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[74,73],"class_list":["post-2938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-surroundings","tag-recipes-en","tag-sapori-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDuring the event there is also a fun folkloristic game of ancient origins. It is the\u00a0Palio del Cacio Fuso<\/strong>, where players from every district of the town have to push and roll whole blocks of pecorino cheese around a small wooden spindle placed in the center of the main square.<\/p>\n